U.S.
Uber Waiving Fees for Disabled Riders in ADA Suit Settlement
Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S. allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with ...
MLB Agrees to Pay $185 Million to Settle Minor League Wage Suit
Major League Baseball agreed to pay $185 million as part of a settlement with minor league ballplayers who say the league exploits them, knowing they will play for peanuts for a chance to make it to ...
Insurers Wrangle Over Amber Heard Defamation Costs
A little over a month after a jury found that actress Amber Heard had defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp, one insurer of Heard is asking a court to rule it has no obligation to indemnify her. New York ...
Delaware Judge Dismisses Public Nuisance Suit Against Monsanto Over PCBs
A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state's Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic ...
California Puts Truckers in Gig-Work Legal Limbo Choking Supply Chains
About 70,000 truck owner-operators who form the bedrock of California's transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed US ...
Travelers Seeks to Rescind Cyber Policy; Insured Lied About MFA Use
In what may be one of the first court filings of its kind, insurer Travelers is asking a district court for a ruling to rescind a policy because the insured allegedly misrepresented its use of ...
First Special Crash Probe for GM’s Self-Driving Cruise: NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a recent crash of a Cruise self-driving vehicle in California that resulted in minor injuries, the agency ...
U.S. Auto Crash Death Rate Highest in Study of Rich Countries
U.S. death rates from motor vehicle crashes are the highest among 29 upper-income countries, according to a government study that adds to the country's poor public-health record among developed ...