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21:54 CBS News' '60 Minutes' producer Bill Owens to step down

Bill Owens, the long-time executive producer of CBS News' "60 Minutes", is stepping down due to concerns about editorial independence, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

21/04 Shopify must face data privacy lawsuit in US

A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify , a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over internet-based platforms.

21/04 FTC accuses Uber of misleading subscribers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber Technologies , accusing it of signing up some Uber One subscribers without their knowledge and making deceptive claims about the service.

21/04 GameStop CEO must face Bed Bath & Beyond lawsuit

Ryan Cohen, the billionaire chief executive of GameStop , must face a lawsuit by the company once known as Bed Bath & Beyond to recoup $47.2 million of profit from trading its stock before the home goods retailer went bankrupt.

18/04 US Senator Van Hollen says he met wrongly deported man in El Salvador

Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump.

18/04 Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, US lawsuit claims

Tesla faces a proposed class action claiming it speeds up odometers on its electric vehicles so they fall out of warranty faster, saving Elon Musk's company from having to pay for repairs.

16/04 Meta trial: 5 key moments from Zuckerberg's testimony

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified this week at a high-stakes trial in Washington where the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.

16/04 California attorney general declines to join Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI

The California attorney general's office declined to join a lawsuit by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the agency wrote in a letter made public on Tuesday, saying that the office did not see how Musk's action serves the public interest of the state.

15/04 At US antitrust trial, Meta's Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because it was 'better'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a key concession at a U.S. antitrust trial on Tuesday, saying he bought Instagram because it had a "better" camera than the one his company was trying to build for flagship app Facebook at the time.

15/04 Andrew Tate faces UK civil trial in 2027 over abuse, coercive control allegations

Andrew Tate, an internet personality and self-described misogynist, faces a 2027 trial in four women's civil lawsuits for alleged physical and sexual abuse, in a case their lawyers say is the first of its kind in Britain about allegations of coercive control.

15/04 Italy court allows class action against Stellantis over faulty airbags

A civil court in Turin, Italy, has ruled admissible a class action suit against Stellantis concerning potentially faulty airbags made by Japanese automotive parts company Takata, Stellantis and two consumer groups behind the legal action said on Monday.

14/04 Facebook owner Meta faces existential threat at trial over Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case where U.S. antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.

12/04 Group of ex-OpenAI employees back Musk's lawsuit to halt OpenAI restructure

A dozen former OpenAI employees filed a legal brief on Friday backing co-founder Elon Musk's lawsuit aimed at keeping the non-profit status of OpenAI, marking the latest development in the dispute over the future of the artificial intelligence firm.

11/04 US Air Force Academy under Trump ends race consideration in admissions

The U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the military school had long done to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday.

10/04 OpenAI countersues Elon Musk, claims harassment

OpenAI countersued Elon Musk on Wednesday, citing a pattern of harassment by Musk and asking a federal judge to stop Musk from any "further unlawful and unfair action" against OpenAI in a court case over the future structure of the firm that helped launch the AI revolution.

09/04 Thousands protest in Athens as strike over wages halts ships, planes and trains

Thousands of Greeks gathered in Athens on Wednesday to demand higher wages to cope with rising living costs and a one-day strike left ferries docked at ports, flights grounded and trains at a standstill.

07/04 Nigerian court adjourns Binance, executives' tax evasion trial to April 30

A Nigerian court has adjourned a tax evasion case against Binance to April 30 to allow the local tax authority to respond to a request by the cryptocurrency exchange to annul an order for court documents to be served on it by email, a lawyer for Binance said on Monday.

04/04 Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said.

02/04 Top cases before the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, TikTok, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more.

01/04 Estee Lauder faces US legal challenge over China sales practices

Estee Lauder must face a lawsuit accusing the cosmetic giant of defrauding shareholders by concealing its overdependence on improper gray-market sales in China, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday.

01/04 US judge rejects J&J's $10 billion baby powder settlement

A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson's $10 billion proposal to end tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, marking the third time the company's bankruptcy strategy has failed in court.

31/03 FTC concerned about privacy protections in 23andMe bankruptcy

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans' personal information by 23andMe ancestry testing company which recently filed for bankruptcy, the agency's chairman said on Monday.

31/03 Union sues to block Trump from ending collective bargaining for many federal workers

A union that represents 150,000 U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block President Donald Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to collectively bargain with government agencies through their unions.

29/03 Trump commutes Ozy Media founder Watson's nearly 10-year sentence

U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson's nearly 10-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in his now-defunct startup, the White House said on Friday.

28/03 Charlie Javice guilty of defrauding JPMorgan into buying college aid startup

Entrepreneur Charlie Javice was convicted on Friday of defrauding JPMorgan Chase into buying her college financial aid startup Frank for $175 million in July 2021.

28/03 Google to pay $100 million to settle advertisers' class action

Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charged for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas the advertisers targeted.

27/03 Dua Lipa beats lawsuit claiming she copied 'Levitating'

Dua Lipa won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit in Manhattan accusing the British pop star of copying her 2021 megahit "Levitating" from a 1979 disco song.

24/03 US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA

The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation.

19/03 US judge blocks Trump's EPA from clawing back climate grants

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump's administration has moved to terminate.

11/03 CBS urges FCC to reject complaint over '60 Minutes' Harris interview

CBS on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a complaint over a "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, saying the agency has no lawful role in policing broadcast news editorial decisions.

10/03 US Supreme Court nixes challenge to state climate suits against oil firms

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing climate change.

09/03 Flights cancelled at Hamburg airport as strike starts a day early

The Verdi trade union did not give notice of the move, which forced the cancellation of nearly 300 flights.

09/03 Environmental NGO sues Trump's EPA, Citibank over funding freeze

It is the latest in a scores of cases filed by nonprofit groups, state attorneys general and others.

07/03 Germany's airports to be hit by 24-hour strike on Monday

Nearly all of Germany's airports will be hit by a 24-hour strike on Monday after trade union Verdi called for employees in the public sector and ground handling to walk out, it said.

06/03 Intel defeats shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses, $32 billion plunge

Intel won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing the chipmaker of fraudulently concealing problems in its foundry business, leading to job cuts and a dividend suspension that wiped out more than $32 billion of market value in one day.

