Industry News
Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie “Wicked.” In a proposed class action filed in federal court in Los …
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Barclays agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit in Manhattan by shareholders who accused the British bank of securities fraud after it sold $17.7 billion more debt than regulators allowed. A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action …
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IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, has sued automaker Mahindra for trademark infringement over its use of “6E” in branding its latest electric vehicle, legal papers show. Mahindra in a stock exchange filing, denied any wrongdoing, saying its recently launched electric vehicles …
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Mastercard has reached an agreement in principle to settle a collective London lawsuit brought on behalf of British consumers over card fees, it said on Tuesday. The global payments processor was facing a lawsuit brought by consumer champion Walter Merricks …
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The New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld regulations aimed at cracking down on emissions in one of the nation’s top-producing oil and gas states. The case centered on a rule adopted in 2022 by state regulators that called for …
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An accused teenage hacker who was arrested last month in California is suspected of being a member of the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider, according to several people familiar with the matter. U.S. prosecutors charged Remington Ogletree on Oct. 30 …
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Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals’ religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status and more agreed to stop using data on visits to sensitive locations, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The FTC accused …
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Honeywell International Inc. and aircraft maker Bombardier Inc. reached a deal on the development of aviation technology and settled a long-running legal dispute. Honeywell said the agreement will hurt its financial results this year. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company now …
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Cantor Fitzgerald LP persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit targeting non-compete restrictions in its partnership agreements that some ex-partners say were misused to improperly withhold at least $10 million in bonuses after they left the firm. U.S. District …
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Thousands of homes are facing a “triple threat” of year-round extreme risk from natural disasters, according to a new report. Across the U.S., CoreLogic reports there are 33,000 “triple-threat” single-family homes exposed to a combination of the following perils: hurricane …
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