Court Absolves Twitter of Liability for Terrorists’ Tweets August 15, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra Twitter Inc. won a court ruling that it can’t be held responsible for the so-called Islamic State’s use of the...
Judge Questions FedEx Liability for Illegal Drug Shipments June 13, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Proving to jurors that FedEx Corp. is a criminal because it delivered illegal prescriptions from Internet drug stores was never...
Liability Insurer Accuses Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Injury Claims May 27, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar decree involves not a...
Did Uber Driver Settlement Lawyer Win at Expense of Drivers? May 16, 2016 By Rebecca Spalding The lawyer who struck a $100 million deal with Uber Technologies Inc. is being accused of greed by some of...
Stakes Are High at Google vs. Oracle Copyright Trial #2 May 10, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Oracle Corp. and Google are stepping before a jury a second time with potentially $9.3 billion on the line, and...
Facebook Must Face Claims Its Photo Tagging Violates Biometric Privacy May 6, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra Facebook Inc. users who say the social network’s facial scanning flouts their privacy rights won the first round of a...
Uber Settlement Doesn’t Settle Gig Economy’s Independent Contractor vs. Employee Dispute April 22, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. resolved the biggest threat to its business by settling with California drivers suing to be treated more...
Widow’s Damages Lawsuit Blames Twitter for Spread of ISIS January 14, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Robert Burnson Twitter Inc. was accused in a lawsuit by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in...