P&O employee, James, told the BBC he felt abandoned by the company: "It was a complete surprise. I would have understood if it was at the height of Covid, but now we're seeing the end of travel restrictions and the start of summer bookings. So this has come completely out of the blue," he said. […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has been referred to the US Department of Justice over claims of potential “criminal obstruction of Congress” by the company and some of its top executives. In a letter to the Attorney General of the United States, members of the US House Judiciary Committee said Amazon engaged in a "pattern and practice […]
The deal was made after the SEC sued Tesla following a tweet from Musk who said he had “funding secured” to take the electric vehicle company private. According to the Telegraph, Musk said he was forced to step down as company chairman and needed to obtain permission from Tesla before sharing sensitive tweets. “The SEC’s […]
The Sackler family, the founders and owners of pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP, have reached an agreement with a group of attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation claiming they fueled the US opioid crisis. Attorneys general for eight US states and the District of Columbia, who blocked […]
According to Avi Zinger, Ben & Jerry’s refused to renew the license for his American Quality Products Ltd after he refused to abide by the company’s decision to cease trading its product in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as well as parts of East Jerusalem. According to Zinger’s complaint, Ben & Jerry’s “repeatedly promised” to renew […]
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Kellogg Co has won the dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its strawberry-flavoured Pop-Tarts contain too few strawberries. Plaintiff Stacy Chiappetta said Kellogg's defrauded consumers with deceptive packaging for its Unfrosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts which contain red food dye that she claims makes the filling “brighter and more appealing.” US District Judge Marvin Aspen said […]
The lawsuit claims Fox Sports copied the original USFL’s logo and branding without its permission. It also claims that Fox Sports traded on “the false narrative” that the new league is a relaunch of the first USFL, which ran for three seasons between 1983 and 1985. The Real USFL LLC, the league’s former team owners’ […]
On Monday, a federal judge in Chicago rejected Eli Lilly’s bid to end a whistleblower’s lawsuit that accused the pharmaceutical company of shortchanging the Medicaid Rebate Program from 2005 to 2016. US District Judge Harry Leinenweber blocked Eli Lilly’s motion for judgement. He said the plaintiff, Ronald Streck, had cleared the first of four hurdles […]
The question of how to handle existing employees when acquiring a firm is an important sticking point for any business, especially in the legal sector.
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