California’s Labor Commissioner Sues Uber, Lyft Over Worker Classification

California’s labor commissioner has filed a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft, presenting yet another challenge to the companies’ continued insistence that their drivers are independent contractors rather than ordinary employees. And it is such purported mischaracterization which has led to Uber and Lyft being sued by state and local governments across the country. California—at various









TikTok in More Legal Trouble as Major Lawsuit Accuses the App of Stealing Children’s Data

An assortment of lawsuits claiming that popular social media app TikTok violates children’s privacy laws have merged into a major legal action. According to National Public Radio, twenty separate but similar lawsuits—all filed over the past year and a half—have coalesced into a single suit seeking class action certification. The prospective class is comprised of