November 5, 2024
Online fast-fashion platforms Shein and Temu are gearing up for a 2026 trial at London’s High Court, with the rivals trading allegations of copyright infringement and anti-competitive behavior in competing lawsuits. Shein sued Temu in Britain last year, accusing Whaleco …
November 5, 2024
Universal Music Group NV has filed a lawsuit against French record label Believe SA seeking damages of at least $500 million over copyright infringement. The Netherlands-based record label argued that Believe’s growth and profitability in recent years was achieved by …
November 5, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to hold companies …
November 5, 2024
JPMorgan Chase will pay $151 million to settle five U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement cases, including accusations that the largest U.S. bank made misleading disclosures to brokerage customers, the regulator said. The settlements include $61 million of civil fines …
November 4, 2024
PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York’s lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case. Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of …
November 4, 2024
Citadel Securities’ lawsuit accusing Portofino Technologies AG of trade-secrets thefts can largely move forward against the high-frequency crypto-trading startup but not a seed investor in the firm. US District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan ruled last week that he lacked …
November 1, 2024
Meta Platforms Inc. failed in a bid to challenge a class action suit in the UK that alleged Facebook abused its dominant position and exploited its users personal data. The UK’s Court of Appeal refused to permit Meta and Facebook’s …
November 1, 2024
Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks their premature-infant formulas can cause a bowel disease that severely sickened a baby boy. It was the companies’ first trial …
November 1, 2024
Sony Pictures Television Inc. accused CBS Studios Inc. in a lawsuit of leaving millions of dollars on the table in the network’s distribution of the popular Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune game shows. Sony, the producer of the programs, claims …
November 1, 2024
Purdue Pharma is close to a new bankruptcy settlement with its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, and state and local governments that have filed lawsuits alleging that its painkiller OxyContin spurred a deadly opioid-addiction crisis in the U.S., …