06/03 Musk's SpaceX loses early legal challenge to US labor board's powers

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Elon Musk's SpaceX to block the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing claims that the rocket maker illegally fired engineers who were critical of Musk.

24/01 Costco shareholders vote against proposal for report on diversity programs

Costco Wholesale shareholders voted against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. company said on Thursday, against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of such policies.

23/01 Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach $7.4 billion national opioid settlement

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction crisis in the U.S., several state attorneys general said Thursday.

23/01 US Supreme Court allows anti-money laundering law to take effect

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for the enforcement of an anti-money laundering federal law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department.

23/01 Explainer: Trump says corporate diversity efforts are illegal - but are they?

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order designed to eradicate workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and the private sector. Trump suggested that some companies will face investigations and legal action if their programs are deemed to be discriminatory.

22/01 Explainer: Can unions stop Trump from firing thousands of federal employees?

President Donald Trump signed an order within hours of taking office on Monday to make it easier to fire thousands of federal agency employees and replace them with political loyalists. The order, which is largely identical to one Trump issued late in his first term, is already facing a lawsuit by a major union and is likely to trigger more legal challenges.

22/01 New York obtains $1.065 billion judgment against accused predatory lender

New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Wednesday her office obtained a $1.065 billion judgment against Yellowstone Capital, a cash advance provider accused of predatory lending, as part of a settlement that gives small businesses more than a half-billion dollars of debt relief.

22/01 Murdoch deal is victory for Prince Harry, but doesn't get him everything he wanted

Six years ago, as he and his American wife Meghan were seemingly enjoying a hugely successful royal tour to Africa, Prince Harry issued a surprise, stinging rebuke to the British press, accusing papers of waging a ruthless campaign against them.

22/01 Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models

Microsoft's LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.

22/01 Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday.

22/01 Full Text - Prince Harry wins apology from Rupert Murdoch's UK papers

Prince Harry's lawyer said a deal had been struck after NGN agreed to pay significant damages.

22/01 What is Prince Harry's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group about?

Prince Harry was suing News Group Newspapers over alleged unlawful activities carried out by journalists and private investigators working for its papers, The Sun and the now defunct News of the World, from 1996 until 2011.

22/01 Volkswagen seeks new era in Germany with old methods

For all its talk of radical change, Volkswagen's cost-cutting deal in Germany relies heavily on the automaker's tradition of cooperation between managers and workers, according to details disclosed by company sources.

22/01 Prince Harry v Murdoch: lawyers due back in court after last-gasp deal talks

Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group is due to return to court on Wednesday with the possibility the warring sides have thrashed out a last-minute deal to settle claims of widespread wrongdoing at the publisher.

21/01 What can Trump do to stop federal employees from working remotely?

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order requiring most federal employees to return to work in person full time, a move that is likely to spark backlash and legal challenges from unions.

21/01 Trump's inaugural brings the world's billionaire elites en masse to DC

The attendees at a U.S. presidential inauguration do not often resemble the annual gathering of the world's richest in Davos, Switzerland, which kicked off on Monday, but the parallels were hard to ignore as Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President.

20/01 Conservative influencers celebrate at TikTok-sponsored Trump inauguration party

TikTok earmuffs and MAGA hats adorned partygoers at Sunday's inauguration celebration for the incoming President Donald Trump and the video-sharing platform he once tried to ban.

20/01 Costco Teamsters vote to authorize US-wide strike, union says

Teamsters said on Sunday its members at U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale voted in favor of a nationwide strike, as they entered a final round of talks to reach a new contract ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline.

19/01 TikTok goes dark for US users; Trump signals intervention

Even if temporary, the unprecedented shutdown of TikTok will have an impact on U.S.-China relations, domestic politics, the social-media marketplace and millions of Americans who depend on the app.

18/01 Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US, source says

The plan would let most ByteDance investors keep their equity stakes, a source said.

18/01 TikTok faces US ban deadline as users brace for fallout

The platform has until Sunday to cut ties with its China-based parent, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S. operation to resolve concerns it posed a threat to national security.

18/01 US Justice Dept questions landmark NCAA athlete pay settlement

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday questioned the fairness of a private $2.8 billion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, suggesting it might not go far enough to compensate student athletes.

17/01 Top cases now before the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving TikTok, guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more.

17/01 US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds - a major blow to a platform used by nearly half of all Americans.

16/01 Exclusive: Chinese buyers interested in unwanted German Volkswagen factories, source says

Chinese officials and automakers are eyeing German factories slated for closure and are particularly interested in Volkswagen's sites , a person with knowledge of Chinese government thinking told Reuters.

15/01 California utility faces billions in claims for fire damage even if it did nothing wrong

Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, likely the costliest in U.S. history, are seizing upon a unique California legal doctrine that allows them to collect from their power utility if its equipment caused the blaze -- even if the company did nothing wrong.

15/01 Texas online porn age-verification law goes to US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a challenge on free speech grounds to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users in a case testing the legality of state efforts to keep minors from viewing such material online.

14/01 Crest, Colgate lawsuits target fluoride in kids' toothpaste, mouth rinse

Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive are among the defendants in six new lawsuits targeting the sale of toothpaste and mouth rinse for young children because the products contain fluoride, which can be harmful if swallowed.

14/01 Sandy Hook families reach settlement over Alex Jones' bankruptcy

Families who have sued Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre have resolved their disputes on how to divide the bankrupt conspiracy theorist's assets, clearing the way for a sale of Jones' Infowars platform, attorneys said at a Monday court hearing.

14/01 US lawmakers urge Biden to extend TikTok Jan. 19 ban deadline

Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Congress and President Joe Biden to extend a Jan. 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok or face a U.S. ban.

13/01 US Supreme Court rebuffs Meta bid to avoid advertisers' lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a multi-billion dollar class action by advertisers that accused the Facebook and Instagram parent company of overcharging them by inflating the number of people their ads might reach.

13/01 US judge allows DOJ to release report on Trump's election subversion case

A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a portion of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case.

13/01 Apple fights $1.8 billion App Store lawsuit in first of UK class actions against tech giants

Apple has abused its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its App Store, costing British consumers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($1.8 billion), a London tribunal heard on Monday.

