Amazon Providing Software That Could Help NFL Prevent Concussions December 6, 2019 By Dina Bass, Matt Day and Eben Novy-Williams Amazon.com Inc. and the National Football League announced a deal to use the tech giant’s cloud-computing services to help solve...
Amazon Should Be Held Partially Responsible for Third Party Sellers: Viewpoint July 26, 2019 By Scott Duke Kominers One day in January 2015, Heather Oberdorf took her dog for a walk, using a $20 retractable leash she had...
Court Allows $30M Tennessee Hoverboard Fire Suit Against Amazon to Proceed July 12, 2019 By Travis Loller A Tennessee family can press its lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home, an...
Federal Court Says Amazon Can Be Sued Over Defective Product July 11, 2019 A federal appeals court has ruled that Amazon can be sued over a defective product sold by one of its...
Court Holds Amazon Liable for Products of Other Vendors Sold on Its Site July 8, 2019 By Brendan Pierson A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc. in a case that could expose the online retailer to...
UK’s Legal & General Partners with Amazon to Create Blockchain System for Pensions June 12, 2019 British insurer Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to establish what it said is the first blockchain system...
Amazon Not Liable for Selling Product that Allegedly Caused $300K in Fire Damage June 4, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Amazon.com Inc. is not responsible under Maryland...
Union Claims Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Employee March 21, 2019 By Josh Eidelson A union organizing Amazon.com Inc. employees in New York has filed a complaint accusing the company of illegally firing one...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others February 8, 2019 By Dina Bass Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill...
How Big Tech Flirted with Insurance in 2018 January 2, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view...