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US govt drops legal case as firm scraps plans to salvage Titanic artifacts

The US government has scrapped its litigation against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic, noting that the firm no longer has expedition plans to the shipwreck that could break federal law. The scuttling of the government's latest legal battle isn't necessarily the end of RMS Titanic Inc.'s attempts to enter the rapidly deteriorating ocean liner or to fetch more historic objects. The company said last month that it's still considering the implications of future expeditions. But the US on Friday withdrew its motion to intervene in a federal admiralty court in Virginia, which oversees salvage matters for the world's most famous shipwreck. The withdrawal concluded the second of two legal battles in five years that the US has waged against RMS Titanic Inc, the company that has retrieved and exhibited the ship's artifacts. The US filed its latest legal challenge in 2023 when RMST was planning to take images inside the ship's hull and pluck items from the surrounding .

Walmart, Branch accused of opening drivers' costly accounts without consent

Walmart and Branch Messenger are being sued for allegedly opening expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers without their consent. Here's all that happened

Lawsuit in US accuses food companies of marketing 'addictive' food to kids

Lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia Court by Bryce Martinez who alleges he developed type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, diagnosed at age 16, by consuming the firms' products

President-elect Trump wants Truth Social deal lawsuit to be put on hold

Trump has sought to have criminal cases against him thrown out in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling in July that former presidents are immune for some official actions taken while in office

Barclays reaches $19.5 mn settlement over $17.7 bn debt sale blunder

A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action was filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court

Musk loses bid to dismiss ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's severance lawsuit

Elon Musk has been fighting legal claims for back pay by thousands of Twitter staff he laid off

Brazil institute sues social media giants for $525 mn over usage by minors

The lawsuits demand the companies create clear data protection mechanisms and issue warnings about the risks to children's and teenagers' mental health due to platform addiction

Meta to face lawsuits as states' claim it hooked kids to social media

The social media companies also face hundreds of lawsuits by public school districts alleging the platforms have created a public nuisance

IT services' focus on building IP and platforms may trigger more lawsuits

While lawsuits are common in the US tech industry, analysts believe their nature is changing due to shifts in business models and growing organisational awareness of intellectual property infringement

TikTok designed to be addictive, harmful to kids: US states' lawsuits

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health. The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from many states, including New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts. At the heart of each lawsuit is the TikTok algorithm, which powers what users see on the platform by populating the app's main For You feed with content tailored to people's interests. The lawsuits note TikTok design features that they say addict children to the platform, such as the ability to scroll endlessly through content, push notifications that come with built-in buzzes and face filters that create unattainable appearances for users. They've chosen profit over the health and safety, well-being and future of our

Shahi Idgah: SC asks Muslim side to see if appeal needs to be filed in HC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Muslim parties to apprise it whether an appeal before a division bench of Allahabad High Court would lie against the single-judge order which rejected their petition challenging the maintainability of 18 cases related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar, which was initially inclined to issue notice to the Hindu side on the appeal filed by Muslim parties against the August 1 order of the high court, posted the matter for further hearing on November 4. Senior advocate Madhavi Divan and advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing for the Hindu side said that the top court had earlier stayed the operation of order, appointing court commissioner for survey of the Idgah complex and now it should be vacated. The bench said that there are several legal issues in the matter, which needs detailed consideration and directed that all the pending matters on the dispute will be taken up ..

US FAA chief to testify before Congress on Sept 24 on Boeing quality plan

Boeing faces mounting scrutiny from Congress since a Jan. 5 mid-air emergency in a new Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9.

J&J gets $260 million talc verdict overturned in Oregon, new trial ordered

J&J is facing claims by more than 62,000 plaintiffs that its baby powder and other talc products were contaminated with asbestos and caused cancer

Big oil companies defeat US consumer lawsuit over production, prices

The court also found a lack of proof that the oil companies violated antitrust law by conspiring to raise prices

Indian filmmaker accuses Netflix of copying his movie for Squid Game series

Filmmaker, Soham Shah, sued Netflix in federal court in New York on Friday, alleging that the show is a blatant rip-off of his Hindi-language film Luck

ANI files case against Netflix overuse of footage in 'IC-814' web series

News agency ANI has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the producers of web series "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack" for using their content without authorisation

Donald Trump loses bid to move New York hush money case to federal court

The 78-year-old billionaire faces as long as four years behind bars in the hush money case, though a far shorter sentence or even probation is also possible

Cognizant files lawsuit against Infosys over trade secrets; Infy denies

IT major Cognizant's subsidiary TriZetto has slapped a lawsuit on Infosys in a US federal court, accusing the Bengaluru-headquartered company of stealing trade secrets and information related to healthcare insurance software. Infosys, in a statement, denied all allegations. The company asserted it is aware of the lawsuit and will defend its position in the court. Cognizant in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court has accused Infosys of illegally accessing data from TriZetto's software -- Facets and QNXT -- and using the same to develop and market a competing product. Cognizant offerings include TriZetto's Facets and QNXT, which healthcare insurance firms use to automate tasks. Teaneck, New Jersey-based Cognizant has the bulk of its employees in India. Cognizant has reportedly alleged that Infosys misused TriZetto's software to create "Test Cases for Facets," which repackaged its data into an Infosys product. Further, it has reportedly alleged that Infosys created software to extr

J&J gets plaintiff backing for $6.5 bn to resolve lawsuits over baby powder

Separately, the company said in May it has resolved 95% of claims its baby powder was tainted with asbestos and caused mesothelioma, a type of cancer that forms in tissues around the heart and lungs

Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die, according to lawsuit

The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than USD 50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced terror and mental anguish before the disaster and accusing the sub's operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023. No one survived the trip aboard the experimental submersible owned by OceanGate, a company in Washington state that has since suspended operations. Known as Mr. Titanic, Nargeolet participated in 37 dives to the Titanic site, the most of any diver in the world, according to the lawsuit. He was regarded as one of the world's most knowledgeable people about the famous wreck. Attorneys for his estate said in an emailed statement that the doomed submersible had a troubled history, and that OceanGate failed to disclose key facts about the vessel and its durability. According to the