13/01 Nationwide strike in Belgium hits air and train traffic

A nationwide strike in protest against possible pension reforms crippled air and rail traffic in Belgium on Monday and many schools remained shut.

11/01 American Airlines' focus on ESG in 401(k) plan is illegal, US judge rules

A federal judge in Texas on Friday said American Airlines violated federal law by basing investment decisions for its employee retirement plan on environmental, social and other non-financial factors.

11/01 TikTok warns of broader consequences if US Supreme Court allows ban

The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States: If Congress could do this to TikTok, it could come after other companies, too.

10/01 Supreme Court to hear fight over looming US ban on TikTok

Facing a looming ban in the United States, TikTok's fate will be in the hands of the Supreme Court in a case being argued on Friday that pits free speech rights against national security concerns over the widely used short-video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

10/01 Union, employers credit Trump in US port deal that may shape future talks

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.

09/01 Apple clarifies Siri privacy stance after $95 mln class action settlement

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations.

09/01 Second US port strike averted as union, employers reach deal

The union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers on Wednesday said they reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, averting further strikes that could have snarled supply chains and taken a toll on the U.S. economy.

08/01 Jay-Z seeks to sanction rape accuser's lawyer as legal fight escalates

Rap mogul Jay-Z on Wednesday asked a judge in Manhattan to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him and fellow rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl during a party in 2000, and to sanction the Houston attorney who filed the case.

08/01 Judge approves Tesla directors' deal to end excess pay case

Tesla directors including Chair Robyn Denholm and James Murdoch got court approval on Wednesday for a settlement worth up to $919 million that requires they return compensation to the carmaker to resolve allegations they overpaid themselves.

08/01 Google must face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial.

08/01 OpenAI boss denies sexually assaulting his sister after she files lawsuit

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has denied sexually abusing his sister when she was a child, after she filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing him of regularly sexually abusing her between 1997 and 2006.

08/01 GM faces class action in Australia over Holden transmission issues

Australian law firm Maurice Blackburn said it had filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. carmaker General Motors' local unit, alleging the transmission systems of certain models of its now-defunct GM Holden brand were defective.

07/01 Trump special prosecutor temporarily blocked from releasing report on probe

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a court order showed on Tuesday.

07/01 Exxon sues California AG, environmental groups over attacks on recycling efforts

Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit on Monday against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, court records show, accusing them of defaming and disparaging the oil giant's advanced plastics recycling initiatives.

06/01 Google should be forced to bargain with contractor's union, US labor agency says

Alphabet's Google is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer of contract workers and must bargain with their union, the agency said on Monday.

06/01 Pentagon agrees to consider honorable discharges for LGBTQ veterans

The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to overhaul its process for LGBTQ veterans to seek honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court on Monday.

06/01 U.S. Steel, Nippon allege Biden violated constitution in lawsuit over blocked deal

U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on Monday.

03/01 TikTok knew its livestreams exploit children, Utah lawsuit claims

TikTok has long known its video livestreams encourage sexual conduct and exploit children yet turned a blind eye because it "profited significantly" from them, according to newly unsealed material in a lawsuit by the state of Utah.

02/01 US East Coast dockworkers, employer group to restart talks next week

The International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7, according to a person familiar with the matter.

02/01 Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit

Apple agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy.

31/12 Judge will not dismiss lawsuit claiming Poland Spring water is not from a spring

A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."

28/12 What happens next to workers in 'slavery-like conditions' at BYD's site in Brazil?

Officials negotiate with BYD and the Jinjiang Group about further measures to protect the workers.

27/12 US appeals court halts enforcement of anti-money laundering law

A U.S. appeals court has halted enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department ahead of a deadline for most companies to do so.

27/12 BioNTech enters settlement with US agency, UPenn over COVID vaccine royalties

BioNTech has entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania over the payment of royalties related to its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said in filings.

27/12 Brazilian authorities: workers at BYD construction site victims of international human trafficking

The 163 Chinese workers found in a construction site of a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD in Brazil's Bahia state were victims of international human trafficking, said local labor authorities.

24/12 Amicorp Group to dispute $1 billion legal claim by Malaysia's 1MDB for alleged fraud

Amicorp Group has said it will dispute a claim for more than $1 billion filed by scandal-hit Malaysian fund 1MDB, denying allegations it knowingly facilitated more than $7 billion in fraudulent transactions related to the misappropriation of 1MDB funds.

24/12 Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve, union says

A strike at Starbucks' U.S. stores will expand to over 300 stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job, before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the workers' union said.

23/12 Canada regulator sues Rogers for allegedly misleading claims about data

Canada's antitrust regulator said on Monday it was suing Rogers Communications Inc for allegedly misleading consumers about offering unlimited data under some phone plans.

22/12 Unifor members ratify new agreement with Canadian National Railway

Unifor said the agreement includes improvements to wages and benefits as well as job protections for members working in CN terminals and headquarters across Canada.

22/12 Starbucks workers expand strike in US cities including New York

Starbucks workers have expanded their strike to four more U.S. cities, including New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas said late on Saturday.

22/12 Stellantis reverses Ohio layoffs weeks after CEO's abrupt departure

Stellantis has reversed its decision to lay off about 1,100 employees at an Ohio Jeep plant less than three weeks after the abrupt resignation of Chief Executive Carlos Tavares, the Franco-Italian automaker said late on Saturday.

20/12 What's in Volkswagen's deal with the unions in Germany?

Here are the main points of a deal struck on Friday between Volkswagen and unions on the carmaker's German sites and jobs. The agreement followed more than 70 hours of talks and averted the spectre of strikes at Europe's largest carmaker.

20/12 US consumer watchdog sues big banks over 'widespread' fraud on Zelle payment app

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Friday it filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase , Bank of America and Wells Fargo for failing to protect consumers from alleged "widespread fraud" on payments platform Zelle.

20/12 Lawsuit alleges U.S. failed to evacuate Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza

Nine Palestinian Americans sued the U.S. government on Thursday, alleging that it had failed to rescue them or members of their families who were trapped in Gaza where Israel's war has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.

20/12 Starbucks workers' union to strike in LA, Chicago, Seattle before Christmas

Workers United, representing employees at 525 Starbucks stores across the United States, said that walkouts are expected to escalate daily.

