While this is not the first time an established company has attempted legal
action against its former employees — in January, Tesla sued its former director of Autopilot for poaching people to join his new startup — this is the first time Waymo has taken such action.
Represented leader in production of and supply of reagents for life sciences industry in
action against former employees and new competing venture for theft of trade secrets.
Participated as lead counsel in the successful resolution of a breach of contract
action against a former employee for misappropriation of confidential information
Not exact matches
Most recently, an anonymous
employee aired a slew of grievances
against her
former employer, ZocDoc, a Yelp - like service for finding doctors, and said she had hired a lawyer to pursue
action.
«WrkRiot is considering legal
action against a disgruntled
former employee who has launched a slanderous campaign
against WrkRiot and some of its
employees via social media,» the post begins, going on to accuse the
former employee of attempting to extort $ 50,000 from the company.
Attorney Jonathan Delshad filed two class -
action lawsuits
against Wells Fargo in September on behalf of
former employees, including one business banker, who say they were fired for refusing to create fake accounts to hit sales quotas.
This is not the first instance of an established company taking legal
action against a startup founded by some of its
former employees.
Apex Construct is an
action - adventure title developed exclusively for the PSVR by Fast Travel Games, a team which boasts
former DICE
employees amongst its ranks; dropping the player into a desolate world presided over by a sadistic omnipresent A.I known only as Mothr, Apex Construct pits you
against mechanical monstrosities that can only be brought down through use of what is probably the most satisfying and accurate representation of a bow and arrow in VR gaming to date.
The DOT will initiate appropriate
actions against responsible persons who take, threaten to take, or fail to take a personnel
action with respect to any
employee,
former employee, or applicant for employment because of any protected disclosure of information.
Goldblatt Partners LLP has commenced a proposed class
action for unpaid wages (including overtime)
against Goodlife Fitness Centres Inc. on behalf of all current and
former non-managerial
employees who worked in Goodlife's Ontario clubs since October 2014.
In October 2016, a proposed class
action for unpaid wages (including overtime) was filed
against Goodlife Fitness Centres Inc. («Goodlife») on behalf of all current and
former non-managerial
employees of Goodlife who worked for Goodlife in its Ontario clubs since October 2014.
The Gillette Company (Gillette) brought this
action against four
former employees (collectively, the «individual defendants») alleging that they misappropriated Gillette's trade secrets to develop a wet shaving razor for defendant ShaveLogic, LLC (ShaveLogic).
Actions for breach of contract can be
against vendors, clients,
employees,
former employees, employers, real estate or business partners, or any other entity where a contract exists between a business and another person or entity or between participants in a business.
This
action is being brought
against Weyerhaeuser Company Limited on behalf of
former salaried, non-unionized
employees of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and its predecessor MacMillan Bloedel Limited with respect to retiree benefits.
This
action was brought
against Weyerhaeuser Company limited on behalf of
former salaried, non-unionized
employees of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and its predecessor MacMillan Bloedel Limited with respect to retiree benefits.
This
action was brought
against TimberWest Forest Corp on behalf of
former salaried, non-unionized
employees of TimberWest Forest Corp and its predecessor with respect to retiree benefits.
The law firms of Roy O'Connor LLP («RO»), Sotos LLP («Sotos») and Goldblatt Partners LLP («GP» - formerly Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP), along with a national team of law firms, represent plaintiffs in two certified class
actions against Canadian Banks on behalf of current and
former non-management
employees for compensation for alleged unpaid overtime.
A disgruntled
former employee — or even an applicant you didn't hire — brings a legal
action against your company.
Defendant sends out tens of millions of emails each day worldwide; nobody can be completely clean 100 % of the time. Obviously, Defendant doesn't oversee their
employees very well, or there wouldn't be so many lawsuits
against them. Defendant's own
employees are suing them. However, I don't think Defendant as a company would have done or mandated this; rogue
employees of the Defendant would have though. Defendant is responsible for their
employees actions if they are acting on the company's behalf. Plaintiff can easily find existing or
former employees of Defendant to see if this was standard practice, or not. I bet they can!
Law firm Nichols Caster announced last week that
former Domino's Pizza
employees will be allowed to proceed with putative class
action against the company for alleged background check violations.
The agencies also took
action against former Wells Fargo
employee Todd Cohen and his wife, Elaine Oliphant Cohen, for their involvement.
Eden Prairie, Minn. — Following an original age discrimination lawsuit filed by five
former employees in June 2000
against Supervalu, U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson recently ruled that additional
former employees could become part of a class
action lawsuit
against the company.