The lawsuit is the first to be heard under the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016; as per Matthew Goss, general counsel for CNEX, Huawei is “weaponizing our courts against U.S. companies.” On Monday, in a lawsuit that is… Read More ›
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London jury dismissed in landmark Barclays-Qatar case
Judge Robert Jay told the entire jury that their services are no longer required. In a landmark case revolving around fraudulent transactions perpetuated by four former Barclays executives who had been accused of paying Qatar undisclosed fees to help rescue… Read More ›
Dutch citizens file U.S. lawsuit against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
The U.S lawsuit, filed in a Chicago federal court, was filed by Musoni’s three minor children, who are Dutch citizens residing in Belgium. A lwuaist has been filed against airplane maker Boeing Co in a U.S. federal court in what… Read More ›
Office Depot & Support.com Inc to pay total fine of $35M to FTC
While Office Depot will pay $25 million, Support.com will be paying $10 million. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission stated, Office Depot Inc and Support.com Inc, a software firm, have agreed to pay $35 million to settle its charges that they… Read More ›
U.S. Transportation Department investigating Boeing 737-8 MCAS
The Transportation Department’s probe is focusing on whether the FAA used appropriate design standards and engineering analyses in certifying the aircraft’s anti-stall system. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the the matter at… Read More ›
Tesla case is settled despite Musk’s “Shortseller Enrichment Commission” tweet: Jay Clayton
Jay Clayton, the Chairman of the SEC, appeared to be unaware of Musk’s October 4 tweet which described the SEC as the “Shortseller Enrichment Commission”. Despite Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk’s mocking tweet on the chairman of the U.S. Securities… Read More ›
Large group of institutional investors drag 16 major banks to court over rigging forex market
The 221 page complaint alleges that these 16 major banks had colluded to rig the roughly $5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. In a significant development, a group of big institutional investors, which includes BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment… Read More ›
Carl Icahn sues Dell Technologies over its IPO plans
No stranger to lawsuits, activist investor Carl Icahn has taken the legal route to stop Dell from going ahead with its IPO saying the deal does not value DVMT stockholders. In a strategic development, activist investor Carl Icahn has sued… Read More ›
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission files lawsuit against Tesla’s CEO
The highly unusual lawsuit is potentially aimed at gaining leverage so as to force Tesla Inc’s CEO Elon Musk to settle. According to Teresa Goody, CEO of law firm Goody Counsel, who is also a former SEC attorney, most such… Read More ›
Verbraucherzentrale (vzbv) to file class-action suit against Volkswagen on Nov 1, 2018
Volkswagen has maintained that there is no way consumers can establish intentional harm caused by dieselgate in Germany. On Wednesday, Verbraucherzentrale (vzbv), a German consumer protection organization stated, it would file a class action lawsuit against Volkswagen on November 1,… Read More ›