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854Deutsche Bank Forks Over $150M In Epstein, Foreign Bank AML Settlement
Deutsche Bank has agreed to a $150 million settlement with New York regulators over allegations that the giant German bank was effectively...
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1.6KSupreme Court: President Has Authority To Fire CFPB Chief
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a key feature of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that limited presidential authority to fire...
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1.9KMastercard And Visa Lose Legal Round In Europe Over Swipe Fees
In the United Kingdom, and for the payment network giants in the decades-long legal battle over interchange fees — next stop, trial...
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3.4KMastercard And Visa Lose Legal Round In The UK Over Swipe Fees
Two of the world’s largest credit card companies have lost their bid to assess fees on retailers in the United Kingdom. Britain’s...
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2.0KGoogle, Sonos, Accuse Each Other Of Tech Theft
Take that, Sonos. Five months after getting hit with a patent infringement case by Sonos, Google is fighting back. Google has fired...
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2.8KGrubhub Faces Lawsuit From KFC, Taco Bell Parent Company
The owner of KFC and Taco Bell is suing Grubhub Inc., the Chicago-based online food ordering and delivery marketplace, alleging it violated terms of...
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2.0KSimon Property Group Hits Gap With Lawsuit To Recoup Back Rent
All eyes in the retail sector are now on Simon Property Group, as the mall giant hauls The Gap into court for...
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1.9KCan College Students Get Their Tuition Money Back?
Education is doubtlessly a valuable commodity, which is likely why college students pay so much for it each year. The average college tuition...
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2.9KUber, Lyft Drivers File Unemployment Lawsuit In NY
Four Uber and Lyft drivers are suing the state of New York over what they say is a failure to pay their...
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2.4KUber Customer Asks Judge To Overturn Price-Fixing Ruling
An Uber customer who launched an antitrust lawsuit against the rideshare giant in 2015 asked a Manhattan federal judge on Friday (May...
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3.7KFTC Charges Payday Lender With ‘Deceptively’ Overcharging Clients
After a payday lender allegedly left consumers to pay more than promised by drawing continued interest-only deductions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has...
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3.6KFirst Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case
Payments processing giant First Data Merchant Services and one of its executives will pay $40.3 million to settle allegations that they laundered...
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3.5KShowdown: California Firm Zumasys Sues SBA And Treasury Over PPP Loan
As the deadline looms for businesses to return Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans they were ineligible for, a California software company is...
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2.4KClass-Action Lawsuits Demand Refunds From 25 Universities
As the coronavirus started sweeping across the U.S. in March, universities moved classrooms online and locked the doors. Many students, however, don’t...
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4.9KRipple Lawsuit Alleges Fraud In XRP Sale
A little-known Puerto Rican company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple, accusing the blockchain firm of breaking rules...
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2.9KWeWork’s Ex-CEO Sues SoftBank Over Aborted $3B Deal
WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann has launched a legal battle with his company’s biggest investor, SoftBank Group Corp., charging that it has wrongfully...
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2.2KAlmost 800 Lawsuits Over Deaths, Safety And Canceled Events Filed
More than 770 lawsuits are piling up against hospitals, nursing homes, gyms, airlines and cruise lines in the U.S. due to the...
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3.4KUS Judge: Uber Can Be Sued For Allegedly Forcing Out Rival
A lawsuit against Uber alleges that the company engaged in deceitful practices to drive its competitor Sidecar Technologies out of business in...
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6.0KRipple Files Lawsuit Against YouTube For Not Removing Crypto Scams Fast Enough
Ripple announced on Tuesday (April 21) that it is filing a lawsuit against YouTube, alleging that the popular video platform isn’t doing...
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8.0KLawsuits Allege Banks Played Favorites With PPP Loans
Separate class-action lawsuits were filed against Wells Fargo, Frost Bank, JPMorgan Chase, US Bancorp and Bank of America, alleging that the financial...
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11.4KFTC Files Case Against RI Firm Allegedly Posing As SBA Lender; Company Claims Error
A Rhode Island company is facing allegations of falsely claiming to be an authorized lender for the Small Business Association’s (SBA) Paycheck...
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2.8KZoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Security, Privacy Breaches
Investor Michael Drieu is leading a class action lawsuit against Zoom Video Communications Inc. alleging the California company’s video conferencing app has...
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2.9KGoldman Sachs Denied Dismissal Of Class-Action Lawsuit Over Subprime Mortgages
A Manhattan court denied Goldman Sachs Group’s appeal to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that accuses the investment bank of hiding information when...
