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Stryker Cyberattack Lawsuit Dismissed — But the Door Is Still Open
When Stryker Corporation was the target of a cyberattack on March 11, it appeared to be the kind of business crisis that has a tendency to get worse.…
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Shopify vs. Shopline – What Happens When a Rival Copies Your Blueprint and Calls It Their Own
This story has an inherent irony. Shopify built Dawn as an open-source storefront theme — transparent, accessible, meant to help merchants. Shopify's legal team claims that Shopline took…
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Denver Hotel Bat Infestation Lawsuit Exposes What Hotels Don’t Want Guests to Know
There's something almost cinematic about waking up in the middle of the night on the 22nd floor of a major downtown hotel, only to find bats circling your…
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Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi FIFA Lawsuit – The $1 Billion Bet That Has Football’s Governing Body Sweating
It's safe to say that most people were initially shocked when Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi filed a $1 billion civil lawsuit against FIFA in Boston federal court on June…
Finance
Andy Burnham’s Property Tax Plan Could Reshape Who Pays What — And Where You Live Might Decide
The fact that property valuations from 1991 are still used to calculate council tax bills throughout England is almost absurd. That year, John Major was prime minister, the…
Workforce
Stifling True Economic Innovation: How Tech Monopolies Enforce Stagnation Through Talent Hoarding
The fact that the businesses most publicly linked to disruption have subtly emerged as the biggest obstacle to it is a unique kind of irony. Any major tech…
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Stripping Power From Arbitrators: What California Employers Must Know About the New PAGA Regulations
Employers in California have long relied on arbitration agreements as a sort of legal firewall, keeping conflicts at work under control and out of the hands of sympathetic…
Finance
Spending $350 Million to Save Designers: Inside Autodesk’s High-Stakes Training Push
A figure that is currently circulating in the manufacturing and design industries is $350 million, and it merits greater attention than it is receiving. Over the next three…
Employment law and rights
Threatening Corporate Directors With Jail Time: Inside the UK’s Aggressive Wage-Theft Penalties
Seeing a government handle an employment dispute in the same manner as it might handle a shoplifting charge is startling. However, the UK's current stance on wage theft…
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Issuing Urgent Network Security Warnings: The FBI Alerts Corporate Users Over Passwordless Exploits
This spring, there was a subtle change in the threat landscape that doesn't make a big announcement. A phishing platform known as Kali365 started making the rounds on…
