January 8, 2018
A revised gender-pay lawsuit seeking class-action status against Google faults the search giant for asking new hires about their prior salary, a practice now banned in California. The suit, filed last week, also adds a fourth complainant, a preschool teacher …
September 18, 2017
Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, follows a federal labor investigation …
January 13, 2014
The future of driving is right around the corner. Hydrogen- and solar-powered vehicles are on the streets. So are cars that can get you through stop-and-go traffic while you sit back and send texts from behind the wheel. Cars are …
November 16, 2012
A California lawyer is suing Microsoft Corp., claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn’t have all the storage space the company advertised. Andrew Sokolowski, a lawyer in Los Angeles, claims that he bought a Surface with 32 gigabytes of storage …
April 28, 2011
“Sony Corp. said that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some …
August 10, 2009
A concert promoter’s insurance on Michael Jackson’s London shows has provisions that may deny a multimillion dollar payout if the pop star was found to have illegally possessed drugs or was involved in the “illicit taking of drugs.” The policy, …
February 15, 2008
A fire that sent gamblers fleeing from the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip in January will cost close to $100 million in repairs and lost business, casino operator MGM Mirage Inc. said. The company has insurance, but …