A Second Chance
On learning persuasion.
On learning persuasion.
Janet Malcolm The New York Review of Books Sep 2020 15min Permalink
A lawsuit against Harvard forces students to choose sides.
Jay Caspian Kang New York Times Magazine Aug 2019 45min Permalink
Ellen Pao recounts her own lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Not all that long ago, as the editor in chief of Gawker.com, Daulerio was among the most influential and feared figures in media. Now the forty-two-year-old is unemployed, his bank has frozen his life savings of $1,500, and a $1,200-per-month one-bedroom is all he can afford. He's renting here, he says, to be near the counselors and support network he has come to rely on lately.
Maximillian Potter Esquire Jan 2017 25min Permalink
The complicated relationship between Gawker founder Nick Denton and his arch-nemesis investorr Peter Thiel.
David Margolick Vanity Fair Nov 2016 20min Permalink
The Federal Trade Commission has brought more than 60 cases related to data security against businesses. Only one has refused to settle.
Dune Lawrence Businessweek Apr 2016 15min Permalink
For the first time, the giants of the tech industry are spending more on creating, buying, and fighting patents than they are on R&D.
Part of New York Times’ ongoing iEconomy series.
Charles Duhigg, Steve Lohr New York Times Jan 2012 20min Permalink
Inside a restaurant lawsuit.
Michael Chow’s complaint, which sought $21 million in damages, alleged that the team behind Philippe, including chef Philippe Chau, restaurateur Stratis Morfogen (also behind the well-received Ciano) and several codefendants, appropriated the Satay recipe and 11 other Mr Chow standbys, the “modern” decor of Mr Chow’s restaurants and even the name Chow—thereby engaging in deceptive trade practices, swiping trade secrets and infringing on the Mr Chow trademark.
Aaron Gell The New York Observer Feb 2012 15min Permalink
If you hit a bar or restaurant in South Miami, there’s a good chance Eddie Santana has waited tables there. And then sued. Sometimes after only a single day on the job.
Michael E. Miller The Miami New Times Mar 2011 15min Permalink
A woman is clogging the Lehigh County court system with divorce filings against David Lee Roth and there is nothing the legal system can do to stop her.
Kevin Amerman The Morning Call May 2010 Permalink