Articles by Malathi Nayak

Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes

Tesla Inc.’s biggest vehicle recall ever threatens to hurt the company’s defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot. The automaker’s recall of 2 million cars comes after a top US auto-safety regulator found its driver-assistance …

X Corp. Loses Fight to End FTC Privacy Oversight

X Corp. failed to persuade a federal judge to curb the US Federal Trade Commission’s close watch over the social media platform’s data privacy policies and block the agency from questioning company owner Elon Musk. US Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson …

FTX Investors Shift Focus to Celebrity Endorsers After SBF Conviction

Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud conviction came just as the FTX implosion was approaching its first anniversary. But for others who helped promote the cryptocurrency exchange, the legal fallout will continue for years. Attention now turns to a sweeping class-action suit …

SpaceX Paid Her $92K While Men Got $115K Suit in California Says

SpaceX was accused in a lawsuit of discrimination for allegedly paying women and minority employees less than their male and White co-workers. The proposed class action, which cites California’s Equal Pay Act, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by …

Surprise Golf Marriage of PGA and LIV Risks Antitrust Scrutiny

The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed challenger LIV Golf avoided calling their proposed partnership a merger. But their shock announcement is already raising serious concerns with US and European antitrust enforcers, according to people familiar with the matter. The tie-up, …

Lawsuit Claiming Racism at Tesla Draws Almost 240 Black Workers Saying ‘Me Too’

A Black former assembly line staffer at Tesla Inc. is moving to add hundreds of other workers to his 2017 lawsuit in which he called the electric-car maker’s production floor a “hotbed for racist behavior.” Marcus Vaughn says class-action status …

Altria Tells Jury It Didn’t Benefit From Juul Youth Vaping Push

Altria Group Inc. didn’t benefit from its $12.8 billion investment in Juul Labs Inc., the tobacco giant’s lawyers told a jury in a trial over whether it helped the e-cigarette maker promote sales that led to a youth vaping crisis …

Tesla Cleared by Jury in Autopilot Crash Suit in Los Angeles

Tesla Inc. was found by a Los Angeles jury not to be at fault following a trial over a driver’s claim that the Autopilot feature in her Model S caused her to veer into the center median of a city …

Snap Says It’s Wrongly Dragged Into Social Media Addiction Suits

nap Inc. says it can’t be sued for allegedly addicting young users and contributing to a mental-health crisis because its “ephemeral” messaging service is “fundamentally different” from other platforms including TikTok and Instagram that are at the center of a …

Google Defeats One Suit Over Chrome Data Privacy Practices

Alphabet Inc.’s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday dismissed claims that Google tracked …