On Wednesday, Amazon filed a 25-page motion with the FTC, arguing that Khan lacks impartiality in the antitrust investigations. Amazon said that Khan has previously made public comments about Amazon and its conduct. The move by Amazon comes as US and foreign regulators are investigating various areas of the company’s business. In Autumn 2020, EU […]
Workplace shootings remain endemic in the United States, leaving homes and businesses under an ever-present threat of violence. In this article, Lindon Lilly reflects on the recent VTA shooting in San Jose and discusses how organisations can better orientate themselves to tackle workplace violence before a similar tragedy can occur.
The US justice department has been pushing to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou from Canada. In 2018, she was arrested on a US warrant at Vancouver airport on charges of fraud. Wanzhou’s detention enraged the Chinese government and has brought the relationship between Beijing and Ottawa to its lowest point in many years. Lawyers defending […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of state attorney generals launched the antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. The case was introduced in December by the US government alongside 48 states. They accused the social media giant of abusing its market power to trump its smaller competitors. However, on Monday in Washington DC, US district […]
Johnson & Johnson did not admit liability or wrongdoing in the settlement with New York. The $230 million payment will remove the firm from a trial that was due to begin on Tuesday and in which numerous large opioid manufacturers and distributors are defendants. Johnson & Johnson have said that the settlements were consistent with […]
Back in 2015, a group of customers from six states filed a lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy. The group claimed that CVS had overcharged both them and their insurance companies for generic drugs, whilst cash-pay customers were charged low prices through a discount programme. However, on Wednesday, a California federal jury unanimously determined that CVS’s Health […]
As well as the block on Hoshine solar products, the Biden administration has also added five polysilicon companies to the commerce department’s “entity list”. The list requires US-based businesses to first secure a license from the government before any trading is permitted. The block comes as part of the Biden administration’s attempt to pressurise the […]
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