Justice Department Urges Court to Uphold Law Mandating TikTok's U.S. Divestiture
Jul 28, 2024 20:08 pm UTC| Law Business
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to uphold an April law requiring ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok, to divest its U.S. assets by January 19 or face a ban, citing national security...
Why courts favour cars, not the climate
Jul 25, 2024 15:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
For planning to block a motorway encircling London, five Just Stop Oil activists were recently sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison. Just Stop Oil wants to end the extraction and burning of coal, oil and gas...
Lawsuit Alleges Hyundai Pressured Dealers to Falsify Electric Vehicle Sales
Jul 11, 2024 05:16 am UTC| Technology Law Business
A recent lawsuit accuses Hyundai of pressuring its dealers to artificially inflate electric vehicle sales figures. The lawsuit, filed in Chicago, alleges compliant dealers were rewarded while those who resisted faced...
Top Law Firm Screens Job Applicants for Anti-Israel Protest Participation
Jul 11, 2024 01:50 am UTC| Law
Sullivan Cromwell, a leading corporate law firm, has started screening job applicants for involvement in anti-Israel protests. This move follows concerns about antisemitism and campus free speech. Sullivan Cromwell...
US Supreme Court: 10 days of blockbuster decisions with huge implications for the future
Jul 08, 2024 09:19 am UTC| Law
The US Supreme Court has concluded its 2023-24 term in the past two weeks with a number of profoundly consequential decisions that have major implications for the years to come. This is the court of last resort in the...
Jul 04, 2024 06:33 am UTC| Law Business
Australias corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), should be broken up and replaced by new and more responsive regulatory agencies, a damning report has found. The Senate...
Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts
Jul 02, 2024 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has sent back to lower courts the decision about whether states can block social media companies such as Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, from regulating and controlling what users can post on their...
Canada retail sales rises in September
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