The Summary of “Uber Investor Sues Travis Kalanick for Fraud” Article

Posted by Nora Shelbi. In the article, Isaac (2017), discussed the issue of the Uber investor and claimed that Travis got involved in the material misstatement and fraudulent trading.  As per the investors, it has been declared that such fraudulent activity has been done with the intention to get the outside control of the board; …

Wells Fargo Accused of Predatory Lending in Chicago Area

Posted by Tiffany Zapata. Wells Fargo is the most recent bank to get caught in the act of predatory lending. The bank was accused in court filings of targeting minorities, such as black and Latino borrowers, for more costly home loans in comparison to whites. The acts took place in Cook County, Illinois, with a …

New Standards in the PCAOB

Posted by Kimberly Culcay. In the article, “What the PCAOB’s new related-party standard means for auditors,” Maria L. Murphy captures the new standard put in place by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The new standard will require auditors to perform specific procedures that are intended to strengthen auditor performance in high-risk areas, such …

Federal Judge Orders 10-Year Sentence for Library Bribes

Posted by Patrick Osadebe.  On September 17, 2014, a federal judge sentenced Timothy Cromer, a former Detroit public library official, to 10 years in prison for bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. He was charged for accepting more than $1.4 million in bribes from contractors of the library. Timothy Cromer, 46, was the chief administrative and …

Uber’s New Drivers Agreement Could Undermine Judge’s Ruling In Class Action Lawsuit

Posted by Stephen D’Angelo. Friday morning, two days after the judge presiding the Uber class action lawsuit decided that drivers attempting to arbitrate can be included in the law suit, Uber sent drivers a new agreement. The document undermined the judge’s ruling by revising the arbitration clause. Liss-Riordan and her team are filing an emergency motion …

Toshiba’s Accounting Scandal

Posted by Bridget Uribe. During the summer of 2015, one of the world’s most known Japanese companies broke headlines as a top accounting scandal. Investigators found the company was overstating operating profits by at least 151.8 billion yen ($1.2 billion in U.S. dollars) between the years of 2008 and 2014. Their accounting problems primarily began …

Tesla Motors Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students

Posted by Timothy O’Shea. Tesla Motors, an automotive company in the Automotive Energy Storage industry, “who’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.”(tesla.com) It “was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley who wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline-powered cars”(tesla.com). As of now, …

University of Virginia Cyber Attack: Avoidable if Biometric Security System was Used

Posted by Stanley Bukowski. On August 6, 1991 was when the internet, also known as the “World Wide Web”, became available to the public. At that time, cyber-attacks ever occurring, never crossed anyone’s mind. Since the launch of the World Wide Web, cyber-attacks and IT threats continue to significantly grow each year. Even though they …