Building a Business Stingy Company Ordered to Pay $1.75 Million to Workers It Forced to Choose Between Pay and Bathroom Breaks 'No worker should have to face the choice: Do I take a bathroom break, or do I get paid?' By Kim Lachance Shandrow
Building a Business National Restaurant Association Sues New York City Over Sodium Warnings on Menus The new rule applies to restaurants with more than 15 locations nationwide and concession stands at some movie theaters and sports stadiums. By Reuters
Building a Business 3 Areas of Law Every Entrepreneur Should Know Just as entrepreneurs need to know the basics of accounting and marketing, they also need to understand the basics of business law to avoid the potential failure that follows costly litigation. By Anthony Johnson
Building a Business Austria’s Supreme Court to Decide if a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Is Allowed A law student is suing the social network over its privacy policies, and more than 25,000 people are signatories. By Reuters
Building a Business Taxi Owners, Lenders Sue New York City Over Uber The lawsuit accuses the city of allowing Uber to violate taxi drivers' privileges and destroy their livelihoods. By Reuters
Building a Business Court Denies Uber’s Request to Appeal Class-Action Status of U.S. Driver Lawsuit The lawsuit was filed by drivers who wish to be deemed employees. By Reuters
Building a Business Sexual Assault Case Against Venture Capitalist Joseph Lonsdale Dropped In response, Lonsdale has dropped his counter suit and each party will pay for their own court expenses. By Reuters
Building a Business Amazon Sues More Than 1,000 People Over Fake Reviews Some Fiverr users were allegedly paid to publish Amazon reviews. By Jon Fingas
Building a Business HP Faces Counter Suit From Autonomy’s Mike Lynch Over $11 Billion Deal The CEO is suing HP for $150 million in damages accusing the company of making false and negligent statement about him. By Reuters
Building a Business Judge Allows Class-Action Lawsuit Against Target in Data Breach A U.S. judge certified a class action against Target brought by several banks over the retailer's massive data breach. By Reuters
Building a Business Chipotle Faces Food Poisoning Lawsuits in California and Minnesota The chain is dealing with the aftermath of separate outbreaks of norovirus and salmonella. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business Uber Drivers Granted Class Action Status in California Lawsuit The lawsuit seeks to designate drivers as employees, not independent contractors. By Reuters
Building a Business No Eggs, No Mayo: FDA Goes After Hampton Creek for Naming Its Vegan Spread ‘Just Mayo’ The FDA is not amused. By Laura Entis
Building a Business California Prosecutors Say Convicted Criminals Passed Uber’s Background Checks The ridesharing service is accused of having brought on drivers who have previously been convicted of murder and sex crimes. By Reuters
Building a Business Uber Scores a Win in Connecticut as Court Dismisses Racketeering Lawsuit Another day, another legal fight for Uber. By Reuters
Thought Leaders 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Tinder’s Sean Rad Meet the man who turned online dating into a game of swipes. By Laura Entis
Building a Business Apple Faces Class-Action Lawsuit by Employees Over Bag Searches The complaint say the company's policy of checking retail employees' bags as a security precaution was embarrassing and demeaning. By Reuters
Building a Business Apple Store Employees Told Tim Cook They Were Treated Like ‘Criminals,’ Court Docs Show Documents in a class-action lawsuit reveal employees' unhappiness at being subject to bag searches and treated as 'criminals.' By Reuters
Building a Business The Legal Advice Mark Cuban Didn’t Take But that doesn't mean you -- and your business -- should follow suit. By Steve Cook
Building a Business Amazon Sues Alleged Sellers of Bogus 5-Star Product Reviews Beware peddlers of lies. The ecommerce goliath is dropping the legal hammer on four sites it claims hawk fake positive product reviews. By Kim Lachance Shandrow
Building a Business Report: Apple Cars Could Be Here as Soon as 2020 The electric vehicle space is heating up. By Laura Entis
Building a Business Monster Sues Apple’s Beats Over Alleged Fraud Audio-equipment maker Monster, which helped create Beats by Dre headphones, says it was unfairly cut out before Beats was sold to Apple last year. By Reuters
Building a Business Court Approves $5.9 Million Settlement in Conde Nast Internship Case Those who interned at the publishing giant from June 2007 to the present are expected to receive payments up to $1,900. By Reuters
Building a Business Facebook Is Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit for Scanning Users’ Private Messages A California judge refused to dismiss the case. Now, the social network is facing legal action for some of its advertising practices. By Reuters
Building a Business Uber and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month San Francisco and Los Angeles are suing the ridesharing service, the latest events in what's shaping up to be a trying time for the company By Laura Entis
Building a Business Former Tinder Employees Are Launching a Rival Dating App It's called Bumble, and it's being marketed as Tinder minus the creep factor. By Laura Entis