19/12 Amazon agrees to worker safety measures to settle US probe

Amazon.com will implement new safety measures at all of its U.S. facilities to settle a federal agency's claims that it failed to prevent workers from developing back problems and other ergonomic injuries, the agency said on Thursday.

19/12 Amazon workers go on strike in US ahead of Christmas rush as union seeks contract talks

Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush, aiming to pressure the retailer into contract talks with their union.

19/12 Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season

Thousands of Amazon.com AMZN.O workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), in the crucial final days before Christmas, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table.

19/12 Miss America waves goodbye to bankruptcy

Miss America Competition ended its bankruptcy case on Wednesday, leaving a bitter dispute over ownership of the beauty pageant organization to be decided by other courts.

19/12 US judge reverses course in NASCAR lawsuit, hands Michael Jordan team early win

Pro basketball legend Michael Jordan and other stock-car team owners who sued NASCAR for a greater share of racing revenues persuaded a judge on Wednesday to force the racing league to guarantee their drivers key slots in the upcoming 2025 season.

19/12 Lawyers in NCAA athlete pay settlement ask for $515 mln legal fee award

Law firms that negotiated a landmark $2.8 billion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association over compensation for student-athletes have asked a judge to award them more than $515 million in legal fees.

18/12 Amazon faces possible US strikes as Christmas looms

Pressure is building on Amazon.com to come to the bargaining table with the Teamsters union as thousands of workers threaten to strike during the retailer’s busy holiday selling season.

18/12 US accuses CVS of filling, billing government for illegal opioid prescriptions

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a lawsuit accusing CVS of filling and billing federal health insurance programs for illegal opioid prescriptions, contributing to a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose.

17/12 VW, unions resume last-ditch round of talks for the year on cost cuts

Volkswagen management and labour representatives will resume high pressure talks on Tuesday morning over planned cost cuts to the carmaker's German sites after a 13-hour negotiation round on Monday failed to produce an agreement.

16/12 VW union says compromise must be struck in last-ditch talks before Christmas

Volkswagen's works council chief said negotiations with management over cost cuts must find a solution which excludes plant closures or redundancies, as a last-ditch round of talks before Christmas gets underway on Monday.

15/12 Marathon, Teamsters reach pay deal at Detroit refinery

Teamsters members working at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit refinery have voted to ratify a seven-year collective bargaining agreement, the company and the union said on Sunday, three months after workers walked off the job.

14/12 OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk bid to block for-profit conversion

OpenAI asked a federal judge in California on Friday to reject a request by billionaire Elon Musk to halt the ChatGPT maker’s conversion to a for-profit company.

13/12 Judge clears way for Musk appeal to try to restore $56 billion Tesla pay

A Delaware judge cleared the way on Friday for Elon Musk and Tesla to begin legal appeals to try to reinstate the chief executive's record-breaking $56 billion pay package from the electric carmaker.

13/12 Musk has until Monday to respond to SEC Twitter settlement, source says

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given Elon Musk until Monday to respond to an offer to resolve a probe into the billionaire's $44-billion takeover of Twitter in 2022, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

13/12 Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $650 mln to resolve US opioid probe

McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm's work advising opioid manufacturer OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma on how to boost sales.

13/12 SEC 'reopens' probe into Neuralink, Musk's lawyer says

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week has reopened an investigation into Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink, according to a letter shared by Musk on Thursday on social media platform X.

13/12 Mexican senate approves work benefits for app drivers

Mexico's Senate on Thursday approved reforms to improve conditions for drivers with ride-hailing and delivery services such as DiDi , Rappi and Uber , ensuring access to social security and a Christmas bonus, among other benefits.

12/12 Inside Boeing’s struggle to make its best-selling plane again

Since a crippling strike at many of Boeing's U.S. plane factories ended more than a month ago, progress ramping up production of its best-selling 737 MAX jet has been deliberately slow.

12/12 US appeals court tosses Nasdaq board diversity rules

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Nasdaq could not impose rules designed to increase diversity in corporate America by requiring companies listed on the exchange to have women and minority directors on their boards or explain why they do not.

12/12 BHP and Rio pressured women to sign NDAs after sexual harassment complaints, lawyer says

BHP and Rio Tinto have used confidentiality agreements to prevent female employees from speaking about sexual harassment at work, according to a lawyer leading Australian class action lawsuits against the miners.

12/12 Goodell says no change to NFL's relationship with Jay-Z amid rape allegations

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday said the league is aware of a lawsuit that accuses musician Jay-Z of rape but said it is not impacting the NFL's partnership with the rap mogul's Roc Nation label, which produces the Super Bowl halftime show.

11/12 VW offers 14% wage hike over four years to Tennessee factory workers

Volkswagen said Wednesday it is offering its newly unionized workers at its Tennessee assembly plant a 14% wage increase over four years and profit sharing.

11/12 US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Nvidia

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia of misleading investors about how much of its sales depended on the volatile cryptocurrency market.

11/12 BHP, Rio Tinto face sexual harassment class actions in Australia

Global mining giants BHP Group and Rio Tinto are facing class actions alleging widespread and systemic sexual harassment at Australian mine sites, law firm JGA Saddler said on Wednesday.

11/12 The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones' Infowars stopped by US judge

A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.

11/12 EY worker's death spotlights India's unprotected white-collar labour

Authorities in two Indian states that are driving its economic growth are drafting tighter workplace rules and inspections to protect white collar employees following the death of a young executive at global consultancy Ernst & Young (EY), which her family blamed on overwork.

11/12 Mexico's lower house approves unanimously labor reform for app workers

Mexico's lower house on Tuesday approved a reform that seeks to regulate labor conditions for delivery workers and drivers working for apps such as DiDi , Rappi and Uber by ensuring access to social security and a Christmas bonus among other benefits.

10/12 Exclusive: Boeing restarts 737 MAX production a month after strike ended, sources say

Boeing restarted production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner last week, about a month after the end of a seven-week strike by 33,000 factory workers, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

09/12 US Supreme Court rejects Boston case over race in school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday a chance to further restrict efforts to promote racial diversity in education, turning away a case over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in Boston discriminated against white and Asian students.

09/12 Rapper Jay-Z accused in lawsuit of raping 13-year-old girl

An amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean "Diddy" Combs during a party in 2000.

