Lawsuits

Restaurant Roundup: Friendly’s to Open Fast-Casual Concept; Starbucks Reverses Course on Vax Mandate
Restaurant Roundup: Friendly’s to Open Fast-Casual Concept; Starbucks Reverses Course on Vax Mandate
January 21, 2022  |  Restaurant Roundup

With consumers’ digital ordering habits proving sticky almost two years after the initial outbreak of the pandemic, brands are readjusting to the new normal. Massachusetts-based,...

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American Airlines, The Points Guy Sue Each Other Over Data Use
American Airlines, The Points Guy Sue Each Other Over Data Use
January 21, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

American Airlines and the travel and loyalty news website The Points Guy (TPG) are suing each other over access to AAdvantage member rewards data. Get...

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Epic Games Mounts New Appeal in Case Against Apple
Epic Games Mounts New Appeal in Case Against Apple
January 20, 2022  |  Legal

Epic Games wants a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling from September that rejected much of the Fortnite maker’s antitrust case against Apple’s App...

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Ditches ADS, Moves Credit Cards to Capital One
BJ’s Wholesale Club Ditches ADS, Moves Credit Cards to Capital One
January 18, 2022  |  Legal

Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS) has lost BJ’s Wholesale Club as a client, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Jan. 18). Get the Full...

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Legal Spat Over FinTech Bank Charters Spotlights Deposit Insurance Debate
Legal Spat Over FinTech Bank Charters Spotlights Deposit Insurance Debate
January 17, 2022  |  Banking

The regulatory path forward for FinTechs seeking to offer banking services on a national scale may have gotten a bit clearer, but it hardly seems...

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UK Lawsuit Claims Facebook Exploited Personal Data of 44 Million Users
UK Lawsuit Claims Facebook Exploited Personal Data of 44 Million Users
January 16, 2022  |  Legal

Facebook, now known as Meta, faces a fine of over $3.2 billion over allegations that it exploited data and abused its market dominance, Reuters reported...

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US State Banking Regulators Drop Lawsuit Over FinTech Charters
US State Banking Regulators Drop Lawsuit Over FinTech Charters
January 14, 2022  |  Regulation

A group of U.S. banking regulators withdrew their lawsuit that sought to block the federal government from granting bank charters to FinTech companies.  Get the Full...

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PoolTogether Lawsuit Will Test Whether DeFi Really Is Decentralized
PoolTogether Lawsuit Will Test Whether DeFi Really Is Decentralized
January 13, 2022  |  Blockchain

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on stablecoins in December, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called decentralized finance (DeFi) “the most dangerous part of the crypto world.”...

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Facebook Can’t Fence Off FTC Antitrust Suit, But It Narrows Scope
Facebook Can’t Fence Off FTC Antitrust Suit, But It Narrows Scope
January 12, 2022  |  Regulation

A U.S. judge granted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a second chance to continue with its allegations of illegal monopolization against Facebook (now Meta), after...

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