Monthly Archives: November, 2019

Alphabet’s Smart City Plans Move Forward in Toronto Despite Controversies

Sidewalk Labs is collaborating with Waterfront Toronto, a publicly funded organization in the Canadian city, to create a proposal for a smart neighborhood in Toronto. Sidewalk...

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash Launch $90 Million Campaign to Exempt Themselves from CA AB5

On October 29, Uber, Lyft and DoorDash launched a $90 million campaign in an effort to exempt themselves from California’s tougher measures on the gig economy.  The...

NTSB Investigates Cause of Self-Driving Car Crash

The first fatal car accident involving a self-driving car occurred on March 18, 2018 in Arizona when a pedestrian was walking her bicycle across the...

Federal Circuit Issues Nearly Earth-Shattering Ruling for PTAB

On October 31, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the case Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Arthrocare...

Apple’s Credit Card Investigated for Gender Discrimination

The new Apple Card has been accused of being sexist. Advertisement for the Apple credit card says it was “Created by Apple, not a...

FTC Fines AT&T $60 Million For Throttling Users ‘Unlimited’ Data

On November 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined AT&T $60 million as part of a case settlement. The 2014 complaint (Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility LLC)...

Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

On October 31, a complaint was filed against Adam Neumann’s (former) We Company, (Medina Bardhi v. The We Company d/b/a WeWork, Adam Neuman and Jennifer Berrent)...

Former Twitter Employees Accused of Espionage

Ahmad Abouammo was arrested on November 5 for obstruction of justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government without the permission of...