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The settlement on Monday came after the Manhattan federal appeals court discarded a $21 million judgement back in August that Tiffany won the suit following a jury trial in 2017. A trial judge ruled that Costco was liable for selling the disputed rings, despite the retailer's claims that “Tiffany” had come to be a generic […]
The proposed class action settlement was disclosed in a federal court filing in Kansas City. However, the deal does not resolve claims against Mylan, with a trial scheduled for January 2022. Despite the settlement, Pfizer has said in a statement that it denies any wrongdoing and believes its actions were appropriate. The litigation follows public […]
Speaking on the move, Chief Executive Stephen Rosser said: “Our Birmingham office move comes at a really exciting time for the firm and for the team in Birmingham specifically. Prior to the pandemic, we had plans for Birmingham including a more flexible use of our office space, but in the last 16 months we have […]
Slaughter and May associates will have the option to reduce their hours down by 20% under the new “switch on/off” scheme. The scheme will allow lawyers to take pre-agreed blocks of leave. This will allow those with children to better align their leave with school holidays, though Slaughter and May have stated that the programme […]
The CPSC has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the retail giant of refusing to recognise the CPSC’s authority to force the company to recall defective products.
The Major Trauma Group was founded in Spring 2020, as a non-profit Community Interest Company. The Group was established by four of the UK’s leading law firms and the Brain Injury Group in collaboration with medical clinicians. Since, the Group has grown to encompass specialist Independent Financial Advisory services. The serious injury team at Burnetts […]
Musk has denied allegations that Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity was a bailout. He claims that as it was a stock-for-stock transaction, he owned nearly exactly equal percentages of each company and, consequently, there was no financial gain. However, if the shareholders win their case, then Musk may have to pay upwards of $2 billion from […]
Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition from Canada to the United States on charges of bank fraud, having allegedly misled UK bank HSBC regarding Huawei’s business dealings in Iran, which potentially caused HSBC to breach US sanctions. Wanzhou has been under house arrest in Vancouver since December 2018. Her legal team have argued that the 300 […]
Newly qualified solicitors at Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office will now earn £107,000, consisting of an undisclosed base salary and a bonus. In their first year at the firm, trainees will take home £47,000, with this figure increasing to £52,000 in their second year at the company. Other UK law firms have also recently increased […]
On Thursday, celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to extort up to $25 million from sportswear giant Nike.
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