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Texas-based Profectus sued Google in 2020, claiming that its Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max, which control smart-home functions, play music, and display images digitally, infringe its patent. Profectus’ patent relates to a mountable digital photo frame. However, following a four-day trial, the jury found that Mountain View, California-based Google did not infringe the patent […]
Owen Diaz was a former contract worker employed at Tesla through a staffing agency in 2015. In court, he spoke of the hostile work environment in which his colleagues used epithets to torment and belittle him and other Black employees. Diaz was told to “go back to Africa” and left a racist drawing in his […]
Ericsson claims Apple is using improper methods to lower the royalty rates it has to pay. Apple is also accused of refusing to license the patents under anything besides its proposed terms. According to Ericsson, the lawsuit comes as the two tech giants are deadlocked in negotiations over a new license, having previously settled a […]
The real estate, family law, agriculture, and private client teams at UK premier law firm Lodders have each been awarded the top spot in the latest edition of The Legal 500, the leading guide to law firms in the UK. Within the latest Legal 500 guide, published last week, Lodders’ senior associate in the real […]
The justices declined to hear an appeal of a lower court’s decision upholding the surcharge by two trade groups representing generic drug makers and drug distributors, and a unit of UK-based pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year. Amongst the law’s challengers were the Association for Accessible Medicines, whose members include Mallinckrodt, […]
The former president filed a request for a preliminary injunction against the social media giant in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He argued that Twitter was “coerced” by members of the US Congress to suspend his account. In January, Twitter and several other social media giants removed Trump from their […]
David Brown, who filed the lawsuit, is jointly employed by the Alphabet Inc unit and security company Allied Universal. Brown is seeking unspecified monetary damages for alleged physical and emotional harassment at Google’s LA offices based on both his race and sexual orientation. The suit claims the harassment took place between 2014 and last year. […]
Each member of the Social Mobility Advocates has had a non-traditional path to the Bar, coming from working-class or low-income households, attending a state school and non-Oxbridge universities, and working to fund their education and training. None of the Advocates had prior links to the Bar, and many faced various other challenges along their paths […]
Johansson sued Disney in July, accusing the company of breaching her contract by offering the film on its subscription streaming service Disney+ when the film was still playing in cinemas. Johansson’s complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, argued that the dual-release of Black Widow had reduced her compensation which the actress said was […]
Goodwin’s first year trainees are now on a salary of £52,000, up 13% from £46,000, while second year trainees are set to earn £57,000 each year, a rise of 14% from £50,000. The pay rises came into effect this month. The pay rise surpasses those recently announced by magic circle firms Freshfield, Clifford Chance, and […]
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