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RidesharingMassachusetts Files Suit Against Uber, Lyft On Drivers’ Status
Massachusetts is the second state to declare that Uber and Lyft drivers should be deemed employees under state wage and hour laws,...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Hdac, CertiK Partner For Blockchain-Powered IoT; Tezos Expected To Settle Securities Lawsuit With $25M Settlement
CertiK, an auditing firm, wants to bring Internet of Things (IoT) devices onto blockchain through its new partnership with Hdac, CoinDesk reports....
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RetailAmazon And Valentino Sue Over Alleged Counterfeits
Amazon and Italian luxury brand Maison Valentino filed a lawsuit against a retailer Thursday (June 18), alleging the company sold counterfeit goods as...
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Gig EconomySan Francisco DA Files Lawsuit Against DoorDash For Employee Mistreatment
Delivery company DoorDash is facing a lawsuit from the San Francisco district attorney over allegedly illegally classifying its workers as contractors rather...
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B2B PaymentsSuit Filed Against Merchant Cash Advance Companies For Fraud
Three merchant cash advance companies are facing a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James over reportedly practicing illicit measures when...
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LegalGoogle, Sonos, Accuse Each Other Of Tech Theft
Take that, Sonos. Five months after getting hit with a patent infringement case by Sonos, Google is fighting back. Google has fired...
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LegalGrubhub Faces Lawsuit From KFC, Taco Bell Parent Company
The owner of KFC and Taco Bell is suing Grubhub Inc., the Chicago-based online food ordering and delivery marketplace, alleging it violated terms of...
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RetailSimon Drops $3.6B Mall Deal, Sues Taubman Centers
Simon Property Group (SPG) has abandoned its $3.6 billion purchase of Taubman Centers Inc. and filed suit against the Michigan-based mall owner...
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ANTITRUSTDOJ, States Eye Alleged Antitrust Issues In Google’s Ad Tech Business
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing an investigation over potential antitrust violations by 50 of the nation’s state attorneys general led by Texas,...
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LegalSimon Property Group Hits Gap With Lawsuit To Recoup Back Rent
All eyes in the retail sector are now on Simon Property Group, as the mall giant hauls The Gap into court for...
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AppleJudge: Part Of Shareholder Lawsuit Against Apple Can Proceed
Apple will have to face a judge over accusations that it fraudulently concealed falling iPhone demands and lost shareholders billions of dollars,...
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LegalUber, Lyft Drivers File Unemployment Lawsuit In NY
Four Uber and Lyft drivers are suing the state of New York over what they say is a failure to pay their...
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LegalUber Customer Asks Judge To Overturn Price-Fixing Ruling
An Uber customer who launched an antitrust lawsuit against the rideshare giant in 2015 asked a Manhattan federal judge on Friday (May...
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LegalFirst Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case
Payments processing giant First Data Merchant Services and one of its executives will pay $40.3 million to settle allegations that they laundered...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: FalconX Notches $17M In Funding; Venezuelans Now Can Use Bitcoin At POS Terminals
Digital currency trading platform FalconX has notched $17 million in an Accel-led funding round, CoinDesk reported. The funding will reportedly help with...
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AmazonAmazon Sues Two Firms Over Alleged Alexa Scam
Amazon has filed suit against two companies that are allegedly operating a global tech support scheme targeting Alexa users, CNN reported. The...
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LegalShowdown: California Firm Zumasys Sues SBA And Treasury Over PPP Loan
As the deadline looms for businesses to return Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans they were ineligible for, a California software company is...
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LegalRipple Lawsuit Alleges Fraud In XRP Sale
A little-known Puerto Rican company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple, accusing the blockchain firm of breaking rules...
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LegalWeWork’s Ex-CEO Sues SoftBank Over Aborted $3B Deal
WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann has launched a legal battle with his company’s biggest investor, SoftBank Group Corp., charging that it has wrongfully...
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LegalUS Judge: Uber Can Be Sued For Allegedly Forcing Out Rival
A lawsuit against Uber alleges that the company engaged in deceitful practices to drive its competitor Sidecar Technologies out of business in...
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RetailVictoria’s Secret Buy Invalid After Staff Furloughs, Lawsuit Says
Sycamore Partners, the private equity firm seeking to buy out Victoria’s Secret, is now looking at backing out of the deal after...
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LoansJPMorgan Allegedly Favored Larger Companies Under Stimulus Loan Program
While the Payment Protection Program (PPP) was aimed in part at mom-and-pop businesses – and is run through the Small Business Administration...
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LegalRipple Files Lawsuit Against YouTube For Not Removing Crypto Scams Fast Enough
Ripple announced on Tuesday (April 21) that it is filing a lawsuit against YouTube, alleging that the popular video platform isn’t doing...
