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Microsoft president Brad Smith, who oversees the company’s legal affairs, and his wife Kathy Surace-Smith, who serves as senior vice president at biotechnology company NanoString, have donated $5 million to endow the human rights clinic at their former university, Columbia Law School. In honour of the Smith’s donation, Columbia Law School has renamed its clinic […]
According to its oversight board, Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, should not allow users to share people’s private residential information across its platforms even when the information is already publicly available. The board has also advised Meta to create a communications channel to help “doxxing” victims better explain their case to the company. Doxxing is […]
Smalls alleged that Amazon had subjected a workforce of predominantly non-white staff to conditions that were inferior to that of its predominantly white managers by failing to provide necessary protective equipment. However, US District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that he was fired by Amazon because he is Black and had opposed the company’s […]
The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is the second occasion in the patent dispute in which a court tossed a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for WiLAN due to issues with its expert testimony. In a statement, WiLAN said it views the decision by the court as favourable, noting that the […]
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed an initial 1,176,600 legal services sector jobs last month, up 3.5% year over year. This figure had climbed steadily since October, when employment in the sector first exceeded its historical peak of 1,165,300 jobs in February 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic swung into full force. The legal […]
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has sued two former employees and their company, claiming they stole trade secrets related to a treatment Pfizer is currently developing for diabetes and obesity. According to the complaint, Min Zhong and Xiayang Qiu stole the “playbook” and critical data for the treatment then founded Regor Therapeutics in 2018 to commercialise their […]
Credit Suisse is the final bank defendant left in the antitrust litigation which began in 2013. Since, 15 other banks have reached $2.31 billion of settlements. Investors claim Credit Suisse traders shared non-public pricing information with traders at other banks, including in an online chat room called “Yen Cartel.” US District Judge Lorna Schofield said […]
A Russian court has overturned a previous October ruling that banned Samsung from importing and selling 61 smartphone models in the country in an intellectual property lawsuit over the Samsung Pay system. The ban included Samsung's model Galaxy Fold 3 Flip 3 Samsung introduced its online payments system Samsung Pay in 2015, with the system […]
Twitter’s lawsuit challenges a provision under Germany’s expanded anti-hate speech rules, with the social media giant claiming that the regulations allow users' data to be handed over to law enforcement before it is clear whether a crime has been committed. In 2018, Germany introduced its anti-hate speech law, largely intended to combat right-wing extremism online. […]
Over 1,600 Co-op employees have taken action against the company over complaints that they are being paid less than their colleagues at Co-op’s distribution centres. The complaint is from mostly female shop-workers who argue that they should receive pay similar to their predominantly male colleagues in the company’s distribution centre, who receive up to £3 […]
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