On Wednesday, The New York Times published an article featuring two women accusing Donald Trump of touching them inappropriately years ago. Trump has denied the allegations and threatened to sue the paper for libel. Trump’s lawyer demanded the Times retract the story and issue an apology.
Federal regulators might have green-lighted the $44 billion acquisition of Syngenta AG (SYT) by China National Chemical Corp., but Syngenta still has unsettled business to tend to. Notably, its rocky relationship with farmers. According to a recent court filing, a U.S. district court judge in Kansas ruled that the numerous lawsuits brought against Syngenta by U.S. farmers over sales of biotech …
An attorney for William U. Parfet says the Kalamazoo businessman plans to contest a sexual harassment and wrongful discharge lawsuit filed against him in federal court. “Mr. Parfet will be presenting a vigorous defense to this lawsuit,” attorney Nancy Abell said when asked by the Kalamazoo Gazette about the lawsuit. Parfet, an heir to Upjohn Co. founder W.E.
Even if Facebook is banned in China, the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg won a trademark lawsuit in the Asian giant. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that in April, the Beijing Higher People’s Court …
The ruling comes as Apple’s latest quarterly earnings showed a 13 per cent drop in revenue as sales of iPhones. Apple Inc has lost a trademark lawsuit in China, with a court here allowing a leather goods- maker to sell wallets and handbags flashing the world’s biggest technology giant’s exclusive ‘iPhone’ name. The Beijing Municipal High People’s Court ruled in favour of Xintong Tiandi …
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of investors who purchased PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC) securities between November 24, 2011 and July 29, 2015. …
Apple Inc. has lost a legal fight with a Chinese company that a Beijing court says is allowed to use the iPhone name on wallets and handbags. The court said Apple failed to prove iPhone was a “famous brand” in China before the local company applied for a trademark in 2007, an official legal newspaper reported. Such status under Chinese law might limit its use on other products.
Yesterday, the coalition of billionaires and entrepreneurs wanting to destroy Uber launched an already promised service: The ability for Lyft to fulfill rides booked via Didi Kuaidi’s app in the United States. It’s the first step in an ambitious plan where Grab, Ola, Didi, and Lyft– the four major Uber spoilers in the world– will work together to provide a global ride sharing solution. It’s …
Hundreds of lawsuits against seed company Syngenta could evolve into a major class-action and involve almost every corn farmer in the country, National Public Radio reports. China rejected some American corn imports in 2013 because they contained the Viptera trait, produced by Syngenta, which had not yet been approved for sale in China. Lawyers have filed many cases on behalf of farmers seeking …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is trying to rally a federal appeals court to hear a lawsuit in which network hardware maker Cisco is accused of helping China identify members of a religious minority who were later tortured by its government. Cisco built the Golden Shield system that blocks foreign content and tracks online activity in China. According to the EFF, the plaintiffs …