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Approximately 2,300 members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted in favour of escalating their action to a permanent strike over criminal legal aid rates from September 5, the date the new UK prime minister is set to take over. Only 9.11% of the members who voted called for all action to be ceased. Meanwhile, […]
On Wednesday, Endo International's Par Pharmaceutical Inc failed to persuade an appeals court in the US to revive its lawsuit seeking to block Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc from selling Vasostrict — a generic version of Par's blood-pressure drug, Vasostrict, which is one of the company’s best-selling drugs. Vasostrict is used to treat patients suffering from critically […]
New data from Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group in the first half of 2022 has found that easing client demand amid rising costs is leaving newly hired lawyers with a lack of work. In 2021, a boom in corporate work prompted firms to build up their attorney numbers, with lawyer headcount increasing by over 5% […]
On Wednesday, Australia’s highest court overturned a ruling that found tech giant Google to have engaged in defamation by providing a link to a disputed article. The High Court of Australia’s seven-judge panel voted 5-2 to dismiss a previous finding that Google played a part in publishing the article by acting as a “library”. The […]
According to the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the social media giant was ordered to collect, review, and produce documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour. In April, Elon Musk made a deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion, but later abandoned the deal over the […]
The parent company of two energy producers, GIT Inc, is seeking $250 million in damages from law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, claiming it mismanaged its handling of a federal lawsuit two years ago that resulted in a loss of $136 million. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court, GIT […]
EDF, which is undergoing nationalisation, has filed a compensation claim over the extension of France’s price cap in January. The French government forced the company to sell more of its energy to rival firms at prices below the market rates in a bid to address record-high energy prices that are exacerbating the cost of living […]
The settlement was filed on Monday by Chipotle and the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) in an administrative case that claims Chipotle failed to provide its staff with their schedules two weeks in advance. Chipotle also allegedly failed to pay its workers a premium for shifts that were unscheduled, which is required […]
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla Inc has hired former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co lawyer Derek Windham to lead its in-house corporate and securities legal team, according to a report by Reuters. Reuters reports that Windham’s LinkedIn account shows he started working for Tesla in July as deputy general counsel for corporate and securities, having […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action claiming it failed to provide breaks and sufficient facilities for warehouse workers to pump breast milk. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, Amazon employee Fernanda Torres claimed the 640,000-square-foot warehouse in Beaumont, California where she works has just one small room […]
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