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...
Williams-Sonoma Lawsuit Claims Amazon Infringes Furniture Patent, Trademark December 19, 2018 By Spencer Soper Williams-Sonoma Inc. sued Amazon.com Inc. in a case that challenges the online retailer’s private label push that started with batteries,...
Federal Agency Probing Accident That Sickened Amazon Workers in New Jersey December 11, 2018 Federal officials will review an accident in which an automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon...
New Jersey Amazon Workers Treated After Bear Repellent Releases Fumes December 7, 2018 An automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey on Wednesday, releasing fumes...
1-in-5 Consumers Say They’d Use Amazon or Google for Home Insurance August 28, 2018 By Don Jergler One-in-five consumers say they would use Amazon or Google for their home insurance, a J.D. Power survey released today shows....
Amazon Weighs Formation of UK Insurance Comparison Website: Reuters August 16, 2018 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Amazon.com Inc is sounding out some of Europe’s top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a...
Amazon Plans Global Disruption of Health Care Marketplace July 11, 2018 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. has global aspirations for its medical-supplies marketplace, according to a job listing posted on its website, highlighting the...