In a lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court, the taxi drivers said they spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy exclusive certificates needed to offer rides in the city. The drivers said lawmakers undermine their investment when they opened the door to ride-hailing services in legislation two years ago. The Superior Court dismissed the claim.
Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims and honed in on the president’s campaign statements, the second time in a week the rhetoric has faced judicial scrutiny. Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, who is defending the travel ban, told a three-judge panel of the …
Chip maker Qualcomm has been having a rough couple of months, not only getting sued by Apple — one of its largest customers — for unfair licensing costs, but also being accused of anti-competitive tactics by the Federal Trade Commission. In the case of the latter, now some of Qualcomm’s biggest rivals have chimed in, offering statements to the FTC in support of their monopoly accusations. Back …
When the state attorney general recently asked Connecticut’s highest court to revive the lawsuit brought by Sandy Hook families against Remington Arms, it might have appeared that he was taking sides. Instead, Attorney General George Jepsen was demonstrating that the families’ longshot lawsuit has broader …
Three years after Kansas City settled claims that it had failed to pay certain overtime wages, Fire Department medical staff are back in court saying the city is circumventing the court’s ruling. A lawsuit filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of certain emergency medical technicians and paramedics says the city has lowered some pay scales — so that the plaintiffs continue to …
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Douglas McMillon to submit to questioning in a lawsuit by shareholders hoping to learn what he knows about suspected bribery by the world’s largest retailer in Mexico. U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey in Fayetteville, Arkansas, said McMillon’s “direct and personal involvement” in matters underlying a class-action lawsuit …
The Chamber of Commerce is interjecting itself in a lawsuit over the alleged way that Vizio’s Smart TVs collect and report users’ content viewing histories. On Friday, the nation’s largest business federation sought permission to file an amicus brief urging immediate appellate review of a “highly important” case. What’s concerning to the business community is not executives potentially being …
The families of four men murdered by “Grindr killer” Stephen Port are suing the Metropolitan Police for more than £200,000 over claims that police failed to link the deaths due to homophobia. Mr Port, 41, met his victims on the gay dating app before spiking them with lethal doses of GHB – known as liquid ecstasy – and dumping their bodies close to his east London flat between June 2014 and …
Waymo’s case against Uber hinges on Anthony Levandowski, a former employee it alleges stole its self-driving car trade secrets before joining the ride-hail company to oversee its self-driving car program. Levandowski, though not party to Waymo’s suit, has so far invoked his 5th Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination should the case become a criminal matter. The referral of the case to the …
Samsung Electronics Co. and Intel Corp. weighed in with their own gripes about Qualcomm Inc. while cheering on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing the chipmaker of trying to corner the market for semiconductors used in smartphones. The South Korean company, one of Qualcomm’s largest customers, and Intel, one of its biggest competitors, filed arguments Friday in support of the …