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Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is facing a lawsuit that says people’s medical data is being secretly shared with Facebook when patients access their healthcare providers’ web portals, reports Bloomberg.  According to the report, the Pixel tracking tool, which Facebook uses,...

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has agreed to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit covering close to 15,500 female employees by paying $118 million.  Law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP announced the settlement on Friday, adding that an...

A Florida-based pension fund is challenging Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's potential $44 billion Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) takeover.  According to a report, a complaint has been filed by the Orlando Police Pension Fund in Delaware Chancery Court says that under...

While still a minor, age 17, Rick Wershe Jr. was sentenced to prison for cocaine possession after being used by the FBI as an informant. Known as White Boy Rick, Wershe was released in July 2020 for good behavior at age 52, after serving 33 years in federal prison. In addition to becoming a...

Actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard are heading for a long-delayed legal battle, which many people touts being the most dramatic legal standoffs of the 21st century.  What Happened: According to reports, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is among the high-profile celebrities due...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shareholder David Wagner has filed a lawsuit against the company after CEO Elon Musk sold a portion of his Tesla stock based on a Twitter poll he conducted. Wagner argues that Musk's behavior on social media has negatively impacted the price of the stock...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has agreed to pay $30 million to retail workers who were subjected to routine searches of their bags off the clock when they left work after or during their shifts. In 2013, Apple Store employees filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that they were not paid for...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) says it has settled most of the lawsuits in the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal cases and has recorded $800 million in expenses in connection with the agreement. The medical devices and pharmaceuticals maker had almost 9000 cases over the Risperdal drug,...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been battling an antitrust lawsuit in California federal court since 2019. However, the company has now agreed to change App Store policy to allow developers more freedom in exchange for ending the suit.  What Happened: Apple has long been criticized for...

Although Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store changes are still pending court approval, they will resolve a class-action suit from U.S. developers, according to BofA Securities. The Apple Analyst: Wamsi Mohan reiterated a Neutral rating for Apple, while keeping the price target...

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users' privacy rights, Reuters reports.  According to the lawsuit, Zoom was sharing personal data with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Alphabet...

On Saturday, an Amsterdam court ruled that the privacy litigation against Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) in the Netherlands can proceed. The case will be heard in October, the Verge reported.   The court rejected Facebook’s offer to have the lawsuit from...

On Saturday, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) said it would end the manufacture and sale of opioids nationwide in a $230 million settlement with the New York state, Reuters reports.  J&J will not face the jury trial scheduled to begin on Tuesday on Long Island with...