Posted by Andrew Nguyen. Uber is one of the most popular apps that are around today. This application allows users to call upon a driver to take them to a destination of their choice. Uber has become a widely-used application that proves to be beneficial. However, the company is facing a lawsuit regarding their price surges. …
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FTC Suit Against Volkswagen
Posted by Pooja Patel. The Federal Trade Commission sued Volkswagen for advertising a false claim that their vehicles are environmental friendly and “clean diesel.” Volkswagen is a German manufactured car company. The vehicles that are being affected with this law suit are 2009 through 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel models of Jetta’s, Passat’s, and Touareg SUVs, …
Game App that Can Invade Your Phone
Posted by Pooja Patel. The Federal Trade Commission charged a technology company, Vulcun, for installation issues with the game,“Running Fred,” and for unfairly taking-over consumers phones and installing apps on their phones without their permission. “Running Fred” is a Google Chrome application that runs on Android phones. This game has become quite popular, and is used …
Weisman v. Amaya Inc.
Posted by Nadia Baksh. Amaya Inc. is a Canadian gambling website who has recently been sued by US investor, Harry Weisman. This company defrauded shareholders by hiding insider trading through their chief executive, David Baazov. Harry Weisman, the plaintiff, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Manhattan stating that, “Amaya should have revealed trades made …
Chipotle Will Rise Again
Posted by Michael DeCandia. Chipotle is a fast food industry that has been a growing corporation, which serves high quality food for a cheap price. Almost everyone knew about the “Crisis of Chipotle.” The E. Coli incident was first noticed in Washington and Oregon. The E. Coli started to spread to other Chipotle’s across the …
Keeping Our Country Safe – Cooperation in Business
Posted by Michael DeCandia. The people support our government. The FBI is trying to keep our country safe from the terrorists that surround the world. The FBI was trying to work with Apple to get the shooters phone so that the FBI would be able to access the password/information they needed to find where the …
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March Madness
Posted by Niwantha Kodituwakku. The month of March is not only the beginning of Spring but is also the beginning of one of the most thrilling college basketball tournaments. Sixty-four selected teams ranked from seeds, one through sixteen, enter a pool and face-off in single elimination to eventually have one winner crowned champion in the month …
Amending the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Posted by Maleesha Silva. Katy Perry, Billy Joel, and Rod Stewart etc. have asked the United States government to “amend parts of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act” (Shaw). Some have filed a brief stating what they see is wrong with the law. Parts of the law allow people that use YouTube to upload music …
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Parents of Marine Killed in Osprey Crash in Hawaii Sue Boeing
Posted by Tejas Oza. This article is about the parents of a marine killed in a osprey crash are suing Boeing. This helicopter crashed at a military base outside of Honolulu including 21 marines and a navy man, two marines were killed. “The lawsuit accuses Boeing Corp., Bell Helicopter Testron Inc. and Eaton Aerospace of …
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Inside Chipotle’s Contamination Crisis
Posted by Natasha Dizon. Chris Collings, who usually eats organic food, had Chipotle once a week. After eating at a restaurant, Collings experienced cramping and diarrhea. The doctors told Collins that this was the result of one of the twenty-one ingredients consumed at Chipotle and that he had E.coli. Hundreds of other people got sick in the …