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UK Plc Attracts Wave of Takeover Offers From Foreign Suitors
Mar 1 2024 // The UK has become a hotbed for mergers and acquisitions this year as dealmakers hunt for bargains in the country’s underperforming stock market. Direct Line Insurance Group Plc and electronics retailer Currys Plc...
Job Cuts, Fleeing Investors: How Anti-DEI Lawsuits Take a Toll on Targets
Mar 1 2024 // Elizabeth Gore is fighting for survival. Just six months ago, the founder of financial technology startup Hello Alice was getting ready to close an investment round to grow its business offering grants and networking...
Tesla Must Face Class Action Claims by 6,000 Workers in Race Bias Case
Feb 29 2024 // A California state judge has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment...
Lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Against Hate Speech Watchdog Heads to Court
Feb 29 2024 // A U.S. judge on Thursday will consider whether to dismiss X Corp’s lawsuit against a nonprofit that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media platform once known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it...
St. Louis Suburb to Pay $4.5M Settlement Over ‘Debtors Prison’ Suit
Feb 29 2024 // ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused it of operating a so-called debtors’...
Google Hit With $2.3B Lawsuit by 32 European Media Groups
Feb 29 2024 // BRUSSELS – Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the...
Update: Woman Sues NFL Star Tyreek Hill, Says He Broke Her Leg in Backyard Football Drills
Feb 29 2024 // Miami Dolphins superstar Tyreek Hill has been named in a lawsuit by a model and social media influencer, who claims that Hill broke her leg after she knocked him backwards in an impromptu football instruction last...
Ohio Pizza Hut to Pay $13K in Damages for Discrimination Lawsuit
Feb 28 2024 // DT Pizza, a restaurant in Zanesville, Ohio doing business as Pizza Hut, will pay $13,083 in damages and $1,916 in back pay to resolve disability discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Voyant Beauty Agrees to $75K Settlement Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Feb 28 2024 // Voyant Beauty, LLC will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged in...
OpenAI Says New York Times ‘Hacked’ ChatGPT to Build Copyright Lawsuit
Feb 28 2024 // OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper “hacked” its chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence systems to...
Boston Property Manager Sued For Revoking Job Offer for Woman With Breast Cancer
Feb 28 2024 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing a Boston property management firm for allegedly violating federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a new hire with a disability and...
FTC Sues to Block Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal
Feb 27 2024 // The US Federal Trade Commission, eight states and Washington DC sued to block Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. Monday, arguing the tie-up would lead to lower wages for workers and higher...
State Farm Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment Damages
Feb 26 2024 // State Farm Insurance brought forth a subrogation lawsuit last week against Norfolk Southern over damages to a pair of East Palestine, Ohio homes allegedly caused by the railroad company’s February 2023 train...
New Orleans Bakery Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination
Feb 26 2024 // Gracious, LLC, a company based in New Orleans and doing business as Gracious Bakery + Café, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of a medical condition related to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Universities Settle Financial-Aid Antitrust Lawsuit for $166M
Feb 26 2024 // Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice and Vanderbilt universities have agreed to pay a combined $166 million to resolve claims that they favored wealthy student applicants, pushing total settlements in a federal antitrust lawsuit...
‘Ghost Gun’ Sellers Must Face New York Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Them
Feb 26 2024 // Nine companies that sell unfinished guns without serial numbers, used to make untraceable “ghost guns,” must face a lawsuit by New York’s Democratic attorney general seeking to halt their business in the...
Florida Litigation Funding Bill Founders; Plan to Bar Policy Cancellations Gets Changes
Feb 23 2024 // Florida bills that target litigation financing, which seemed to be on their way to quick approval a week ago, have all but foundered in the state Capitol. House Bill 1179, by Rep. Toby Overdorf, and its companion, Senate...
Iowa School District to Pay $20K to Settle Gender Policy Lawsuit
Feb 23 2024 // MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school board has reached an agreement resolving a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that allowed students to request a gender support plan to begin socially transitioning at school,...
American Airlines Must Face Lawsuit Over ESG Retirement Investing
Feb 23 2024 // American Airlines must face a lawsuit claiming it failed to prudently oversee employee retirement funds because it used asset managers that pursued sustainable investment strategies, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas...
Sotheby’s, Russians, Theft: Insurer Must Defend in High-End Miami Realty Suit
Feb 23 2024 // In the glittering world of high-end south Florida real estate, One Sotheby’s International Realty is known as one of the biggest players in the market. This month, the firm is handling the rental of NBA superstar...
