Uber Sued for Legal Fees by Ex-Security Chief Charged Over Hack

Uber Technologies Inc. was sued in Delaware Chancery Court by its former chief security officer, who says the Silicon Valley giant is breaching its pledge to cover the legal fees he’s racked up defending against federal criminal charges related to a 2016 data breach.

Uber has sought to avoid paying Joseph Sullivan’s expenses by claiming its board “never adopted formal written resolutions appointing Mr. Sullivan” or “defining Mr. Sullivan’s authority,” the complaint says. “Any purported failure of corporate formalities” is “a failure by Uber, not Mr. Sullivan, which the company cannot rely upon.”

Sullivan faces up to eight years in ...