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Intellectual property law
fromTheregister
3 days ago

ChatGPT advised exec on firing Subnautica founders: court

A Korean CEO used ChatGPT to devise a scheme to avoid paying $250 million in contractual bonuses to a game studio, but a Delaware court ruled the plan constituted gross breach of contract.
US Elections
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Morning Docket: 03.13.26 - Above the Law

Multiple regulatory and legal challenges emerge across prediction markets, tariff systems, antitrust enforcement, AI governance, judicial independence, and election data management.
US news
fromFast Company
1 week ago

'Robbing them blind,' '$50 to park in grass': Live Nation trial reveals internal messages mocking ticket buyers. Read them here

Live Nation employees admitted in internal messages to deliberately overcharging customers for ancillary fees like parking and VIP access, describing customers as 'stupid' while bragging about 'gouging' and 'robbing them blind.'
#sexual-harassment
Law
fromPadailypost
2 weeks ago

Valley Water chief harassed employees, investigation finds

Valley Water's former CEO Rick Callender sexually harassed employees by sending inappropriate comments and photos, according to an investigation report released six months after completion.
Law
fromPadailypost
2 weeks ago

Valley Water chief harassed employees, investigation finds

Valley Water's former CEO Rick Callender sexually harassed employees by sending inappropriate comments and photos, according to an investigation report released six months after completion.
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E-Commerce
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Couple who got live insects, bloody pig mask mailed to them reach settlement with eBay | Fortune

A Massachusetts couple settled their lawsuit against eBay after former employees harassed them with threats, surveillance, and disturbing deliveries to silence their critical reporting.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

9 Of The All-Time Biggest Meat Industry Lawsuits - Tasting Table

Major meat companies have faced multi-million-dollar lawsuits for price-fixing, wrongful death, corruption, greenwashing, and other misconduct.
fromMail Online
3 months ago

Campbell's admission about shocking industrial practice resurfaces

The New Jersey-based company acknowledged violations in September 2025, admitting its Napoleon, Ohio canning plant illegally dumped wastewater more than 5,400 times from April 2018 to December 2024, breaking federal water pollution laws. Environmental groups sued Campbell's in March 2024, alleging repeated exceedances of effluent limits of pollutants were released into the Maumee River, which feeds into Lake Erie. A trial to determine penalties and cleanup requirements is scheduled for 2026.
Environment
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 months ago

Katie Sweeney's legal battle with AIME intensifies

Sweeney alleges UWM pressured AIME to withhold $300,000 in agreed bonuses and severance owed under her employment transition agreement.
fromEntrepreneur
7 months ago

Food52 Exec Stole at Least $270K, Used Company Credit Card | Entrepreneur

She basically walked away with all of the clothes. And the memories," a coworker told the outlet.
Law
Washington DC
fromThe Nation
7 months ago

Ralph Nader Rememers Morton Mintz (1922-2025)

Morton Mintz exemplified high journalistic standards in exposing corporate wrongdoing from 1958 to 1988, contrasting with today's media environment.
Business
fromFortune
8 months ago

A one-time '40 under 40' rising star in fashion pleads not guilty to charges she allegedly cheated investors out of $300 million

Christine Hunsicker pleaded not guilty to defrauding investors of over $300 million and was released on $1 million bail.
Miscellaneous
fromBoston.com
8 months ago

Steward sues CEO for allegedly fleecing the company

Steward Health Care has filed a lawsuit against former CEO Ralph De la Torre and other executives for defrauding the company of $262 million.
Healthcare
fromMiami Herald
8 months ago

Health company sues CEO over 'greed.' How the sale of Miami hospitals is involved

Steward Health sold all 31 U.S. hospitals after filing for bankruptcy and is suing former CEO for misconduct that caused financial collapse.
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