Page 10 - Lawsuits

Tesla to pay $137 mn to ex-employee in racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla has been ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $137 million as damages to a former employee who allegedly encountered racist abuse, discrimination and harassment at the company's plant

Scarlett Johansson, Disney settle lawsuit over superhero film 'Black Widow'

Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed, but both sides issued statements suggesting no lingering animosity, despite Disney's initially aggressive response to the actress's lawsuit

Apple lets developers accept payments outside app store: Report

Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker. The concession announced late Thursday, which covers emailed notifications but does not allow in-app notifications, is part of a preliminary settlement of a nearly 2-year-old lawsuit filed on behalf of iPhone app developers in the U.S. It also addresses an issue raised by a federal court judge who is expected to soon rule on a separate case brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Apple also will set up a USD 100 million fund that will pay thousands of app developers covered in the lawsuit sums ranging from USD 250 to USD 30,000. App developers will get more flexibility to set different prices within their apps, expanding the options from about 100 to 500 choices. Under long-standing Apple rules, makers of iPhone apps were forbidd

LinkedIn must face narrowed US lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers

A US judge said LinkedIn must face a lawsuit claiming it inflated the number of people who watched video ads on the networking platform, allowing it to overcharge hundreds of thousands of advertisers

US judge junks govt antitrust lawsuits against Facebook: Report

The judge faulted the FTC for failing to detail how Facebook has monopoly power in a market the agency described as personal social networking.

Google likely to soon face antitrust claims over Play store from US states

The lawsuit has been in the works since last year and has already been delayed, but seems close again, a report said

Air India has time till mid-July to challenge Cairn Energy's lawsuit

Air India has time till mid-July to file a plea contesting Cairn lawsuit, three sources aware of the matter said.

Five women file lawsuits against Amazon alleging bias, retaliation

These women all represented by Wigdor LLP, the law firm representing a plaintiff in discrimination and harassment lawsuit against Amazon that was filed earlier this year.

Exxon and Macquarie in $11.7 million US lawsuit over gas contract

Exxon is asking the Texas court to rule that the massive storm, caused when an arctic air mass swept the central United States, was a natural disaster

BT Group 'overcharged' customers, faces $815-million lawsuit: Report

Each of 2.3 million customers could be compensated £500

Abu Dhabi's IPIC drops lawsuit against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB scandal

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Co, which controls IPIC, had suspended business dealings with Goldman after the lawsuit

A brief history of Indian companies' tryst with class action suits

Companies ranging from IT to pharmaceuticals have been dragged to courts

McDonald's faces discrimination suit by 52 black former franchisees

The 52 franchisees are seeking as much as $5 million in damages for each of the more than 200 stores that they operated

Justin Bieber sues women who accused him of sexual assault for $20 mn

Singer Justin Bieber has reportedly filed a Rs 10-million each defamation lawsuit against the two women who recently accused him of sexual assault on social media.

Bayer agrees to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits for up to $10.9 billion

The German drugs and pesticides maker has come to terms with about 75 per cent of the current Roundup plaintiffs

Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in US, Canada

J&J faces about 19,400 cases alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop ovarian cancer, through use for feminine hygiene, or mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs

Lawsuits against Mayweather, Pacquiao and HBO thrown out

The plaintiffs claimed they were cheated because the Pacquiao's injury was concealed