09/12 VW, workers clash in latest round of talks over factory shutdowns

Volkswagen and labour representatives will hold a fourth round of talks over wage cuts and possible plant closures, in what has become an increasingly bitter standoff that will be flanked by strikes at the carmaker's main German sites on Monday.

09/12 Australia's Woolworths hikes worker wages to resolve strike action, shares gain

Australia's top grocer Woolworths said on Monday it has reached an agreement with industrial union workers to increase wages, resolving the strike action that had been affecting store service levels at Woolworths supermarkets across Australia.

05/12 Mali issues arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO, document shows

Mali, one of Africa's biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant document seen on Thursday by Reuters showed, escalating a dispute with the Canadian mining company.

05/12 VW workers step up strikes to fight German plant closures

Volkswagen workers will go on extended strikes on Monday, stepping up a bitter dispute with management over layoffs and what would be the first factory closures on German soil for Europe's largest carmaker, a union statement said on Thursday.

04/12 Volkswagen's CEO clashes with workers as conflict over closures, pay deepens

Volkswagen's CEO and labour boss clashed during a staff meeting on Wednesday, with management pushing for major cuts while workers warned of more strikes as long as plant closures remain part of wage negotiations at the embattled German automaker.

04/12 Barclays reaches $19.5 mln settlement over $17.7 bln debt sale blunder

Barclays agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit in Manhattan by shareholders who accused the British bank of securities fraud after it sold $17.7 billion more debt than regulators allowed.

04/12 Mastercard reaches 'agreement in principle' to settle mass UK fees case

Mastercard has reached an agreement in principle to settle a collective London lawsuit brought on behalf of British consumers over card fees, it said on Tuesday.

03/12 Union says nearly 100,000 workers joined Volkswagen strikes across Germany

Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen's German plants on Monday in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe's biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said, threatening further industrial action.

02/12 Apple accused of silencing workers, spying on personal devices

Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers' personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions.

02/12 Europe's embattled auto sector plans plant closures and layoffs

Auto companies are struggling with weak demand, high production costs and competition from Chinese rivals.

02/12 Nine Volkswagen plants to strike as labour battle escalates

Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany will strike for several hours on Monday, IG Metall union said, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.

01/12 Volkswagen workers to go on warning strikes across Germany

It is an escalation of a dispute between Europe's top carmaker and its workers over mass layoffs, pay cuts and possible plant closures.

30/11 JPMorgan agrees to drop lawsuit against Tesla over stock warrants

U.S. lender JPMorgan Chase agreed on Friday to drop its lawsuit against Tesla that accused the electric vehicle maker of "flagrantly" breaching a contract between the two companies in 2014 relating to warrants Tesla sold to the bank.

29/11 Volkswagen strikes from early December 'necessary', union says

Strikes at Volkswagen from early December are "possible and also necessary", the IG Metall union said in a pamphlet on Friday as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations.

27/11 BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street sued by Republican states over climate push

BlackRock , Vanguard and State Street have been sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states, which said the large asset managers violated antitrust law through climate activism that reduced coal production and boosted energy prices.

27/11 Alaska Air, Delta must face lawsuit over Seattle airport pollution

Alaska Air Group and Delta Air Lines have lost their bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that emissions from their aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are responsible for a deadly mixture of toxic pollution.

26/11 Disney settles suit over women's pay for $43 million

Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs' lawyers said in a statement on Monday.

25/11 Google's US antitrust trial over online ad empire draws to a close

The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge Alphabet's Google illegally dominated online advertising technology in seeking a second antitrust win against the company.

25/11 US Supreme Court rejects tobacco firms' appeal over graphic warnings

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether federally mandated warnings on cigarette packs that graphically illustrate the health risks of smoking violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies opposed to the labels.

25/11 Breakingviews - Breakingviews: Adani presents India with big financing ultimatum

Gautam Adani has put India on the spot. The country’s government may need to nudge local lenders to support the growth of the billionaire’s infrastructure conglomerate after the United States filed criminal charges against him. Such a decision, though, would come at a big cost.

24/11 Indian regulator rejects Apple request to put antitrust report on hold

Apple has denied wrongdoing.

23/11 VW brand boss: layoffs, plant closures needed to fix carmaker's problems

Volkswagen sees no chance of avoiding layoffs and plant closures in order to cut 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in costs, the brand's chief executive said in a newspaper interview, amid an escalating dispute with workers.

23/11 Nissan persuades US court to decertify brake defect class actions

Nissan persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to decertify 10 class actions accusing the Japanese automaker of selling cars and SUVs with defective automatic emergency braking systems that caused vehicles to stop suddenly for no reason.

22/11 Tesla must face part of 'phantom braking' lawsuit, US judge rules

Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker Tesla failed to persuade a U.S. judge to throw out a consumer lawsuit accusing it of failing to warn buyers about an alleged defect that can cause the cars to brake automatically when there is no actual collision risk.

22/11 US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Facebook

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta's Facebook of misleading investors about the misuse of the social media platform's user data.

21/11 Exclusive: McKinsey nears deferred prosecution pact in US opioid probe, sources say

McKinsey & Co is in the final stages of negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a U.S. criminal investigation into the consulting firm's work helping opioid manufacturers boost sales that allegedly contributed to a deadly addiction epidemic, people familiar with the matter said.

21/11 VW union calls for Dec 1 strikes as wage talks stutter

Volkswagen's union said it would recommend its members go on strike from Dec. 1 as talks over wages and factory closures with the carmaker's management failed to achieve a breakthrough on Thursday.

21/11 VW union demands 'big step' from management as strikes loom

Volkswagen's union called on management to take a "big step" in a third round of negotiations over pay and factory closures on Thursday, with positions appearing still far apart days before workers threatened strikes across German sites.

21/11 US airline flight crews confident and angry as unions seek richer contracts

Alaska Airlines flight attendant Rebecca Owens works 10 hours a day but only gets paid for half that time - a legacy of a common U.S. airline policy to pay cabin crew members only when planes are in motion. Owens, and thousands of cabin crew like her, wants that to change.

