Jonas Gutierrez suing Mike Ashley’s Newcastle United for £2m March 22, 2016 Footballer Jonas Gutierrez is suing former club Newcastle United for £2m over the way he was treated following his battle with testicular cancer. The Argentine winger, 32, has made a claim for disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 after he was released by the Premier League club last summer. He claims that his illness [...]
Yahoo to face privacy lawsuit on behalf of millions of internet users May 28, 2015 Yahoo will face a US class action lawsuit alleging wiretapping violations of emails sent to its users from non-Yahoo mail accounts. The lawsuit brought by a group acting on behalf of millions of internet users was given the go-ahead by a Californian judge, who granted the group class action status. Over 1m members who used [...]
Uber to pay millions to settle US dispute over background checks for drivers April 8, 2016 Uber's in the thick of it again, this time having to pay $25m in a settlement to end a lawsuit in America over claims it made on background checks for drivers. The ride-hailing app had been accused of misleading customers over the strength of its background checks on drivers, prosecutors in Los Angeles and San [...]
HSBC plans to slash headcount and faces three new US lawsuits June 1, 2015 HSBC is set to announce plans to cut thousands of jobs across its global workforce next week. Stuart Gulliver, HSBC’s chief executive, will set out a revised target for headcount reductions that will be implemented by the end of 2017 at a investor day next week, according to Sky News. HSBC declined to comment. The precise [...]
Uber agrees $100m settlement as agreement reached that drivers are still contractors – not employees April 22, 2016 Uber has agreed a $100m (£69m) class-action settlement with its drivers, allowing the ride-sharing app to continue classifying its drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The lawsuits – one in California and one in Massachusetts – will be settled with a payment of $84m to the two plaintiffs, while a second $16m payment will be [...]
Volkswagen emissions scandal: US consumer watchdog Federal Trade Commission sues VW over “deceptive” clean diesel claims March 29, 2016 The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has become the latest body to sue Volkswagen (VW) over its "deceptive" diesel emissions claims. The consumer watchdog announced today that it was starting proceedings against the US arm of the German car manufacturer and wants it to be ordered to compensate the 550,000 customers who bought or leased a [...]
Alibaba dismisses Kering lawsuit over faked goods as “wasteful litigation” May 18, 2015 Alibaba has dismissed the lawsuit brought by luxury giant Kering over counterfeit merchandise as “wasteful litigation”, saying it will fight the case “vigorously”. Kering, which owns high end brands such as Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, is suing the Chinese etailer over claims it is complicit in the sale of fake handbags, watches [...]
A beginners guide for reluctant Pokemon Go players July 14, 2016 Come with me on a journey through time and space….. to a world where some grown-ups are more concerned with small cartoon characters than with the state of UK politics (perhaps understandably so). You may have heard the hype around Pokemon Go and wondered what it's all about. Should you get involved? Do you have enough time in your [...]
Matthew Syed: What doctors, pilots and F1 drivers can teach us about failure May 24, 2016 When it comes to analysing the reasons why a particular business or entrepreneur has succeeded or failed, hindsight is a wonderful thing. It leads us to ignore the role of luck, put talent on a pedestal, and treat every event in the story as one in a causal chain which led inevitably to a particular conclusion. [...]
Amazon Studios acquires North American rights to Woody Allen’s upcoming film starring Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart and his new TV show with Miley Cyrus February 18, 2016 Amazon Studios has today acquired the North American rights to Woody Allen's latest feature film. Amazon Studios has obtained all the rights for the region, including theatrical and streaming. The film, which does not yet have a title, is a romantic comedy set in the 1930s starring Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart and is due to be released in cinemas [...]