An administrative judge ruled that the chain did not break the law by forbidding employees to wear apparel showing support for Black Lives Matter.
Category: Decisions and Verdicts
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Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Is Revived
The suit about the 1991 album had been dismissed because of the statute of limitations. But an appeals court ruled that it could proceed, noting that the album had been reissued in 2021.
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Raymond Dirks, Whose Tipster Case Redefined Insider Trading, Dies at 89
In a far-reaching decision, the Supreme Court restored him from censured analyst to whistle-blower in a major corporate fraud.
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Monsanto Should Pay $857 Million in PCB Case, Jury Finds
Students and parent volunteers from a school in Washington State said in a lawsuit that they had become sick after being exposed to chemicals known as PCBs that had dripped from light fixtures.
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E.V. Start-up Founder Could Get Prison Term in Fraud Case
Trevor Milton, who founded the truck company Nikola, will be sentenced on Monday in a fraud case that exposed the excesses in the electric vehicle business.
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Gene-Sequencing Company Illumina to Sell Cancer Test Developer
The move came two days after a court upheld the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to the deal on antitrust grounds.
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Federal Regulators Seek to Force Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores
The National Labor Relations Board says the locations were closed because of union organizing, violating federal law.
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Judge Upholds Texas TikTok Ban on Government Devices
The Texas law was challenged by First Amendment lawyers who filed a suit on behalf of college professors who said that their work had been compromised when they lost access to the app.
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Google Loses Antitrust Court Battle With Makers of Fortnite Video Game
The case could reshape the rules of how other businesses can make money on the Android operating system.
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How a Legal Fight Over a $15,000 Tax Bill Could Upend the U.S. Tax Code
The Supreme Court ruling in the Moore case could cost the federal government billions of dollars in lost tax revenue.