Stay updated with breaking news from Matthew Wessler. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Uber Technologies Inc.'s vague pop-up terms of use that intend to bind users to an enforceable contract was met by a highly critical Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court during a Friday oral argument about a crash victim’s rights.
Victims of a crash that virtually incinerated an entire Canadian town argued that the railroad is playing games with the courts, but the judges seemed unsure. Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on July 6, 2013, after a train owned by a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific, derailed and caused a fatal oil spill. (Photo by a Sûreté du Québec helicopter via Courthouse News) BOSTON (CN) — A massive lawsuit over the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train explosion put the First Circuit at odds Wednesday over whether legal technicalities are more important than fairness to the victims. As argued by lawyers for dozens of...