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California Judge Enables Tesla to Undo Race Bias Class Action by Black Factory Workers

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Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

A California state judge has ruled that 6,000 Black workers at Tesla’s flagship assembly plant cannot sue over alleged racial harassment as a class, reversing an earlier ruling in a major victory for CEO Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker. California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon late on Friday ruled that the 2017 lawsuit could not […]

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Tariff-Linked Class Action Suits to Boost D&O Insurance Demand

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Tariff-Linked Class Action Suits to Boost D&O Insurance Demand

A group of Dow Inc. investors filed a lawsuit at the end of August accusing the chemical manufacturer of failing to properly disclose the impact of tariffs on its business. This is the first investor class action linked to President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught that upended global trade, according to lawyers, forced companies to reevaluate

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FTC Takes Action Against Worker Noncompete Agreements

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FTC Takes Action Against Worker Noncompete Agreements

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission barred the largest pet cremation business in the U.S. from enforcing its noncompete agreements with 1,800 workers on Thursday, saying they unfairly diminish workers’ leverage with their employer. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said in a statement that the action shows how the agency can use enforcement actions against targeted instances

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$425 Million Google Class Action Lawsuit: Do You Qualify for a Payout?

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This week, a federal jury in California found Google liable on two counts of privacy violations for continuing to collect the data of millions of users who had turned off a data tracking setting in their Google Accounts. Google has to pay $425 million for the privacy violations. Google denies the allegations in the lawsuit

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Google Must Pay $425 Million in Class Action Over Privacy, Jury Rules

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Google Must Pay $425 Million in Class Action Over Privacy, Jury Rules

A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account. The verdict comes after a trial in the federal court in San Francisco over allegations that Google over

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Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement

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Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said in a court filing on Tuesday that it has resolved a class action lawsuit from a group of U.S. authors who argued that its AI training infringed their copyrights, marking the first settlement in a string of such major industry lawsuits. The California federal judge overseeing the case said in

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Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles

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Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles

A federal appeals court has decertified a class of plaintiffs in a South Carolina lawsuit alleging that Progressive Insurance undervalued total-loss vehicles, the latest turn in multiple, similar suits against U.S. auto insurers. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeal this week found that Lynn Freeman, the proposed lead plaintiff in the South Carolina litigation,

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‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

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‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday. Climate change is making heatwaves more common and intense, and workers worldwide are already experiencing the health impacts, the agencies said in what they described as a “much

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‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

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‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday. Climate change is making heatwaves more common and intense, and workers worldwide are already experiencing the health impacts, the agencies said in what they described as a “much

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