uBiome Co-founders Charged with Fraud

uBiome Co-founders Charged with Fraud

The co-founders of fecal testing startup uBiome are having a crappy month. On March 18, 2021, they were indicted in a California federal court on charges of healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and related conspiracy charges. And now the Securities and Exchange Commission is...
Apple Retail Employees Win Wage Theft Lawsuit

Apple Retail Employees Win Wage Theft Lawsuit

Apple retail employees have won a class-action lawsuit against their employer. A three-judge panel in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Apple responsible to pay employees for the uncompensated time they had to wait for security screening “bag checks” before...
U.S. Retail Sector Being Hit Hard by COVID-19

U.S. Retail Sector Being Hit Hard by COVID-19

The growing threat—and, yes, the growing panic—about novel coronavirus, known more familiarly as COVID-19, is going beyond affecting travelers. It’s harming manufacturing in China, too, and that’s harming businesses in the U.S. Eighty percent of smartphones and...