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Co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan resigned and filed a lawsuit against the company in July.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

That could bolster class - action lawsuits against the company in the state.

James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented in tech because they are biologically less capable of engineering, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California.

In June, a group of Uber drivers joined a class - action lawsuit against the company in California and Massachusetts.

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble's founder and CEO, was herself a Tinder executive before filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in 2014 and leaving to start her own venture.

From the 10 - K: «On October 22, 2014, former civil immigration detainees at the Aurora Immigration Detention Center filed a class action lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the «Court»).

This verdict is the largest sum awarded in the several verdicts from talc powder lawsuits against the company in the United States.

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The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm on Tuesday, accusing the company of antitrust violations in its patent licensing business.

After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).

A rash of lawsuits by former interns seeking compensation has broken out in the U.S., against companies including Condé Nast and the Elite Modelling agency.

In June, a group of franchisees filed a lawsuit against parent company Restaurant Brands International, alleging cost cutting at the expense of franchisees.

«The agreement will result in the dismissal of Walgreens» lawsuit against Theranos, with no finding or implication of liability,» the company said in a statement.

When he's not pretending to be sneezed on, Holiday is the marketing strategist for American Apparel, the made - in - the - U.S.A. clothing company that has become better known for its racy ads and the sexual harassment lawsuits levied against CEO Dov Charney than its workaday T - shirts.

In April, users filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against Tidal that claimed the company misled its users about a Kanye West album being exclusively released on the music service.

In the years following the placement of the additional coverages, the client had several employment - related lawsuits filed against the company, all of which proved baseless.

In a recent sworn deposition for a lawsuit against the company, Carmen Viramontes, a former Freedom Fidelity employee, said Cotroneo and a man named Giang Phan (he went by «Jimmy») co-owned the company.

In response to the lawsuit, the Weinstein Company's board of directors called many of the allegations leveled against them «inaccurate,» and said that «any suggestion that the Company or its Board somehow impeded or discouraged the buyer's access to the New York Attorney General is untrue.»

Abramovich was in Fribourg court as part of a lawsuit brought by the London - based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development against Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, and the Russian energy company Gazprom Neft, a bank spokesman said Wednesday.

Matt Zuchetto, a lawyer in Washington state who has filed class - action lawsuits against debt - settlement companies, says many established players simply modified their fee structures.

«The most you can charge in Washington is $ 25,» explains lawyer Matt Zuchetto, whose firm launched a class - action lawsuit against the company on that basis.

The reason many companies have a policy against giving references is to avoid any slander lawsuits — especially in situations where the employee didn't leave on good terms.

Oregon has filed a lawsuit against software giant Oracle that accuses that company of fraud for its role in building the state's failed health insurance exchange.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al - Falih has said it would be a risk to list in New York because of liabilities and litigation, including the climate change lawsuits against other oil companies by New York City.

In March, Goldilocks filed a lawsuit with the Singapore High Court against the commodities trader and some of its former and current senior executives, alleging the company inflated its assets, Reuters reported.

For example, Paul Ceglia brought a lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 claiming partial ownership of the company, but «forensics revealed that the contract he claimed existed was actually forged,» Aquilina says.

In May, a similar lawsuit was filed against The Quaker Oats Company.

Duggan, who co-founded the company in 2013, was named in a lawsuit filed against BetterWorks in the San Francisco Superior Court on July 13, which alleged a hostile work environment in which sexist behavior was tolerated by management.

As for Schneiderman, at the end of the five - day period he will likely file a lawsuit against the two companies that would demand they be barred from doing business in New York, and would require them to pay state fines and potentially pay back restitutions to New York customers as well.

The settlement between the two biotech companies resolves a lawsuit that Alnylam filed against Dicerna in 2015.

«Uber's lack of security regarding its customer data was resulting in Uber employees being able to track high profile politicians, celebrities, and even personal acquaintances of Uber employees, including ex - boyfriends / girlfriends, and ex-spouses,» Uber's former forensic investigator Ward Spangenberg was quoted as saying under penalty of perjury in filings from a lawsuit is pursuing against the company.

If the class - action lawsuit against Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Ford rules in favor of the plaintiffs he notion of making money at all costs will also prove to be catastrophic at these companies.

What if it can be used against the company in a wrongful - termination lawsuit or an age - discrimination case?

The dispute involves a lawsuit filed against Royal Dutch Petroleum over claims that the oil company was complicit in abuses committed by the Nigerian government against its citizens in the oil - rich Niger Delta.

Under a judge's order, GM is shielded from legal claims from before it emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, and company officials wouldn't say Thursday whether they will use that protection against death and injury lawsuits.

In a separate case, a North Carolina judged okayed a Justice Department lawsuit against the company.

Mylan's CEO, Heather Bresch, later had to testify before Congress, class - action lawsuits have been filed against the company, and Mylan in May was accused of overcharging the US government by $ 1.27 billion for EpiPens.

In July, the National Labor Relations Board defined McDonald's as a joint employer in lawsuits against the company, a designation that could force the franchisor to take responsibility for workers» wageIn July, the National Labor Relations Board defined McDonald's as a joint employer in lawsuits against the company, a designation that could force the franchisor to take responsibility for workers» wagein lawsuits against the company, a designation that could force the franchisor to take responsibility for workers» wages.

Ravikant became something of a celebrity in the Valley when he led a shareholder lawsuit against the firm that had invested in his prior company, Epinions.com.

Last year, one such company, Dovden Investments, launched at least 35 lawsuits against Canadian organizations — including a school for gifted children in Alberta and a pair of individual developers of free public - transit apps — that ostensibly stole the obscure intellectual property in its portfolio.

The company filed a new lawsuit Friday in King County, Wash., Superior Court, against seven owners of websites such as amazonverifiedreviews.com, paidbookreviews.org, and amazonreviewsstar.com, alleging the sites are creating false product reviews and misleading Amazon's customers with flattering, «inauthentic» reviews.

In February 2018, 3M reached an agreement with the State of Minnesota that resolved the previously disclosed Natural Resource Damages (NRD) lawsuit filed by the State against the Company related to certain PFCs present in the environmenIn February 2018, 3M reached an agreement with the State of Minnesota that resolved the previously disclosed Natural Resource Damages (NRD) lawsuit filed by the State against the Company related to certain PFCs present in the environmenin the environment.

«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point about Apple and punish our clients for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.

Most recently, a Jan. 19 shareholder lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the boards of Viacom and CBS Corp alleges the companies improperly paid millions for Redstone's services as executive chairman «while he was physically and mentally incapacitated.»

NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.

The company will probably have to be removed as a co-defendant in the lawsuits where it is named, meaning that those currently suing may never see a payout from the production house (in general, bankruptcies effectively end lawsuits against firms going bust).

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take legal action against their employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.

In June, the Illinois attorney general's office filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Jimmy John's, alleging the company imposes «highly restrictive non-compete agreements on its employees.&raquIn June, the Illinois attorney general's office filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Jimmy John's, alleging the company imposes «highly restrictive non-compete agreements on its employees.&raquin Cook County Circuit Court against Jimmy John's, alleging the company imposes «highly restrictive non-compete agreements on its employees.»