Latest articles by Jonathan Stempel


The ruling allows the agency to pursue a lawsuit accusing hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide of failing to properly safeguard consumers’ information.


U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson in Hartford said the plaintiffs failed to show that Uber competed unfairly.


Plaintiffs had charged that Facebook concealed threats to its growth prospects before its May 2012 initial public offering.


The judge said jurors might have been confused by his instructions on how to properly calculate royalties.


Court says Patriot Act doesn’t authorize bulk collection of phone metadata.


The suit alleged that children who visited the Nickelodeon website were tracked for the purpose of targeted advertising.


The collective loss to investors was close to $150 million.


The ruling sent VirnetX stock down by almost 50 percent.


The size of the settlement hinges on the outcome of Apple’s appeal in the antitrust case.


“Like Rocky rising from Apollo’s uppercut in the 14th round, plaintiffs’ complaint has sustained much damage but just manages to stand,” said the judge.