20/11 Senator Warren urges Fed to keep Wells Fargo asset cap

The Federal Reserve must not remove Wells Fargo's $1.95 trillion asset cap until the bank has fixed its risk management and compliance issues, top Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren told the U.S. central bank on Wednesday.

20/11 Ships docked, transport services disrupted as Greeks walk out for higher pay

Ships docked at Greek ports, and railway and bus services were disrupted on Wednesday as transport workers, hospital doctors, school teachers and construction workers joined a nationwide strike to protest squeezed living standards and demand higher pay.

20/11 VW workers threaten historic battle over carmaker's $18 bln cost cut push

Unions on Wednesday threatened a far-reaching escalation of a dispute with Volkswagen over what they estimate to be over 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in planned cost cuts, raising the spectre of strikes at a time of turmoil for German industry.

20/11 Exclusive: In high-wage Germany, VW's labour costs outstrip the competition

As Volkswagen and unions gear up for the next round of talks over wages and plant closures in Germany, company and industry data reviewed by Reuters show that the automaker spends a higher proportion of sales on labour costs than major rivals.

19/11 Senator says Trump cannot ignore law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by next year

The chair of a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee said on Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump cannot ignore a law requiring Chinese-based TikTok to divest the short video app used by 170 million Americans by early next year.

19/11 Hennessy staff strike over plan to bottle cognac in China

Around 500 staff at Hennessy, the cognac maker owned by French luxury giant LVMH , went on strike on Tuesday, a union representative said, to protest what he said was a plan to potentially bottle the brandy in China to avoid tariffs.

19/11 US buyers sue potato processors over alleged price-fixing scheme

Four of the largest potato processors in the United States were accused in a pair of new lawsuits of conspiring to overcharge grocery stores, other commercial buyers and consumers for years.

18/11 FCA says ex-Barclays CEO Staley misled it over Epstein contacts during probe

Ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley gave misleading answers to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority about his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein when it was investigating his relationship with the disgraced financier, the FCA's lawyers alleged on Monday.

15/11 FanDuel settles MLB union lawsuit over use of player likenesses

Major League Baseball's players union settled a lawsuit that accused sports betting giant FanDuel of using the names and likenesses of hundreds of MLB players on its betting platform without permission.

15/11 In Amazon, SpaceX cases, US labor board's power is on the line

A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself from attacks by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Amazon.com in a conservative U.S. appeals court, as the agency also braces for a potential overhaul under President-elect Donald Trump.

15/11 Lawsuit claiming Elon Musk rigged dogecoin ends

A lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of rigging dogecoin is ending.

15/11 Rising prices threaten wage disputes in Germany, warns union chief

Rising prices are putting German workers under pressure, threatening to escalate wage disputes, the head of one of the country's top trade unions has warned.

15/11 Canada Post workers go on nationwide strike ahead of holiday season

About 55,000 Canada Post workers went on strike Friday after their union said it had failed to reach a pay deal with the postal operator in the run-up to the holiday season.

15/11 Kraft Heinz must face Mac & Cheese lawsuit, judge rules

A federal judge said Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action alleging that it defrauded consumers by claiming its Kraft macaroni and cheese, one of its best-known products, contains no artificial preservatives.

14/11 Baltimore wins $266 million in opioid case against distributors

The city of Baltimore won $266 million in its lawsuit accusing top drug distributors McKesson and Cencora of fueling an epidemic of opioid addiction in the U.S., and is expected to seek billions more in the next phase of the case.

13/11 Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday.

13/11 US Supreme Court to hear Nvidia bid to avoid securities fraud suit

The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear arguments in Nvidia's bid to torpedo a securities fraud lawsuit accusing the artificial intelligence chipmaker of misleading investors about how much of its sales depended on the volatile cryptocurrency market.

12/11 New York Times Tech Guild to return to work, negotiations will go on

The New York Times Tech Guild is ending a week-long strike that started one day before the U.S. presidential election and will return to work on Tuesday, it said in a post on X on Monday.

11/11 Chipotle shareholders sue over fallout from skimping on portion sizes

Chipotle Mexican Grill was sued on Monday by shareholders for concealing how many of its restaurants were skimping on portions, forcing the chain to spend more on ingredients and hurting its stock price.

11/11 Montreal dockworkers' union rejects offer; lockout begins

The Montreal Longshoremen's Union rejected a final offer made for a new labour contract, leading to a lockout being declared, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and the union said on Sunday.

09/11 American Airlines loses US appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance

A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines' now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways violated federal antitrust law.

08/11 Meta's Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harm to children

A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media.

08/11 Montreal port employers threaten shutdown over labour dispute

Port of Montreal terminal operators have threatened to shut down most operations as of Sunday after providing a final offer to the longshore union.

08/11 Boeing to repay furloughed staff, proceed with job cuts

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday that employees furloughed during a seven-week strike by factory workers would be repaid by the company for lost wages, but it would proceed with plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce.

06/11 Tesla investors lose bid for new US trial over Musk's 2018 tweets

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a jury's verdict clearing Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his company of liability over allegations they misled investors when the billionaire posted on social media in 2018 that he had "funding secured" to take the electric car company private.

06/11 US Supreme Court mulls Facebook bid to escape securities fraud suit

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over a bid by Meta's Facebook to scuttle a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the social media platform of misleading them about the misuse of its user data.

06/11 Trump expected to shift course on antitrust, stop Google breakup

Donald Trump will likely dial back some of the antitrust policies pursued under the administration of President Joe Biden, potentially including a bid to break up Alphabet's Google over its dominance in online search, experts said.

06/11 Elon Musk is sued over $1 million election giveaway

Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway, and now claim it was a fraud.

05/11 Amazon CEO denies full in-office mandate is 'backdoor layoff'

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not meant to force attrition or satisfy city leaders, as many employees have suggested.

05/11 France's Believe denies copyright allegation in $500 mln US claim by UMG

French digital music company Believe on Tuesday denied allegations of copyright infringement by Universal Music Group , which is seeking damages of at least $500 million (459 million euros) through a complaint in the United States.

05/11 Tesla increases wages for staff at German gigafactory by 4%

Tesla has raised the wages of all employees at its German gigafactory outside Berlin by 4% since the start of November, the U.S. electric carmaker said on Tuesday.

