Tesla’s Futuristic Door Handles Blamed for Death in Crash October 23, 2019 By Robert Burnson The futuristic door handles on Tesla Inc.’s Model S are being blamed for a fatal crash in which a police...
Female Customers Sue Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers August 13, 2019 By Robert Burnson Lyft Inc.’s image as the “woke” ride-hailing company faces a new challenge from a rash of lawsuits filed by women...
Apple Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Listening to Siri Users’ Recordings August 8, 2019 By Mark Gurman and Robert Burnson Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer...
Google to Pay $11 Million to Settle Age Bias Employment Claims July 22, 2019 By Robert Burnson Google agreed to pay $11 million to end a lawsuit accusing the internet giant of discriminating against older job applicants,...
HP Enterprise Gender Pay Gap Lawsuit in California Making Headway July 2, 2019 By Robert Burnson Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. isn’t poised to win a quick escape from a class-action lawsuit accusing it of paying female...
Jury Orders J&J, Colgate to Pay Almost $10 Million in Talc Case June 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Robert Burnson Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. must pay almost $10 million to a dying California woman who blamed the companies’...
Judge Rejects Google Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Job Bias June 7, 2019 By Robert Burnson White conservative males who allege that liberal bias at Google Inc. doomed their chances of getting hired by the tech...
Investors Sue Lyft, Alleging IPO ‘Overhyped’ April 18, 2019 By Robert Burnson Lyft Inc. was sued by investors who claim the ride-sharing company overstated its market position when it went public last...
Conservative Ex-Google Engineer’s Bias Complaint Goes to Arbitration October 22, 2018 By Robert Burnson The engineer who sued Google after he was fired for blasting the company with allegations of anti-conservative bias won’t get...
Google Keeps Age Discrimination Claims Settlement Amount Secret October 8, 2018 By Robert Burnson Google agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle the claims of job applicants who said the company discriminated against...