Outspoken climate lawyers have thrown out the PR rulebook – and it could catch on February 14, 2024 Climate litigation cases have seen lawyers become increasingly outspoken. Could the days of no comment be behind us, Charles McKeon asks.
Google gears up for £20bn ‘ad tech’ claim that it pushes revenues away from newspapers September 13, 2022 Google is being sued for up to €25bn (£21.6bn) over claims it has deprived other sites from obtaining billions of pounds in advertising revenues. The class action complaints from both UK and the Netherlands argue that the Silicon Valley giant used its advertising tech to unfairly sideline publishers, like newspapers, magazine and blogs. The main [...]
FTSE 100 today: Rate cut optimism to fuel Footsie’s push to fresh record highs May 8, 2024 Markets showcase mixed performance in Asia, mirroring Wall Street's trajectory. Oil prices dip, while Reddit shares soar by 16 per cent. Additionally, TikTok initiates a legal challenge against a potential US ban, adding to tech sector uncertainties. All attention now shifts to the Bank of England policy decision and UK GDP data release.
Former staff sue Tesla over ‘mass layoffs’ June 21, 2022 Former employees at Tesla are suing the electric vehicle maker for carrying out what they say are “mass layoffs“, which they claim violated the law by not giving advance notice. In a lawsuit filed in Texas on Sunday, two former employees at the company’s Nevada factory allege Tesla violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act [...]
Britannia Hotels sues Aviva for £6.25m over Aberdeen fire losses October 23, 2022 Britannia Hotels has filed a £6.25m lawsuit against its insurer, Aviva, over claims it is owed millions as a result of the London insurance firm’s refusal to pay out on a claim for losses caused by a fire at its Aberdeen hotel. The hotel group has filed a High Court lawsuit against Britain’s largest insurer [...]
Gamestop shares rocket as meme stock rally engineer ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns May 13, 2024 Gamestop shares soared as high as 110 per cent on Monday after the engineer of the meme stock rally, "Roaring Kitty," returned.
Elon Musk drops DogeCoin logo, restores Twitter bird, plus the Blue Tick latest April 11, 2023 Twitter has restored its bird logo after Elon Musk, one of the world’s funniest richest men, had temporarily switched it for the meme dog best known as the logo of cryptocurrency DogeCoin. Internet sluths went into overdrive trying to work out the reason. Was it a hack? A disgruntled employee? No, it was of course [...]
Revolut launches ‘crypto exchange for pros’ May 7, 2024 Revolut has expanded its presence in the digital assets sector with the launch of a UK crypto exchange for "experienced traders".
HMRC seeks more audit files from EY in property tycoon’s tax dispute December 11, 2023 Counsel for HMRC asked the court this morning to see more of EY’s audit files in relation to the property tycoon’s tax affairs dispute. HMRC filed a claim to the High Court against the Big Four firm over allegations it misrepresented its client tax affairs to the HMRC. The client was the British property investor [...]
Boeing whistleblower found dead in South Carolina March 12, 2024 A former employee of Boeing who blew the whistle on safety problems at the company has been found dead.