Oracle Corp. Women Stumble in Pay Bias Suit While Google Cuts a Deal June 14, 2022 By Malathi Nayak and Robert Burnson Women at Oracle Corp. suing over alleged pay disparities took a big step backward, while more than 15,000 female workers...
Google Agrees to Pay $118 Million to Settle Pay Equity Suit June 13, 2022 By Robert Burnson Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide January 21, 2022 By Robert Burnson Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to...
Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects September 20, 2021 By Molly Schuetz and Robert Burnson Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company...
Houston Fans Shamed by Astros Cheating Scandal Strike Out with Lawsuit July 16, 2021 By Robert Burnson Houston Astros ticket holders can’t sue the team over its signal-stealing scandal even if it caused them “embarrassment, disappointment, shame...
Judge Rejects Uber Denial of Liability in Student’s Death on Freeway April 5, 2021 By Robert Burnson Uber Technologies Inc. lost the first round in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of a university student who was...
Investor Sues Drugmaker Astrazeneca Over Coronavirus Vaccine Testing Claims January 27, 2021 By Robert Burnson AstraZeneca PLC was sued by a pension fund on behalf of investors who it says suffered losses because of flaws...
Carnival’s Princess Cruise Lines Must Face Passengers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit November 24, 2020 By Robert Burnson Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. failed to persuade a judge to dismiss negligence claims by 17 passengers who allege...
Players’ Lawsuits Blames NFL ‘Switcheroo’ for Disability Benefits Cut July 13, 2020 By Robert Burnson The National Football League was sued by two former players who say the league pulled a “switcheroo” this year when...
Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Bias at Google Ends Quietly May 12, 2020 By Robert Burnson A lawsuit that made a big bang in Silicon Valley two years ago with allegations of mistreatment of politically conservative...