Facebook whistleblower, ‘Careless People’ author says company’s arbitration demand is keeping her from speaking to Congress
Former Facebook executive-turned-whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams wants out of a court order that’s blocking her from speaking to lawmakers about her experiences at the company and her new book, ...
Hamptons School Principal Is Cleared in Case of the Missing $25 Gift Card
Arbitrator orders reinstatement of Maria Dorr, who had been on leave after she was accused of stealing the card from the ...
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HK Court Relies on Deemed Service Clause to Dismiss a Setting-aside Application to Enforce an Arbitral Award
In CC v AC [2025] HKCFI 855 (Date of Decision: 27 February 2025), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed an application to ...
Who Decides If a Dispute Is Arbitratable?
This article discusses the arbitrability of “gateway” issues in a litigation. Specifically, New York courts permit parties to ...
‘Careless People,’ Controversial Insider Account by Former Meta Official, Has Strong First-Week Sales
A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list amid efforts by the social media giant to discredit the ...
Arbitration Prevents Scatter-Gun Litigation
The company considered for a moment that capitulation would be the more reasonable alternative. But the arbitration clause ...
Meta didn't want people to read this book. Now it's a No. 1 bestseller.
Meta tried to prevent the author from promoting her book. It backfired.
Inside the tell-all book that Mark Zuckerberg is trying to suppress
Meta succeeded in preventing a tell-all author from promoting her book — but its action is the best advertisement for the ...
Explosive memoir bashing Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg has strong first-week sales
Williams’ “Careless People” alleges cruel and otherwise disturbing behavior by Mark Zuckerberg, Joel Kaplan, Sheryl Sandberg ...
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An Attorney’s Inadvertence, Mistake, or Excusable Neglect Is Not Sufficient to Overcome The Bright-Line Rule for Arbitration Fee Payments
Since its enactment in 2019, Code of Civil Procedure 1281.98, which governs arbitration fee payments, has been inviolate: ...
Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book
An emergency arbitrator ruled that former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams is prohibited from promoting memoir of her tenure ...