Arbitration

Tesla has successfully managed to kill another class action lawsuit from customers by forcing them to go to arbitration. It’s the second time in a few months that Tesla has managed to weasel its way out of a class-action lawsuit with its sneaky arbitration clause. It’s not widely known among Tesla owners, but most of them are giving up their right to sue Tesla if an issue arises. In the US, everyone who bought a Tesla vehicle through Tesla has to agree to a purchase agreement that includes a…

Dispute involving a stake in an oil project in Guyana intensifies, threatening to scuttle Chevron’s $53 billion deal to buy Hess. Dispute involving a stake in an oil project in Guyana intensifies, threatening to scuttle Chevron’s $53 billion deal to buy Hess. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful…

Photo: monticello (Shutterstock)If you’re a Roku user, you may have noticed a new user agreement pop up on your screen over the last several days. If, for whatever reason, you did not comply with this agreement, you probably haven’t been able to stream since. How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette OliveraTechCrunch notes that it’s virtually impossible to avoid signing Roku’s new agreement if you want to continue using your TV. I, myself, thoughtlessly clicked through the agreement the other day, presuming it was…

A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty ImagesNovavax on Thursday said it will settle a bitter arbitration dispute with Gavi, a nongovernmental global vaccine organization, over a canceled Covid vaccine purchase agreement. Novavax could pay up to $475 million to the organization, but the total amount may be less if Gavi decides to order more shots from…

Kevin Spacey will pay $1 million to the production company behind House of Cards to settle an arbitration case stemming from sexual misconduct claims against the actor, Variety reports. Spacey will pay the $1 million fee in installments to the production company, Media Rights Capital (MRC), over several years. It’s a significantly smaller sum than the $31 million the actor was originally ordered to pay in 2021 for breaching his contract after an arbitrator found claims that he’d sexually harassed young crew members…

What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data? Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness. Not so with 23andMe. The popular genomics company, which suffered a pretty terrible data breach last year, has instead opted to tell pissed off customers that they probably should’ve picked a better password if they didn’t want their data boosted. The FTC Just Prescribed a Can of Whoop Ass on Health DataTo clarify, 23andMe is currently being sued—or, more accurately, legally attacked—by a large number of…

Indian IT major Wipro's case against its former chief financial officer (CFO) Jatin Dalal has been referred to arbitration, to be heard outside court proceedings as per an order by Bengaluru civil court's additional city civil and sessions judge Doddegowda K.On January 3, the judge directed both parties, Wipro and Dalal, to resolve the case under section 8 of the Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996. The official order will be uploaded in the next week.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

23&Me admitted it lost 6.9 million users’ DNA in a hack, after initially reporting only 14,000 users were affected. If you’ve used 23andMe, there’s basically a coin-flip chance that your data was exposed. The company, however, updated its terms of service last week to ensure its customers couldn’t file a class action lawsuit against the company.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedThe terms of service update forces users into a binding arbitration, which is a means to resolve disputes outside…

On the heels of a hack that saw the data of roughly half of its users impacted, DNA testing service 23andme has changed the dispute resolution and arbitration section of its terms of service. The company, in a note to customers sent Monday, says it “streamlined arbitration proceedings where multiple similar claims are filed,” and that the new procedures are meant to “encourage a prompt resolution of any disputes.” The changes to the terms of service were made the day before the company revealed that as many as 6.9 million…

A California judge ruled that a class-action sexual bias lawsuit against Niantic could proceed, blocking the Pokémon Go creator’s attempt to move the suit into arbitration.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle found that allegations raised by two female former employees regarding exposure to a hostile gender-based work environment were protected under the 2021 Ending Forced Arbitration Act.Attorney Genie Harrison described the outcome as a “watershed moment for sexual harassment and gender bias cases.”“The…