The daily business briefing: June 16, 2017

Rape victim sues Uber over mishandling of medical records, Takata prepares to file for bankruptcy protection, and more

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1. India rape victim accuses Uber of mishandling her medical records

A Texas woman is suing Uber accusing the ride-hailing service of obtaining and mishandling her medical records after she was raped by her Uber driver in India in 2014. Lawyers for the woman, who was identified only as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit after Recode reported that Eric Alexander, an Uber executive who has since left the company, got the records and showed them to colleagues who were discussing the theory that a rival company had planted the story to sabotage Uber. The lawsuit accuses Uber, CEO Travis Kalanick, Alexander, and senior executive Emil Michael of intrusion into the woman's private affairs and defamation. The case comes as Uber shakes up its management in an attempt to remake its corporate culture after a sexual harassment investigation.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.