A class action lawsuit filed against the City of Seattle last week alleges that a new payroll system implemented last fall has resulted in widespread payroll errors, affecting thousands of employees… Read More
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of more… Read More
In a ruling issued last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly dismissed with prejudice a case brought by battery startup Group14 Technologies alleging that a competitor illegally used its proprietary… Read More
Contestants in the planned Prime Video reality TV series “Beast Games” are suing YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon, alleging workplace abuses including unpaid wages and sexual harassment. The class-action suit,… Read More
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants to help take a bite out of Apple’s dominance in the smartphone market, joining 20 other attorneys general Tuesday in the U.S. Department… Read More
Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has been tangled in a legal dispute with a Las Vegas man who claimed online for years that the startup is selling… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that the Seattle-based tech giant is a monopoly that abuses its power. The complaint… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping customers into signing up for subscriptions to its Prime service and making it unnecessarily difficult for them to cancel. “Amazon… Read More
Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million after a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Bob Ferguson accused the tech giant of deceptive practices in its location tracking. Ferguson’s office announced… Read More
A new lawsuit accuses Valve Software of infringing upon patents on touch-feedback technology with its gaming products such as the Steam Deck. The May 15 suit, filed in federal court… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based video game developer Bungie won $6.7 million in a lawsuit against a company that sold cheat programs for its flagship title, Destiny 2. The lawsuit, originally filed in… Read More
The University of Washington will move ahead with a building envisioned as a gateway into a reimagined part of its Seattle campus after prevailing in a lawsuit brought by a… Read More
California filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Wednesday that accuses the Seattle tech giant of violating antitrust laws. Amazon has faced increasing antitrust-related scrutiny in recent years from government agencies… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa is the target of a new lawsuit alleging that the company is using information gathered from users of its smart speaker devices to serve them targeted advertising without… Read More
A federal jury in Texas this week sided with Redfin in a patent lawsuit brought two years ago by Surefield, a Seattle startup that was launched by Redfin co-founder David… Read More
Without conceding it broke state law, Google paid the Washington attorney general’s office $423,659 to settle a lawsuit over the company’s paid political advertising in the state. The settlement came… Read More
An antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine this week promises to test the evidence and allegations that have been marshaled against the tech giant… Read More
Amazon is facing numerous lawsuits alleging the company has created a culture that discriminates against Black, Latino and Native American office workers. The lawsuits, five in total, contend overall that… Read More
Investors who bet big on Malachi Salcido, a self-described bitcoin mining magnate, now claim the Washington state man busted his own business, and may have cost them millions of dollars.… Read More
Austin-based real estate startup Real Estate Exchange (REX) filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Seattle against Zillow Group, accusing Zillow of anticompetitive behavior related to how certain… Read More
Fighting back against what it calls a “headwind to Seattle’s economic recovery,” the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Seattle City Council’s recently passed payroll tax.… Read More
Amazon has prevailed over eBay in a lawsuit that accused the Seattle tech giant of poaching e-commerce sellers through eBay’s own messaging platform. The dispute dates back more than two… Read More
Seattle mountaineering guide Garrett Madison and Silicon Valley tech CEO Zachary Bookman were set to take on the world’s tallest mountain peak together. Instead, they’re mounting arguments against each other… Read More
Seattle-area medical device repair company Summit Imaging is denying accusations of hacking and stolen trade secrets in a court battle with healthcare giant Philips. In recent court filings, Summit Imaging… Read More
Amazon this week filed lawsuits in three states, aiming to squash what it describes as fraudulent affiliate marketing schemes driven by email campaigns purporting to come from the Seattle e-commerce… Read More
Barbara Chandler believes she contracted COVID-19 in March at her job, working in an Amazon warehouse in New York where she experienced “a culture of workplace fear reinforced by constant… Read More
A trio of proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada accuse Amazon of abusing its market dominance to fix prices. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of consumers in both… Read More
One of Redfin’s co-founders is suing the high-tech real estate brokerage for patent infringement and intellectual property theft, alleging that the violations handicapped his current startup. Surefield founder David Eraker… Read More
A former Amazon employee is suing the company, claiming she was wrongfully terminated after taking time off to recover from COVID-19-like symptoms and sounding the alarm about safety concerns inside… Read More
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Uber, and the City of Seattle have agreed to walk away from a lengthy and complex legal battle over a law that would allow drivers… Read More