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LegalFTC Files Case Against RI Firm Allegedly Posing As SBA Lender; Company Claims Error
A Rhode Island company is facing allegations of falsely claiming to be an authorized lender for the Small Business Association’s (SBA) Paycheck...
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B2B PaymentsJudge Lets Bank Of America Favor SMB Clients With PPP Loans
A federal judge has ruled that Bank of America (BoA) can prioritize its own customers in distributing loans for the $349 billion...
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DeliveryPandemic Pricing Prompts Lawsuit Against Food Delivery Apps
Food delivery apps GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates and Uber Eats were named in a class-action lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court that alleges...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Crypto Scammers’ Daily Haul Drops 66 Pct Due To COVID-19; ATBCoin To Settle ICO Suit For $250,000; Gold Investor Peter Schiff Predicts Bitcoin Fall
Cryptocurrency scams aren’t doing so hot with the current pandemic conditions, dropping in value by 61 percent between March 13 and 31....
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LegalZoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Security, Privacy Breaches
Investor Michael Drieu is leading a class action lawsuit against Zoom Video Communications Inc. alleging the California company’s video conferencing app has...
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LegalWeWork Files Suit Against SoftBank For Withdrawing $3B Offer
WeWork is not taking SoftBank Group Corp.’s withdrawal of its $3 billion offer lying down. The New York-based company has filed a...
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CryptocurrencyInvestors Hit Crypto Firms With Class-Action Lawsuits
Seven cryptocurrency issuers and four crypto exchanges are facing federal class action lawsuits. Filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Friday...
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InvestmentsSoftBank Abandons WeWork Deal; Lawsuit Likely
SoftBank finally pulled out of its $3 billion deal to purchase office sharing startup WeWork, after murmurs of such last month amid...
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RidesharingUber Files Federal Suit Against LA Over Data Demands
In an unexpected twist for a tech company, Uber has filed a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT),...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: SEC, Kik In Court Over Token Sale; Billionaire Tim Draper Eyes Investing In India’s Crypto Sector
Both Kik and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seeking a quick end to their legal dispute, CoinDesk reported. The SEC...
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FacebookLawsuit Says Facebook Officials Knew About Ad Metric Issues And Did Nothing
Facebook is under fire in a new set of documents in a lawsuit, which allege the company knew for years that paid...
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RetailLawsuit Alleges Toys R Us Execs Bilked Company During Bankruptcy
A lawsuit filed in New York representing a trust of more than 100 creditors for Toys R Us claims that executives took bonuses...
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Security & FraudFifth Third Bank Sued By CFPB Over Fake Accounts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp alleging that employees opened accounts for customers without...
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LegalNYC Sues Airbnb Listing Co In Bid To Stop Short-Term Rentals
New York City has sued Guesty, a startup that provides services for listing on Airbnb and other home-sharing sites, in an escalation...
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AppleApple Settles Slow iPhone Lawsuit For $500M
Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit for as much as $500 million over allegations that it slowed down older iPhones, according...
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ANTITRUSTEU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
A European judge has hampered Google’s fight against a $2.6 billion fine, saying the company committed a “clear infraction” by putting its...
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RegulationJudge Throws Out Bid By Uber, Postmates To Halt Gig Worker Law
A judge has rejected the request from Uber and Postmates to put a stop to a new California law that would place...
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LegalRetailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Blockchain Startup Clear Wants To Work With Telcos; Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Kraken, Bitmain
Clear, a startup that wants to build blockchain for huge-volume transaction systems like telecommunications companies, has announced a $13 million Series A...
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CFPBCFPB Sues Citizens Bank For Violating Truth In Lending Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit on Thursday (Jan. 30) against Citizens Bank over alleged violations of the Truth...
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InvestmentsLegal Woes Threaten To Ground Beyond Meat’s Stock
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is facing a lawsuit from former business partner Don Lee over fraud allegations, saying the company misappropriated...
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Security & FraudUS Gov’t Sues Firms, Individuals For Fraudulent Robocalls
A lawsuit by the U.S. government is targeting five companies and three individuals accused of perpetuating hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls,...
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LegalSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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PersonnelSamsung Announces Reorg Amid Falling Earnings
Samsung is reorganizing its executive suite following a drop in earnings and the retrial of former leader and Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong,...
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LegalApp Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
Facebook has been sued by four companies regarded alleged anti-competitive practices, according to a report by Reuters. The companies say that the...
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LegalApple Sued For Allegedly Infringing On Medical Tech Patents
Medical technology company Masimo is suing Apple, saying that the company stole trade secrets related to its health monitoring technology and also...
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CFPBCFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed lawsuits against several companies offering to forgive student loan debt for allegedly obtaining peoples’...
