In an unanimous opinion on Tuesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that, when the FDA denied Triton Distribution’s application to sell its flavoured e-cigarettes, the agency did not give sufficient consideration to Triton’s marketing plan to reduce the product’s appeal to young people. The court said the FDA pulled a “surprise switcheroo” […]
On Monday, the Justice Department said that Navistar illegally used heavy-duty diesel engines which were not authorised by the Environmental Protection Agency emissions rules. The United States filed a lawsuit against Navistar in 2015 over the engines, with the Justice Department ruling that the company must now purchase and destroy enough older diesel engines to […]
Class action lawsuits allow a group of victims who have suffered similar injuries due to the same party’s actions to come together and collectively take legal action. This type of case often helps victims to hold a company accountable when doing so single-handedly would be near-impossible. In some instances, class members are only identified after […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the social media giant had purposefully failed to comply with its order. The UK’s competition regulator also said that the penalty imposed served as a warning that no company was above the law. In recent times, Facebook’s business practices have caused it to increasingly come under fire from […]
According to communications regulator Roskomndzor, Google failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties imposed this year so far. Roskomnadzor has said it will now seek a fine of 5-20% of Google’s Russian turnover. This could total as much as $240 million. Recently, Russia has stepped up pressure on foreign tech companies, lowering the […]
This article by Daniel Powell and Leigh Crestohl of Zaiwalla & Co considers a recent investment treaty claim by Air Canada against Venezuela, to repatriate outstanding profits by way of currency exchange between local Venezuelan Bolivars and US Dollars. During those proceedings, current political affairs in Venezuela, such as the impact of sanctions, were raised […]
The government’s Covid response schemes inadvertently created unprecedented opportunities for fraud – only now is the potential scale of that fraud beginning to come to light. The UK Treasury has launched a remarkable 23,000 inquiries into potentially fraudulent payments made during the pandemic. Last year, HMRC announced that it was investigating 27,000 cases of possible […]
The former president filed a request for a preliminary injunction against the social media giant in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He argued that Twitter was “coerced” by members of the US Congress to suspend his account. In January, Twitter and several other social media giants removed Trump from their […]
On August 15, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan's capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by the USA. Although security forces in the capital were well-funded and well-equipped, they were unable to defend Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops that began in early July. By August 30, the final batch of US […]
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