Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures’ privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper’s publisher will go to trial in early 2026, London’s High Court heard on Tuesday, with the parties’ legal costs set to exceed 38 million pounds ($47.8 …
A new study published in Science Advances suggests an increase in the variability of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, leading to more active and inactive hurricane seasons and less near-normal seasons, according NOAA and partner researchers. The study investigates how the …
UPS will pay $45 million to settle charges that it improperly valued its freight division, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced. The regulator agency said that UPS materially misrepresented its earnings because it failed to follow generally accepted accounting principles …
Starbucks Corp. said a ransomware attack at a third-party software supplier has disrupted its system for tracking employee schedules, forcing the coffee giant to manually tally workers’ hours and pay. Blue Yonder Group Inc., a Panasonic subsidiary that provides supply …
Walt Disney agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a statement on Monday. As …
Starbucks said the aftermath of a ransomware attack on a software supplier has been affecting its ability to pay baristas and manage their schedules, the company’s spokesperson said on Monday. The coffee giant said that an outage at a third-party …
Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total. New York Attorney General Letitia James and New …
A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday awarded computer memory company Netlist $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics in a patent lawsuit over technology for improving data processing in high-performance memory products. The verdict follows a $303 million …
HDI Global added Tom Major as a chief claims officer. The appointment takes effect Feb. 7, 2025. Major will join the executive team, reporting to Stephanie Ogden, CEO, UK and Ireland. Major comes from Allianz, where he currently serves as …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising to step in with a state electric-car tax credit if US President-elect Donald Trump repeals a federal subsidy after he takes office next year. Newsom, a prominent Democrat and frequent critic of Republican politics, …