Tesla Settles Some Worker Racism Claims as Bigger Trial Looms June 4, 2026 By Robert Burnson and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. reached an agreement to settle several workers’ claims alleging pervasive anti-Black racism at one of its California plants,...
Perplexity AI Machine Accused of Sharing Data With Meta, Google April 2, 2026 By Robert Burnson Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms...
Wells Fargo Sued by Ex-Manager Who Said Bank Faked Diversity December 22, 2025 By Robert Burnson Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by a former manager who says he was fired for pushing the bank to...
Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users November 12, 2025 By Robert Burnson Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users...
OpenAI Says Musk’s xAI Filed Secrets Suit to ‘Bully’ Ex-Workers October 3, 2025 By Robert Burnson OpenAI Inc. says a lawsuit accusing it of stealing technology from xAI is just Elon Musk’s latest attempt to distract...
American Airlines Sues Chicago Over O’Hare Gates for United May 7, 2025 By Robert Burnson and Mary Schlangenstein American Airlines Group Inc. sued the city of Chicago in a fight with rival United Airlines Holding Inc. over valuable...
Startup Accused of Gouging LA Fire Victims on Rent February 6, 2025 By Robert Burnson and John Gittelsohn A venture capital-backed startup illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one...
Musk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist November 18, 2024 By Malathi Nayak and Robert Burnson Elon Musk is ramping up his feud with Sam Altman, alleging in a court filing that OpenAI is trying to...
Delta Sues CrowdStrike Over ‘Catastrophic’ Software Glitch October 29, 2024 By Robert Burnson Delta Air Lines Inc. sued cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. over the chaos caused this summer by a “catastrophic” software...
Abbott Loses $500 Million Infant Formula Verdict, Lawyers Say July 29, 2024 By Robert Burnson and Jef Feeley Abbott Laboratories was ordered by a jury to pay almost $500 million over allegations that it hid the risk that...