Contempt-of-court lawyer in $9.5 billion Chevron environmental lawsuit has appeal to the Supreme Court denied.

A disbarred lawyer who won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an environmental case in Ecuador was jailed for contempt of court on Monday, but the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.

Lawyer Steven Donziger got six months behind bars for ignoring a judge's order to han...

Kari Lake, an election denier, has filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials

-On Friday, defeated Republican candidate Kari Lake filed a lawsuit against state elections officials, challenging the counting and certification of the midterm election and asking to be proclaimed the winner.

According to a filing with the Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday, the ...

Skittles are alleged to be unfit for consumption in a lawsuit

They contain titanium dioxide, a culinary ingredient found in many foods. Here is what we discovered about its safety.

If you've been following recent nutrition news, you may have heard about a lawsuit that claimed Skittles, the famously colourful candy from "taste the rainbow,...

The rape lawsuit against Ronaldo is dismissed by a US judge.

The rape lawsuit brought by Kathryn Mayorga, a teacher and ex-model against Christiano Ronaldo was dismissed by the US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey.

Allegedly she was sexually assaulted by the footballer in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel room. These allegations were denied by Ronaldo who e...

Texas filed a lawsuit against Facebook over facial recognition, and Macron wants a more aggressive space policy

Texas has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, and Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to increase its space efforts.

On Monday, the Texas attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against Meta's Facebook, saying that the social media giant violated state privacy laws by using facial-reco...

Google accused of allegedly tracking personal information of iPhone users in UK

The UK Supreme Court has blocked a planned GBP 3.2 billion British class action against Google regarding allegations that the tech giant has unlawfully tracked personal information of iPhone users.

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• Lloyd accuses Google of taking personal dat...

Lawsuit filed against Canon for misleading claims and deceiving users

Canon USA has found itself at the centre of a legal tussle, because of a decision regarding its printers' functioning. A customer from New York has filed a class-a lawsuit against the company.  The customer complained that the printers do not carry out several functions unless the cartri...

Twitter agrees to pay $809.5 million, to settle lawsuit regarding misleading of investors

Highlights
• Twitter said it is ready to pay $809.5 million, to settle an action  lawsuit

• In September 2016 the shareholders sued the company for

On Monday, Twitter said it is ready to pay $809.5 million, in order to settle an...

Boeing faces lawsuit against two air crashes

Highlights

•      Board of directors of Boeing's face a lawsuit against two air crashes

•      The manufacturer's 737 MAX was grounded worldwide for 20 months

Boeing's board of d...

Zoom to compensate $85 million to settle the Lawsuit

Zoom, the popular video conferencing firm has shown exponential growth in its usage rate since 2020 owing to its success to the onset of the pandemic, forcing people to stay indoors and manage both work and studies through online video conferencing. However, with so many users, it also had the pe...

AMAZON SLAPPED WITH AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT IN THE UNITED STATES

Highlights

• This is not the first instance when the Jeff Bezos-led company has been accused of dominating the market

• The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Karl Racine said “Amazon has used its dominant position in the online retail market to win...

US JUDGE ACCUSES APPLE OF KNOWING ABOUT A DEFECT IN MacBook DISPLAYS

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• A lawsuit was filed against Apple Inc for its fragile display cables in the MacBook Pro 2016 model and now this lawsuit has been taken forward by Judge Edward Davila

• This lawsuit known as Flexgate is about a design flaw in the ribbon cable that connect...

FACEBOOK CHALLENGES THE US FTC'S LANDMARK ANTITRUST CASE

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• Along with challenging the case, Facebook has also asked a judge to shelve the case, and has called it ‘nonsensical’ in its complaint

• The Mark-Zuckerberg led company was accused by the FTC of anti-competitive behaviour and, had also urged t...

AMAZON LOSES COURT CASE AGAINST BUSINESS RIVALS IN INDIA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Amazon has lost a court case against Future Group and Reliance in India.
• Amazon can approach Supreme Court.

Amazon India has lost a court against Future Group in the Delhi High Court. Overturning the  an order from Si...

HUAWEI FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO US FTC'S DESIGNATION AS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT

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• The FCC order exceeded statutory authority; violates federal law and the Constitution; is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion said Huawei in a petition filed on Monday

• A day after filing this challenge, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei express...

LAWSUIT AGAINST US IS TO PROTECT COMPANY’S INTEREST: XIAOMI

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• Xiaomi Corp has filed a suit against the US Defense and Treasury departments as they have blacklisted them from getting any investment from the Americans

• The US decision to include the company as a communist Chinese military company was factually incor...

XIAOMI FILES SUIT AGAINST US TO REVERSE INVESTMENT BAN

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• Xiaomi has filed a suit against the US Defense and Treasury departments as they have blacklisted them from getting any investment from the Americans

• This lawsuit is a response to the move made by the Defense Department earlier this month which blocked ...

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GETS SUED BY TEXAS FOR HALTING THE DEPORTATIONS

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• The Democratic-led state indicated that it was all set to resume the role of chief antagonist to an immigration agenda for the US President

• This new suit filed before US District Judge Drew Tipton in the Southern District of Texas seeks a halt to the d...

GOOGLE ASKS US JUDGE TO TRANSFER ANTITRUST LAWSUIT FILED BY STATES TO CALIFORNIA

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• Google has asked a US judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states to a court in California

• The first case that alleged it monopolised online display advertising was filed in the month of May by an advertiser, and it was followed ...

VISA'S $5.3 BILLION PLAID ACQUISITION FALLS THROUGH

Highlights: 

• The US Department of justice was unhappy about Visa's fee charges for online debit 
• The failed deal will leave other fintech firms to develop online debit systems 

The planned acquisition of a Plaid, a fintech firm by ...