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Theranos Scandal: CEO Elizabeth Holmes Heads To Trial

31st August 2021
Theranos, founded by Holmes in 2003, claimed it would revolutionise the medical testing space with the introduction of a new blood diagnostic technology that was capable of performing several tests on a small dose of blood. The medical start-up had reached a valuation of $10 billion. However, it was later found that the company’s claims […]
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Class Lawyers In App Store Deal Seek Up To $30 Million In Fees

31st August 2021
In a court filing on August 26, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, an interim lead class counsel for the software developers who are the plaintiffs, announced that a $30 million fee award squared with the attorney compensation in similar class action settlements. Freed Kanner London & Millen, Saveri & Saveri, and Sperling & Slater are the […]
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Fed Circuit Affirms Google’s Win Against 3D Spreadsheet Patent Claims

27th August 2021
Texas-based Data Engine Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research, first sued Mountain View California-based Google in 2014, claiming that its Google Sheets spreadsheet programme infringed patents related to using notebook-style tabs to arrange and display information in three-dimensional electronic spreadsheets.   However, under the patents’ definition, Google Sheet does not count as a “three-dimensional spreadsheet”, […]
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Lyft Shareholders Win Class Status In Lawsuit Over IPO Disclosures

26th August 2021
On Friday, US District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr certified a class of investors who purchased shares in Lyft’s IPO. The judge rejected the company’s argument that individual inquiries were required to demonstrate whether investors were aware of the issues before buying in.  Investor Rick Keiner’s lawsuit criticises Lyft, its officers, and directors for failing to […]
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Clarke Willmott Becomes Latest Member Of Brain Injury Group

25th August 2021
Around one million people attend hospital with some form of head trauma or brain injury every year. A substantial percentage of these people suffer ongoing symptoms after their head injury. These symptoms range from mild, short-term difficulty with memory to severe cognitive disability.   Clarke Willmott will now help the organisation provide a complete package of […]
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Law Student Group Report Encourages Top Law Firms To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Industry

24th August 2021
The 2021 scorecard report from Law Students for Climate Accountability gave out more failing grades to Vault Law 100 firms than it did in 2020. The group condemned 36 top law firms based on the litigation, transactions, and lobbying they handled for fossil fuel companies from 2016 and 2020. In their last report, the student […]
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Mastercard To Face UK’s Largest Class Action Over Fees

23rd August 2021
The lawsuit, which was brought by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks, was previously rejected by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). However, last Wednesday, the CAT authorised the landmark case which alleges Mastercard charged excessive “interchange” fees between May 1992 and June 2008. Mr Merrick’s case claims that these fees were passed on to the consumers […]
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FTC Asks Facebook To Sell Instagram And WhatsApp In Major Antitrust Case

20th August 2021
The FTC’s revised complaint, which is partly redacted, alleges that tech giant Facebook has a monopoly over social networking within the United States and argues that Facebook has deliberately made it difficult for other companies to compete. The FTC’s filing asks that the complaint is sealed for ten days.  This new antitrust case by the […]
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New Analysis From Arden Partners Reveals The Rapidly Changing Shape Of The Solicitor Market

19th August 2021
Solicitors which operate as sole practitioners and partnerships have been labelled a “dying breed” by Arden Partners’ new analysis, which reveals the rapidly changing shape of the solicitor market.
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Ninth Circuit Abandons Tinder Age Discrimination Class Settlement

19th August 2021
Tinder’s settlement to end a class action over its practice of charging over-thirties nearly twice as much for premium subscriptions has come undone. On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit said that the strength of class members’ claims was undervalued by the proposed $24 million deal. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit also said […]
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