Decisions and Verdicts – Page 24

NLRB Bars Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings After Amazon Draws Complaint

The ruling, stemming from a complaint against Amazon, bars companies from compelling workers to attend meetings on unionization’s downsides.

By Danielle Kaye

Decisions and Verdicts Environment Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissions Milieudefensie (Nonprofit) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Sawan, Wael Shell Plc

Shell Wins Appeal in Landmark Climate Case in the Netherlands

A lower court had ordered the company to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030, but the oil giant argued that a single firm should not be hit with arbitrary pollution-reduction requirements.

By Stanley Reed

Atlanta (Ga) Decisions and Verdicts Gangs Probation and Parole Racketeering and Racketeers Rap and Hip-Hop Sentences (Criminal) Williams, Jeffery Lamar (Young Thug)

Banned From Atlanta: The Challenges of Young Thug’s Unique Probation

The rapper was released from jail last week after a surprise guilty plea. For 15 years, a set of strict requirements will govern his life and music.

By Joe Coscarelli

Copyrights and Copyright Violations Decisions and Verdicts Gaye, Marvin Lets Get It On (Song) Pop and Rock Music Sheeran, Ed Suits and Litigation (Civil) Thinking Out Loud (Song) Townsend, Ed

Ed Sheeran Prevails in Copyright Appeal Over ‘Let’s Get It On’

A three-judge panel affirmed that Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” did not illegally borrow from Marvin Gaye’s song.

By Ben Sisario