CAIRN ENERGY DRAGS AIR INDIA TO A U.S. COURT TO RECOVER $1.2 BN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AWARD

In order to recover its international arbitration award worth $1.2 billion, Scottish  explorer Cairn Energy Plc has dragged Indian airlines company Air India to a US court. Cairn Energy won this international arbitration award against the Indian government's retrospective tax claim in th...

US COURT POSTPONES EXTRADITION HEARING OF TAHAWWUR RANA FROM APRIL 22 TO JUNE 24

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• US District Court Judge in Los Angeles Jacqueline Chooljian in her order on Monday moved the in-person extradition hearing of Rana to India to June 24

The extradition hearing of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who is sought for his involv...

US COURT ASKS FOR STATUS REPORT ON WORK AUTHORISATION FOR H-1B SPOUSES

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• A US court has sought a joint status report on work authorisation rights available to a certain section of spouses of H-1B workers

• It will decide the fate of the Save Jobs USA lawsuit, which has been a long-drawn litigation dating back to April 2015

US COURT DISMISSES $100 MN LAWSUIT AGAINST INDIAN PM MODI, HM SHAH OVER SCRAPPING ARTICLE 370

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• This lawsuit was filed by a separatist Kashmir Khalistan outfit and two associates, on September 19, 2019, days before Prime Minister Modi’s “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston, Texas

• The litigants demanded a compensation of $100 million ...

OXYCONTIN MAKER PURDUE PHARMA PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN COUNTRY’S OPIOID CRISIS

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• In a federal court hearing held virtually in front of US District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, Steve Miller chairman of Purdue Pharma board pleaded guilty on the behalf of the company

• According to a Department of Justice press release, this deal includes ...

U.S. COURT WON’T REHEAR ARGUMENTS AGAINST QUALCOMM

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• The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief order said it would not rehear arguments over engagement of Qualcomm in anticompetitive patent-licensing practices to keep hold on the modem chip market

• Previously on August 11, a three-judge panel of the ...

U.S. JUDGE AMIT MEHTA SETS FIRST HEARING OF GOOGLE ANTITRUST LAWSUIT FOR OCTOBER 30

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• The search engine giant was sued by the Justice Department for $1 trillion after accusing it of illegally using its market muscle to keep rivals at bay in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades

• Lawyers for Google and th...