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Chipotle To Pay $20 Million In NYC Worker Scheduling Case

10th August 2022
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 […]
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Tesla Recruits Hewlett Packard Enterprise Lawyer For Senior Post

9th August 2022
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 […]
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Is Motorcycle Lane Splitting Legal In The United States?

2nd August 2022
A lot of drivers don't like it when motorcyclists overtake traffic. They think that leaving the lane and going in front of other vehicles is unsafe. However, the truth is that not all US states consider the practice illegal. Lane splitting is a safer option for motorcyclists. Giving them the ability to get out of […]
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Lawsuit Claims Amazon Failed To Give Nursing Mothers Breaks

2nd August 2022
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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Netflix Accuses Creators Of Bridgerton Stage Show Of Copyright Infringement

1st August 2022
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 […]
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JetBlue Wins $3.8 Billion Spirit Takeover Deal

29th July 2022
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 […]
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Roe v Wade: The Legal Perspective

28th July 2022
The SCOTUS’s June 2022 decision to reverse the landmark Roe v Wade ruling sent shockwaves through the US and the wider world.
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