Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) is a non-profit organization which, through Congressional authorization, oversees the actions of broker-dealers and 634,000 member brokers who are involved in the securities markets. When one of its members violates its rules or securities laws, they sanction the firm or individual by imposing fines, disciplinary actions and, if egregious enough, …
As a casino tycoon, Donald Trump was no stranger to controversy. Here are a few of the issues that have followed him into his presidential campaign. Serge Bycov, of Philadelphia, removes the Trump name from a sign at the entrance of the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City on Feb. 15(Photo: Michael Ein, The Press of Atlantic City/AP) 21 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN4 COMMENTEMAILMORE …
Yet another online people search website has been targeted for allegedly breaking an Illinois privacy law, as a new class action alleges WhitePages.com also wrongly uses a web search advertising technique to use people’s names to market their search reports. On Feb. 1, plaintiff Kevin Klingler, identified only as a resident of Illinois, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging the …
NBA legend Michael Jordan has scored a win in China in his trademark lawsuit. China’s Supreme People’s Court ruled Thursday that a Chinese sportswear company, Qiaodan Sports Co., can’t sell merchandise with his name in Chinese characters. The ruling overturned two previous rulings courts in Beijing.
In one of the most shocking election surprises, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was accused by a woman of raping her when she was only 13 years old. The woman abruptly dropped her lawsuit last week, leading to plenty of speculation about what happened. Some even suggested Trump may have paid her off to keep quiet.
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel is defending his financial support for litigation targeting Gawker Media for its reporting on celebrities by likening it to efforts to crack down on privacy violations like “revenge porn.” In a New York Times op-ed on Monday defending his decision to fund a case that ultimately forced the media company to put itself up for sale, Thiel cited the Intimate Privacy …
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has revealed a three-year long lawsuit brought by broadcasting giant Sky. The legal dispute, over the use of ‘Sky’ in the game’s name, has only come to light now it has been concluded.
Two years after the launch of dating app 3nder, Match Group, the owner of red-hot dating app Tinder, is suing for trademark infringement. 3nder has been called the “Tinder for threesomes” since its launch, and the company has long embraced that marketing. (Its official tagline: “Date kinky, curious, and open-minded couples and singles.”)
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 …
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.