Climate change and other global issues have grown increasingly important to investors and organisations around the world. Ken Rivlin, head of Allen & Overy’s International Environmental Law Group, explores the rise of ESG as a business priority and how firms can best adapt.
Johansson claims that her salary was based on the film’s box office performance, which opened strong in the United States with $80million. However, the second week saw a sharp 67% decline, the steepest second-week decline of any Marvel Cinematic Universe release. Exhibitors have blamed the simultaneous release of Black Widow on Disney+ for the drop. […]
As the pandemic continues to shake up traditional ways of working across the legal sector, US law firm Gibson Dunn has encouraged its lawyers and trainees to work remotely whenever doing so is appropriate. Managing partner Barbara Becker said that both clients’ and the teams’ needs should be taken into consideration, as well as the […]
The state Supreme Court determined that the tech giant was subjected to Pennsylvania pay statutes, despite the federal statute not requiring such pay. Under state laws, justices observed that “hours worked” are defined as any time that a worker spends on their employer’s premises. Under the law, time spent in security checks falls under the […]
The settlement on Monday came after the Manhattan federal appeals court discarded a $21 million judgement back in August that Tiffany won the suit following a jury trial in 2017. A trial judge ruled that Costco was liable for selling the disputed rings, despite the retailer's claims that “Tiffany” had come to be a generic […]
The proposed class action settlement was disclosed in a federal court filing in Kansas City. However, the deal does not resolve claims against Mylan, with a trial scheduled for January 2022. Despite the settlement, Pfizer has said in a statement that it denies any wrongdoing and believes its actions were appropriate. The litigation follows public […]
The CPSC has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the retail giant of refusing to recognise the CPSC’s authority to force the company to recall defective products.
Musk has denied allegations that Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity was a bailout. He claims that as it was a stock-for-stock transaction, he owned nearly exactly equal percentages of each company and, consequently, there was no financial gain. However, if the shareholders win their case, then Musk may have to pay upwards of $2 billion from […]
Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition from Canada to the United States on charges of bank fraud, having allegedly misled UK bank HSBC regarding Huawei’s business dealings in Iran, which potentially caused HSBC to breach US sanctions. Wanzhou has been under house arrest in Vancouver since December 2018. Her legal team have argued that the 300 […]
On Thursday, celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to extort up to $25 million from sportswear giant Nike.
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