Articles about settlement

Amazon will pay $3.7M to settle labor claims in Seattle for alleged gig worker ordinance violations

Amazon Flex denied the allegations from the Office of Labor Standards but is paying more than 10,000 affected workers. Read More

FTC, Amazon agree to record-setting $2.5B settlement over alleged Prime ‘subscription traps’

The deal includes a $1 billion civil penalty — the largest ever in an FTC case involving a rule violation — and $1.5 billion in refunds for consumers who the agency says were harmed by deceptive Prime enrollment and cancellation practices. Read More

Uber to pay $15M in record labor settlement with Seattle, impacting more than 16,000 couriers

Uber Eats has agreed to pay $15 million to more than 16,000 delivery workers in Seattle after reaching a settlement… Read More

Microsoft to pay $20M FTC fine over Xbox child account data collection practices

Microsoft will pay a $20 million fine and change its account verification process for Xbox gamers under 13 as part… Read More

Labor settlement ends Amazon’s “15-minute rule,” letting workers stay on-site for union organizing

A settlement between Amazon and the National Labor Relations Board will end a company policy that prevented workers from remaining… Read More

Map of water ice on Mars shows where NASA (and SpaceX) are likely to send their first astronauts

A newly published survey pinpointing where Martian water ice is likely to lie close to the surface could serve as… Read More

Amazon will pay $1.2M to settle with EPA over illegal pesticide sales

Amazon has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over “unregistered and misbranded pesticide products” for sale on the… Read More

An Amazon shopping spree, courtesy of Apple: How the $400M e-book settlement works

Apple this week started paying out a $400 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit for e-book price fixing, and you might get some free… Read More

Sprint, Verizon fined $158M combined to settle lawsuit over unauthorized charges

Sprint and Verizon are the last major wireless carriers in the U.S. to agree to a settlement with the government over millions… Read More

Google agrees to refund customers $19M over kids’ in-app purchases

Google will refund at least $19 million to parents who paid for in-app purchases that their children made on Android devices without their knowledge… Read More

Money in your inbox: Amazon issues credits to customers from e-book settlement

If you’ve bought a Kindle book in the past few years, check out your inbox this morning: There may be… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures settles with Lattice

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures has reached its second settlement agreement in its case against manufacturers in the semiconductor industry. The company announced… Read More