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2.6KWeWork Files Suit Against SoftBank For Withdrawing $3B Offer
WeWork is not taking SoftBank Group Corp.’s withdrawal of its $3 billion offer lying down. The New York-based company has filed a...
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3.9KEuropean Court Ruling Could Crimp Airbnb Rentals
A European court ruling could put a crimp in Airbnb’s home- and apartment-sharing business on the continent. The major case is part...
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3.1KUK Celebrity Law Firm Warns Remote Staff To Turn Off Smart Speakers
A U.K. law firm, Mishcon de Reya, has warned attorneys who are working from home to turn off their smart speakers while...
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3.2KProposed Law Would Force Delaware Businesses To Accept Cash
A new proposed law in Delaware would make it illegal for businesses to only accept cash, according to a report by the...
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3.3KSupreme Court May Allow SEC To Recoup Fraud Money
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 3), possibly inched closer to a decision that would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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3.8KWhat’s At Stake As CFPB ‘Constitutionality’ Gets SCOTUS Hearing
Super Tuesday and the ongoing presidential contest dominate the headlines today, but in the marble halls of Washington, DC, there is a...
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3.9KNYC Sues Airbnb Listing Co In Bid To Stop Short-Term Rentals
New York City has sued Guesty, a startup that provides services for listing on Airbnb and other home-sharing sites, in an escalation...
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2.5KOracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle...
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2.9KOracle, Google API Litigation Looms Over Open Banking’s Future
In technology, one key question is: “Build or buy?” Another is: “Who owns the intellectual property?” In an upcoming Supreme Court case,...
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4.7KRetailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when...
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3.7KDOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is organizing a workshop to review a federal law that predominantly releases websites from legal culpability...
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1.9KSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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2.2KSmileDirectClub Offers Refunds To Silence Customer Complaints
SmileDirectClub, which specializes in straightening peoples’ teeth, is gaining a reputation for squashing any kind of negative press, The New York Times...
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6.6KBiden Wants To Abolish Law That Gives Online Companies Content Liability Immunity
Joe Biden, a candidate for president, said he wants to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that gives...
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4.0KApp Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
Facebook has been sued by four companies regarded alleged anti-competitive practices, according to a report by Reuters. The companies say that the...
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5.3KThe Instant Verdict Is In For Legal Disbursements
The fact that instant disbursements are overwhelmingly preferred by consumers isn’t much of a surprise. When stacked up against a paper check,...
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2.3KApple Sued For Allegedly Infringing On Medical Tech Patents
Medical technology company Masimo is suing Apple, saying that the company stole trade secrets related to its health monitoring technology and also...
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2.4KSonos Hits Google With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Sonos is suing Google as of Tuesday (Jan. 7), alleging that the tech giant infringed on their patents for music speakers, per...
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4.2KUber, Postmates Sue CA Over Labor Rights Law
Uber and Postmates have filed a lawsuit against the state of California to try and block a new law that will change...
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2.6KNew CA Privacy Law Requires Retailers To Disclose Data Collection
A new law in California requires companies to explain exactly what customer information, if any, is being sold to third parties, according...
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7.7KWawa C-Store Chain Sued Over Malware Attack
Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850...
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5.0KDanske Bank Hit With Third Money Laundering Lawsuit
Danske Bank is facing another lawsuit from about 60 investors over alleged money laundering, according to a report by Reuters. It’s the...
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7.1KPayPal Sues CFPB Over ‘Misleading’ Digital Wallet Disclosure Rules
PayPal has filed suit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), alleging that the agency has dismissed its arguments that digital wallets...
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2.8KCA College Student Accuses TikTok Of Illicit Data Harvesting
A California college student has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the viral video service of sending her personal data to its...
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3.0KBrazil Regulator Dismisses Itau Unibanco’s Appeal In Antitrust Case
Itau Unibanco Holding, Brazil’s largest lender, lost its appeal related to an antitrust case. Earlier this year, Itau announced it would prepay...
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2.8KSenators Introduce Sweeping Online Privacy Legislation
A group of key Senate Democrats on Tuesday (Nov. 26) unveiled a far-reaching online privacy bill that levies tough new punishments for...
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3.2KInsurance Execs Concerned About Inflated Jury Payouts
Global insurance executives are worried about the hefty monetary awards juries have been handing out to plaintiffs. The trend of larger jury...
