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Tips on Staying Safe When Taking an Uber or Lyft

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Rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft have become a common method for getting around Encino, but their convenience doesn’t guarantee their safety. While most trips proceed without incident, some situations may require extra...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Buckle Up: Uber Fined €290M for Failing to Safeguard EU Data Transfers

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) has issued a €290 million fine to Uber for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Uber Criminal Complaint Raises the Stakes for Breach Response

On August 20, 2020, a criminal complaint was filed charging Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s former chief security officer, with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony in connection with an alleged attempted cover-up of a...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Can Hackers be Ethical, not Evil?

We are increasingly seeing situations in which a client’s information systems are breached by an ethical hacker. Typically, they take a screen shot or two of data to prove their accomplishment, carefully redact any...more

Gray Reed

Who Pays When Your New Employee Brings Your Competitor’s Trade Secrets?

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Days ago, engineer Anthony Levandowski was indicted on criminal charges accusing him of stealing information from Google-owned Waymo and taking it to Uber. While the indictment alleges he downloaded 14,000 documents...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Calling All Companies: It’s Time to Get Real About Sexual Harassment

It’s not a joke. It’s really not. In fact, 81 percent of women and 43 percent of men have experienced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime, according to a survey conducted by nonprofit organization Stop Street...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Uber Board Report – Part II: Internal Controls

I continue my blog post series on the Holder Report (Report) to the Board of Directors of Uber Technology, Inc. (Uber) where the Board asked Holder’s law firm, Covington & Burling LLP (Covington), to evaluate three issues:...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Ridesharing Legislation Highlights Insurance Uncertainty in Emerging Industries

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Managing a company’s exposure to new types of risks is often a complicated endeavor. We’ve previously reported on the uncertainty that can arise when existing coverage models are applied to a new risk—such as losses arising...more

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