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The United States and Meta Platforms Inc, which owns social media platform Facebook, have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against users based on their race as well as other characteristics. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice claimed that Meta encouraged advertisers to target users based on their […]
Former employees at Elon Musk’s Tesla have filed a lawsuit against the luxury electric vehicle manufacturer, claiming its decision to carry out a “mass layoff” violated federal law because it failed to give advance notice of the redundancies. The lawsuit was filed by two former employees who said they were terminated from Tesla’s Gigafactory plant […]
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law is working to bring several Ukrainian lawyers to the US to spend a year studying and undertaking pro bono work. The initiative comes as part of Pittsburgh's Ukrainian Legal Assistance Project. Pittsburgh is committed to paying the Ukrainian LLM students' tuition as well as covering their travel costs […]
On Friday, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julain Assange to the US to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to an end. US authorities want Assange on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables. Washington […]
On Thursday, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla were sued for $258 billion by a Dogecoin investor who accused Musk and his companies of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. In the complaint, plaintiff Keith Johnson claimed Musk, Tesla, and SpaceX had touted Dogecoin, driving its price up to only then allow the price […]
US President Biden’s top lawyer, Dana Remus, is departing from the House White and will be replaced by her deputy, Stuart Delery, next month. Remus' resignation comes as the latest staff change for the president just five months before the midterm election. “I am immensely grateful for the service of Dana Remus, who has been […]
JPMorgan Chase has won a London High Court trial against Nigeria, in which the nation was seeking $1.7 billion in damages over the US investment bank’s role in a disputed 2011 oil deal. The bank said the judgement reflects its commitment to high professional standards, while Nigeria said it was disappointed with the verdict and […]
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Russian court decision demanding that it take down information on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Wikimedia Foundation says the public has the right to know the facts of the Russia-Ukraine war. A Moscow court fined the Wikimedia Foundation $88,000 for […]
On Monday, Amazon’s appeal against an antitrust suspension of its $200 million investment deal with Future Group was rejected by an Indian appeals tribunal, which claims the e-commerce giant hid information when it sought approval back in 2019. Suspension of the deal was issued in December by India’s antitrust agency, which alleged Amazon suppressed the […]
According to a new study, lawyers who say their employers value them predominantly for their productivity tend to have worse physical and mental health than lawyers who feel valued for their skills, talent, and humanity. The peer-reviewed study, which was published this month in the scientific journal Behavioral Sciences, is the first empirical analysis of […]
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