04/11 Marathon, Teamsters to resume contract talks as Detroit refinery strike enters second month

Marathon Petroleum Corp and the Teamsters union, which represents hundreds of refinery workers, will resume labor contract negotiations this week as a strike at the refiner's Detroit facility enters a second month.

04/11 Employers at Canada's Port of Vancouver to lock out workers as deadline passes

The BC Maritime Employers Association said it would lock out workers on Monday at Canada's Port of Vancouver after a negotiating deadline passed, potentially disrupting exports of coal, potash and beef.

04/11 Missouri sues to block Justice Department from sending poll monitors

The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge on Monday to block the U.S. Justice Department from sending lawyers to St. Louis on Election Day to monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws, even after the city's election board agreed to permit it.

04/11 Facebook, Nvidia ask US Supreme Court to spare them from securities fraud suits

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants - Meta's Facebook and Nvidia - to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to hold companies to account.

04/11 Boeing workers vote on wage deal that could end strike

Boeing U.S. West Coast factory workers will hold a vote on an improved contract offer on Monday that could end a seven-week strike and restart jet production at the troubled planemaker.

04/11 French families sue TikTok over alleged failure to remove harmful content

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday.

04/11 Palau, US security ally in Pacific, holds election

The Pacific Islands nation of Palau, important to the U.S. military amid tensions with China, and among a dozen allies of Taiwan, holds a national election for president on Tuesday.

01/11 Boeing shares rise as planemaker makes new wage offer to end strike

Boeing rose 2% in early trading on Friday after the U.S. planemaker bumped up its wage hike offer to about 33,000 striking workers, its latest effort to end a damaging strike after two earlier attempts were rebuffed by employees.

01/11 Abbott, Reckitt cleared of liability in latest preterm formula case

Abbott and Reckitt unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy's debilitating intestinal disease, a jury found on Thursday in a lawsuit accusing them of failing to warn of their premature baby formulas' risks.

01/11 Judge aims to rule on Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay by year end

The Delaware judge considering whether a vote by Tesla shareholders reinstated Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package which the court had voided will try to issue a ruling this year, according to the judge's letter to the lawyers in the case.

01/11 Striking Boeing workers to vote on 38% pay rise deal on Monday

The improved contract offer includes a bigger signing bonus as well, the workers’ union said.

31/10 Los Angeles County sues PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic pollution

Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola , accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public about the environmental impact and recyclability of their containers.

31/10 Musk due in court as $1 million voter giveaway faces courtroom test

Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a Thursday hearing in a prosecutor's lawsuit to block the billionaire's $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered swing state voters ahead of the U.S. election on Nov. 5.

30/10 Pennsylvania judge extends mail ballot deadline after Trump lawsuit

A judge in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday extended the deadline for voters in Bucks County to request a mail-in ballot after Donald Trump's campaign sued alleging that some supporters seeking ballots were improperly turned away.

30/10 VW and workers face off in second round of talks over pay and plants

Volkswagen and its powerful unions will lock horns on Wednesday for a second time over management plans for plant closures and mass layoffs, as Europe's biggest automaker battles to cope with high costs and growing competition.

29/10 Three governors urge end to Boeing strike as suppliers suffer

The Republican governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike citing the impact to their states and the planemaker's suppliers.

28/10 Southwest Airlines must face pilots' union lawsuit over threats

Southwest Airlines must face a lawsuit accusing the carrier of illegally intimidating and disciplining pilots who participate in its more than 9,000-member pilots union, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

28/10 Subway sandwiches are short on meat, lawsuit claims

A new lawsuit accuses Subway of "grossly misleading" customers by advertising sandwiches that contain at least three times more meat than it delivers.

28/10 Boeing to raise up to $19 billion in stock offering to shore up finances

Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $19 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long worker strike and a year-long safety crisis.

28/10 Volkswagen law: German automaker’s ownership structure explained

Volkswagen's plan to close plants in Germany and dissolve long-standing labour agreements with unions has put the spotlight on its unique governance and ownership structure that have drawn criticism from investors for years.

28/10 Boeing workers' demand for reinstated pension a long shot, experts say

Boeing workers' efforts to restore the traditional pension plans it ditched a decade ago feels to many like a long shot, as reinstating such a structure could exacerbate the planemaker's shaky financial situation.

26/10 Alibaba to pay $433.5 million to settle shareholder lawsuit over monopoly claims

China's Alibaba said on Friday it had agreed to pay $433.5 million to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit filed by investors alleging monopolistic practices by the e-commerce giant.

26/10 US labor board wrongly ordered Tesla's Musk to delete anti-union tweet, court rules

A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that the National Labor Relations Board went too far by ordering Tesla CEO Elon Musk to delete a 2018 tweet stating employees of the electric vehicle maker would lose stock options if they unionized.

25/10 US judge approves shipping companies' $102 million settlement with DOJ over Baltimore bridge collapse

A U.S. judge approved on Friday a $102 million settlement by the companies that owned and operated the ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people.

25/10 Former Abercrombie CEO Jeffries to enter plea in sex trafficking case

Mike Jeffries, the former longtime chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch , will be arraigned on Friday after being charged with running an international sex trafficking and prostitution scheme while leading the clothing retailer.

25/10 Union's rejection of Boeing offer threatens jobs at aerospace suppliers

Striking workers' rejection of planemaker Boeing's latest contract offer has created a fresh threat to operations at aerospace suppliers such as family-run Independent Forge.

25/10 Barclays wins bid to slash UK investors' $727 mln 'dark pool' lawsuit

Barclays on Friday won its bid to more than halve a shareholders' lawsuit worth up to 560 million pounds ($727 million) at London's High Court for allegedly misleading the market about its private "dark pool" trading platforms.

25/10 Cargo-ship owner to pay US $102 million over Baltimore bridge collapse, DOJ says

The owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people, have agreed to pay $102 million to the federal government, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

25/10 White House urges Boeing, striking union to work to reach deal

The White House said on Thursday it was encouraging Boeing and the union representing about 33,000 striking machinists to continue working to reach a deal, a day after workers rejected the planemaker's latest contract offer.

24/10 McDonald's hit with lawsuit after Colorado man sickened in E. coli outbreak

A Colorado man has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit against McDonald’s over an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others.

