The federal lawsuit, filed in Oakland, Calif., alleges that Southwest marketed two flights for several months in 2022 that were late by more than an hour on multiple occasions. The U.S. and Buttigieg, ...
“By adding or subtracting claims or parties, and thus reframing the suit, that pleading can alter a federal court’s authority. And so it is here,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. “When a ...
There’s an anti-ESG movement in the United States but the larger trend is for more, not less, accountability for companies that try to push growth at the expense of these non-business values, ...
American Express agreed to pay $230 million to settle Department of Justice charges that it engaged in deceptive marketing and deficient recordkeeping in pitching its credit cards to small businesses.
The start of any administration in Washington means regulatory change as the incoming team tries to enact the new president’s agenda. But this year will be unusually uncertain as companies leverage ...
Lawyers carry an ethical duty of competent representation for clients, an obligation that in some states requires colleagues to report professional lapses they observe to the bar. Many of these ...
Planned Building Services and its affiliates and Guardian Service Industries, in separate agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, have agreed to stop enforcing no-hire agreements they require of ...
In-house lawyers have been focused on the copyright side of class action lawsuits related to artificial intelligence since generative AI tools hit the market a few years ago, but their focus will need ...
This latest action comes as part of a risk-based initiative the agency launched in 2021 to identify companies that allow their employees to use personal email or text messaging on personal devices, ...
Elon Musk did not receive Tesla compensation as a director but has been involved in a long-running dispute in McCormick’s court – which he has thus far lost – over a $56 billion pay package Tesla ...
China’s influence over TikTok’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, created a swell of bipartisan support in Congress for passing the 2024 law aimed at protecting U.S. consumer data from the Chinese ...
The wrestling company’s books and filings were inaccurate because its former chief never told the legal and accounting teams about harassment claims he settled, the agency said. A close ally of ...