According to its oversight board, Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, should not allow users to share people’s private residential information across its platforms even when the information is already publicly available. The board has also advised Meta to create a communications channel to help “doxxing” victims better explain their case to the company. Doxxing is […]
Smalls alleged that Amazon had subjected a workforce of predominantly non-white staff to conditions that were inferior to that of its predominantly white managers by failing to provide necessary protective equipment. However, US District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that he was fired by Amazon because he is Black and had opposed the company’s […]
The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is the second occasion in the patent dispute in which a court tossed a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for WiLAN due to issues with its expert testimony. In a statement, WiLAN said it views the decision by the court as favourable, noting that the […]
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed an initial 1,176,600 legal services sector jobs last month, up 3.5% year over year. This figure had climbed steadily since October, when employment in the sector first exceeded its historical peak of 1,165,300 jobs in February 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic swung into full force. The legal […]
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has sued two former employees and their company, claiming they stole trade secrets related to a treatment Pfizer is currently developing for diabetes and obesity. According to the complaint, Min Zhong and Xiayang Qiu stole the “playbook” and critical data for the treatment then founded Regor Therapeutics in 2018 to commercialise their […]
Credit Suisse is the final bank defendant left in the antitrust litigation which began in 2013. Since, 15 other banks have reached $2.31 billion of settlements. Investors claim Credit Suisse traders shared non-public pricing information with traders at other banks, including in an online chat room called “Yen Cartel.” US District Judge Lorna Schofield said […]
A number of law firms that had scheduled widespread returns for late January and February, including Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Morrison & Foerster, have now confirmed they will further postpone their return to offices by an additional few weeks. In the United States, new coronavirus infections have decreased week-over-week in the regions […]
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