24/10 Boeing shares fall after workers reject latest offer

Boeing shares fell 2.7% in U.S. pre-market trading on Thursday.

24/10 Eight strikes by Boeing's US factory workers

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is the largest aerospace union in North America and represents Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers.

24/10 Spirit Aero losses deepen, burns cash as Boeing strike bites

Spirit AeroSystems posted deeper quarterly losses on Wednesday and said it was burning through dwindling cash reserves, as a strike by Boeing U.S. factory workers hammered the finances of its biggest supplier.

23/10 Boeing braces for union vote on wage deal that could end costly strike

Boeing factory workers will vote on Wednesday on a new contract proposal that could bring an end to a more than five-week strike, in a crucial moment for the troubled planemaker as it wrestles with a deepening financial crisis.

23/10 Boeing CEO presses turnaround at embattled planemaker as contract vote looms

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg laid out a turnaround plan on Wednesday, including a push for a "fundamental culture change," as the struggling planemaker grapples with a crippling strike, mounting debt and heightened cash burn.

22/10 Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries charged with sex trafficking

Mike Jeffries, the former longtime chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch , has been criminally charged with sex trafficking and prostitution involving dozens of men.

22/10 No immunity for Turkey's Halkbank in Iran sanctions case, US appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank for immunity from U.S. criminal charges that it helped Iran evade American sanctions.

21/10 US Supreme Court won't hear Michael Cohen bid to revive suit against Donald Trump

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Michael Cohen to revive a lawsuit accusing his former boss Donald Trump and various former federal officials of returning him to prison in 2020 in retaliation for penning a book critical of Trump, who was president at the time.

21/10 Boeing's new proposal may lead to $1 billion in wage-related costs over four years

Boeing is expected to book more than $1 billion in wage-related expenses from its proposed labor contract, analysts said, although its shares rose 4% on Monday on hopes of an end to a crippling strike.

21/10 Breakingviews - BHP’s dam disaster dealings leave a bad taste

BHP's tactics in Brazil may be going too far. On Friday, the miner, partner Vale and their Samarco joint venture in the country outlined a potential 132 billion reais ($23 billion) settlement with Brazilian authorities over a catastrophic dam failure in 2015. Problem is, it's essentially an optical illusion. Meanwhile, the Australia-listed company run by Mike Henry is in hot water trying to hinder

11/09 Strike at Kenya's main airport causing flight delays, cancellations, Kenya Airways says

A strike by workers at Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi has caused flight delays and cancellations for both departing and arriving passengers, Kenya Airways said on Wednesday.

11/09 Samsung India workers ramp up wage protests as strike enters third day

Hundreds of workers at Samsung Electronics' southern India plant boycotted work for a third day on Wednesday to demand better wages and working conditions, disrupting output at a consumer electronics facility key for the global tech giant.

11/09 Boeing says bargained in good faith with union for labor deal

Boeing bargained in good faith with one of its biggest unions for the new labor contract and "did not hold back with an eye on a second vote", its chief operating officer said on Tuesday in a letter to employees seen by Reuters.

10/09 Volkswagen scraps decades-old German job security pact, says union

Volkswagen gave IG Metall notice on Tuesday it was scrapping a range of labour agreements including a guarantee of jobs until 2029 at six German plants, the union said.

10/09 Workers strike at Samsung India plant enters day 2, production to be hit

Hundreds of Samsung Electronics employees went on a strike at a plant in southern India for a second day on Tuesday to demand higher wages, disrupting operations at the South Korean giant.

10/09 Trojan condoms contain 'forever chemicals,' lawsuit claims

A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic "forever chemicals," which have been linked to cancer.

09/09 Air Canada prepares to shut down as talks with pilots union near deadlock

Air Canada is finalizing plans to suspend most of its operations, likely beginning Sunday, as talks with the pilot union are nearing an impasse over "inflexible" wage demands, the country's largest airline said on Monday.

08/09 From Boeing to Detroit Three, US labor unions flex muscle

U.S. planemaker Boeing BA.N has averted a possible strike after reaching a tentative labor deal with a union representing more than 32,000 workers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the latest in a series of labor negotiations that brought double-digit wage increases despite a tight labor market and stubborn inflation.

08/09 DirecTV files FCC complaint against Disney for anti-competitive practices

Satellite TV provider DirecTV has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), accusing Walt Disney of failing to negotiate in good faith and engaging in anticompetitive behavior, the company said on Sunday.

08/09 Boeing Seattle workers reach tentative pay deal, avert strike

Boeing said on Sunday it had reached a pay agreement with the union representing its Seattle workers, bringing weeks of negotiations to a close and averting a strike threat.

07/09 Chess-Carlsen beats Niemann in first encounter since cheating scandal

Chess great Magnus Carlsen beat nemesis Hans Niemann 17.5-12.5 to advance to the Speed Chess Championship final on Friday, in their first face-off since the world number one accused his American rival of cheating two years ago.

06/09 China, price cuts and costs: the fuel driving Volkswagen's crisis

While many of Volkswagen's challenges have plagued it for a while, two recent developments have made things worse.

06/09 Ousted RBC executive Ahn denies allegations of intimate relationship with subordinate

Royal Bank of Canada's former Chief Financial Officer Nadine Ahn has denied all allegations about her relationship with a subordinate detailed in an RBC counterclaim after she sued the bank for wrongful dismissal.

06/09 TikTok turns to Supreme Court vets in case over potential US ban

TikTok and a group of creators on the popular short video app have tapped a pair of leading U.S. Supreme Court lawyers to battle the U.S. government over a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban.

05/09 Teamsters could extend strike to other Marathon refineries as Detroit negotiations stagnate

Marathon Petroleum has been unwilling to negotiate with union members at its Detroit refinery since more than 200 workers went on strike, Teamsters said on Thursday, adding that the industrial action could be extended to the largest U.S. independent refiner's other plants.

05/09 Teamsters to meet with VP Harris on Sept. 16, union says

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will meet with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Sept. 16 as the union considers a potential presidential endorsement, the union said Thursday.

05/09 Hershey attacks lawsuits targeting product packaging, seeks to end Reese's case

Hershey urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers about several Reese's peanut butter candies, using its request to level a broadside against what it considers baseless class action litigation over product packaging.