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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 […]
On Friday, Netflix sued the creators of an allegedly unauthorised musical stage production of its popular Regency-era series “Bridgerton." The streaming giant accused the creators of copyright infringement. The complaint was filed against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear in the federal court in Washington, just days after “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” was performed in the […]
On Thursday, JetBlue Airways Corp triumphed in long-running bidding war for Spirit Airlines Inc after the company accepted JetBlue’s $3.8 million buyout offer. JetBlue confirmed the deal just a day after Spirit abandoned its $2.7 billion merger deal with Frontier Group Holdings. The acquisition of Spirit by JetBlue would see the creation of the fifth-largest […]
On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought a court order to block Facebook parent Meta Platforms from purchasing virtual reality (VR) firm Within Unlimited. The FTC filed a request in a federal court in San Francisco for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the tech giant, calling it a “global […]
On Monday, Twitter Inc accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of attempting to “slow walk” the social media giant’s lawsuit to hold him to his $44 billion takeover. Twitter has urged a trial to take place in September to ensure deal financing remains in place. "Millions of Twitter shares trade daily under a cloud of Musk-created […]
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