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...
Court Nixes Cities’ Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Oil Firms June 26, 2018 By Peter Blumberg and Robert Burnson BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. escaped blame for the public costs of global warming when a U.S....
Uber Seeks to Have California Suit by Woman Hit on Freeway Thrown out April 6, 2018 By Robert Burnson Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to fend off a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was seriously injured after...
Southern California Edison Blamed in Lawsuit for 3 Los Angeles-Area Wildfires January 10, 2018 By Robert Burnson and Mark Chediak Edison International’s Southern California Edison was blamed in a lawsuit for three wildfires that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings and...
Fitbit vs. Jawbone Trade Secret Theft Trial in California Moving Forward March 28, 2017 By Robert Burnson Fitbit Inc. is headed toward a trial over claims it stole rival Jawbone Inc.’s trade secrets, after failing to persuade...
Judge Allows Age Bias Suit Against Google October 6, 2016 By Robert Burnson A woman’s age-discrimination lawsuit against Google can include others who might have been denied a job with the company because...
Lloyd’s Wins Right to Keep Oklahoma Quake Damage Lawsuit in New York September 8, 2016 By Robert Burnson Lloyd’s of London has kept its lawsuit against New Dominion LLC over fracking out of the state where the ground...