Lawsuits

California Uber, Lyft Drivers File Lawsuit Over Prop 22
California Uber, Lyft Drivers File Lawsuit Over Prop 22
January 13, 2021  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers in California who drive for Uber, Lyft and other rideshare and delivery platforms have filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court seeking...

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Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation
Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation
January 12, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Visa has opted out of its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid after objections stemming from a Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit, The Wall...

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Parler Sues Amazon After Being Booted Off Cloud
Parler Sues Amazon After Being Booted Off Cloud
January 11, 2021  |  Amazon

Conservative social network Parler is suing Amazon after the eCommerce giant’s web services division abruptly pulled the plug on cloud hosting for the startup, The...

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Robinhood User Sues Platform After Account Hacked
Robinhood User Sues Platform After Account Hacked
January 10, 2021  |  Legal

A California man has sued Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities, claiming he lost thousands of dollars after his brokerage account with the firm was breeched,...

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Bitcoin Daily: CoinDesk Acquires Crypto Index TradeBlock; Bitcoin.com Co-Founder Sues Bridge.link For Misleading Investors
Bitcoin Daily: CoinDesk Acquires Crypto Index TradeBlock; Bitcoin.com Co-Founder Sues Bridge.link For Misleading Investors
January 05, 2021  |  Bitcoin

CoinDesk has acquired digital asset index TradeBlock, the cryptocurrency news platform announced in a press release Tuesday (Jan. 5). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Ripple Sued By Investor Over SEC Troubles
Ripple Sued By Investor Over SEC Troubles
January 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Ripple Labs, which makes the XRP token, was sued by investor Tetragon Financial Group after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said virtual tokens...

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PayPal Wins Prepaid Card Regulation Lawsuit Against CFPB
PayPal Wins Prepaid Card Regulation Lawsuit Against CFPB
January 04, 2021  |  Legal

FinTech giant PayPal has won a lawsuit against the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pertaining to rules regarding prepaid cards and digital wallets, Westlaw...

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Bangladesh Garment Suppliers Hit Hard By Late Payments
Bangladesh Garment Suppliers Hit Hard By Late Payments
January 04, 2021  |  B2B Payments

“It was a year of trepidation and angst,” said Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), according to recent Dhaka...

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
January 01, 2021  |  Regulation

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms …...

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