International
Explainer: Amazon Faces £2.7 Billion Lawsuit In UK Over Alleged Market Dominance Abuse
Amazon is facing a fresh class action suit in the UK seeking damages exceeding £2.7 billion. This lawsuit, filed before the UK's Competition Appeals Tribunal, is brought by Andreas Stephan, a professor of competition law at the University of East Anglia and head of its Law School. Stephan represents over 200,000 UK-based third-party sellers on Amazon who allege the company has abused its dominant market position. Amazon is accused of prioritizing its own retail offerings over those of...
UN Report: Israeli Actions In Gaza Conflict Raise Concerns Over Compliance with Laws of War
A recent report by the United Nations-backed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has brought to light findings regarding the conduct of hostilities in Gaza. The report, presented to the UN Human Rights Council, outlines a series of allegations against Israeli forces during the recent conflict. The commission, chaired by Navi Pillay,...
US Supreme Court Denies Starbucks Employees Injunction Against Termination
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Starbucks Corporation in its dispute with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The Supreme Court mandated that courts must apply the traditional four-factor test when considering the NLRB's requests for preliminary injunctions under Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Case Background The case stemmed from...
Explainer: Julian Assange's Deal With US Government, Set to Walk Free
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for releasing troves of classified documents via his website WikiLeaks. Assange, 52, entered the plea in a US District Court hearing in Saipan on the Northern Mariana Islands, a US-controlled territory chosen due to his refusal to travel to the mainland United States and its proximity to his...
Sony Music, Universal Music Group And Warner Records Sue AI Startups Suno And Udio For Copyright Infringement
Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records have filed lawsuits against AI startups Suno and Udio, accusing them of widespread copyright infringement. The lawsuits, filed separately in federal courts in Massachusetts and New York, allege that Suno and Udio's AI technologies illegally scrape and reproduce copyrighted music, generating new compositions that...
European Court of Human Rights Finds Russia Guilty Of Systematic Human Rights Violations in Crimea
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has unanimously ruled against Russia, finding systematic human rights violations in Crimea since its occupation in 2014. The court's ruling detailed a pattern of abuses perpetrated by Russian authorities in Crimea. These violations encompassed a wide range of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Convention and its protocols. The ECHR...
Amazon Faces $5.9 Million Fine In California For Violating Warehouse Quotas Law
Amazon is facing substantial fines in California following findings by the United State's Department of Industrial Relations that the company failed to adhere to labor regulations concerning warehouse quotas. The fines, totaling $5.9 million, came in response to violations discovered at Amazon's distribution centers in California. It was held that employees were not provided...
Germany Imposes ₹1,038 Crore Fine On Citigroup For Trading Control Failures
Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has imposed an administrative fine of €12.975 million (₹1,038 Crore) on Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG due to significant lapses in the firm's trading system controls. The fine came in response of breaches of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). The breaches pertain to incidents in...
Johnson & Johnson Settles $700 Million Talc Product Investigation With 42 U.S. States
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay $700 million to settle an investigation initiated by 42 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. concerning the marketing of its talc-based products, which were allegedly linked to cancer. The settlement addresses allegations that J&J misled consumers about the safety of these products, which the company sold for over a...
TikTok and ByteDance Sue U.S. Government Over Law Mandating Divestiture or Ban
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. government in response to new legislation mandating ByteDance to divest its ownership of the social media platform or face a ban within the United States. The suit, filed on Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, claims the legislation violates the First...
Explainer: Pharma Giant Moderna's Allegations Against Pfizer And BioNTech For Copyright Infringement
The pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech are embroiled in a high-stakes lawsuit filed by their rival, Moderna, over the intellectual property rights central to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. The London High Court is set to hear the complaint filed by Moderna against Pfizer and BioNTech for infringement of its patent to manufacturing of mRNA vaccines. What is...
US State Nebraska Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill
The Nebraska Legislature unanimously passed the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (NEDPA), which is now awaiting Governor Jim Pillen's signature. If signed into law, NEDPA will come into effect on January 1, 2025, positioning Nebraska as either the sixteenth or seventeenth U.S. state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. Nebraska is located in the Midwestern region of the United...