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Abuse of power: US likely to probe Apple over anti-market practices

After taking on Meta and Google with antitrust lawsuits, the US Department of Justice is reportedly drafting an antitrust case against Apple

Civil lawsuit against state police for negligence in Texas school shooting

Families of the victims and survivors of the gruesome school shooting in May this year in the US state of Texas are planning to file a whopping USD 27 billion civil right lawsuit against district and state police authorities for negligence in performing their duties, a media report has said. On May 24, a gunman stormed into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers, in the deadliest school shooting in the US in nearly a decade. Since that massacre, several celebrities from different walks in life have appealed for ensuring gun responsibility in the US. On behalf of the family members of the victims and survivors of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, attorney Charles Bonner announced that he is filing a USD 27 billion civil rights lawsuit against the authorities of the state for negligence in their duty, KSAT News, a Texas-based media organisation, reported on Monday. The law suit in particular is against Uvalde Consolidated Independent School Distr

Johnson and Johnson: Why talc-based powder will stop their sales in 2023?

After 38,000 serious allegations, Johnson and Johnson's talc-based baby powder will stop international sales from 2023. The product has already been discontinued in the US and Canada

Elon Musk files defence under seal as Twitter trial is set for Oct 17

Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over a canceled $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform is set for a 5-day trial starting Oct 17 in Delaware

Installation art company Meta sues Facebook over trademark violation

Meta, a small business operating in the immersive and experiential technology industry since 2010, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for trademark violation

Apple agrees to pay $50 mn to settle flawed 'butterfly' keyboards lawsuit

Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle the lawsuit over flawed "butterfly" keyboards in MacBooks in the US

Tesla hit by another racial discrimination lawsuit amid poor sales

The lawsuit names tech giant Tesla, as well as managers and supervisors who allegedly perpetuated constant racism and discrimination at Tesla

Sequoia Capital asks court to dismiss lawsuit by its former counsel

Sequoia has been locked in a legal battle with Sandeep Kapoor, after he included the company in a defamation lawsuit against media companies that reported on a leaked Sequoia email of June 2

Tesla investor files suit against Elon Musk over 'toxic' work culture

A Tesla Inc. investor accused the electric-vehicle maker's officers and directors in a lawsuit of allowing a "toxic workplace culture" to fester at the company

Apple Inc faces new lawsuit in UK, accused of misleading iPhone customers

The suit alleges that Apple abused its dominant market position by informing customers that software updates from late 2016 improved the battery life of the devices when in fact, it throttled it

J&J, Momenta Pharma file patent infringement lawsuit against Natco, Mylan

Johnson & Johnson and Momenta Pharmaceuticals lawsuit alleges infringement of two old patents associated with 20mg/ml and 40mg/ml Glatiramer Acetate injection, Natco said in a regulatory filing.

Netflix targeted for alleging securities fraud after a drop in subscribers

According to the lawsuit, Netflix and its top executives "employed devices, schemes and artifices to defraud (investors), while in possession of material adverse non-public information"

Google hits back at Android location tracking lawsuit in US

Google has hit back at a lawsuit in the US against the company for alleged 'deceptive' Android location tracking

McDonald's settles lawsuit with ex-CEO over alleged lies about affairs

McDonald's sued Easterbrook in August 2020, nine months after reaching a severance deal, claiming he never gave directors a complete picture of his relationships with employees

Facebook paying fine to victims to settle US suit on discrimination

Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to resolve allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers

Tesla to pay $137 mn to ex-employee in racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla has been ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $137 million as damages to a former employee who allegedly encountered racist abuse, discrimination and harassment at the company's plant

Scarlett Johansson, Disney settle lawsuit over superhero film 'Black Widow'

Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed, but both sides issued statements suggesting no lingering animosity, despite Disney's initially aggressive response to the actress's lawsuit

Apple lets developers accept payments outside app store: Report

Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker. The concession announced late Thursday, which covers emailed notifications but does not allow in-app notifications, is part of a preliminary settlement of a nearly 2-year-old lawsuit filed on behalf of iPhone app developers in the U.S. It also addresses an issue raised by a federal court judge who is expected to soon rule on a separate case brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Apple also will set up a USD 100 million fund that will pay thousands of app developers covered in the lawsuit sums ranging from USD 250 to USD 30,000. App developers will get more flexibility to set different prices within their apps, expanding the options from about 100 to 500 choices. Under long-standing Apple rules, makers of iPhone apps were forbidd

LinkedIn must face narrowed US lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers

A US judge said LinkedIn must face a lawsuit claiming it inflated the number of people who watched video ads on the networking platform, allowing it to overcharge hundreds of thousands of advertisers

US judge junks govt antitrust lawsuits against Facebook: Report

The judge faulted the FTC for failing to detail how Facebook has monopoly power in a market the agency described as personal social networking.