Smear campaign: Federal govt to file lawsuits in Pakistan, UK
- 21-Feb-2022
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has greenlighted legal action against those elements involved in running a smear campaign on social media against him, ministers and other office-bearers of the government, ARY News reported on Monday. PM Imran Khan chaired the session of party leaders and spokespersons today to review the current political and economic situation […]
Google faces lawsuits over location-tracking practices
- 25-Jan-2022
WASHINGTON: Texas, Indiana and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access,” Washington, […]
Madoff trustee can pursue lawsuits against Koch, banks, others
- 26-Feb-2019
A federal appeals court said the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm may pursue dozens of lawsuits to recoup funds from Koch Industries Inc, controlled by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, and other defendants, including major banks.
Lawsuits accuse Tesla’s Musk of fraud over tweets, going-private proposal
- 11-Aug-2018
Tesla and Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk’s proposal to take the electric car company private. The lawsuits were filed three days after Musk stunned investors by announcing on Twitter that he might take Tesla private in […]
Apple faces lawsuits after saying it slows down aging iPhones
- 28-Dec-2017
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change. The tweak may have led iPhone owners to misguided attempts to resolve issues over the […]
Samsung faces potential class action in US over Note 7
- 19-Oct-2016
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s U.S. unit is facing a proposed class action lawsuit from three Galaxy Note 7 customers, according to a filing in a federal court in Newark, New Jersey. The complaint against Samsung Electronics America Inc seeks to represent a nationwide class of Note 7 customers in Nevada, Pennsylvania and California. The world’s […]
Turkey releases 758 detained soldiers as Erdogan drops lawsuits
- 30-Jul-2016
ANKARA: Turkey on Saturday released more than 750 soldiers who had been detained after an abortive coup, state media reported, while President Tayyip Erdogan said he would drop lawsuits against those who had insulted him, in a one-time gesture of "unity".
Spotify hit by new $200 million copyright suit
- 09-Jan-2016
Streaming leader Spotify has been hit by a new copyright lawsuit seeking $200 million, in the second such case within weeks.
Multan prisoner faces three more lawsuits
- 08-Nov-2014
MULTAN: The Multan prisoner who had scaled 150 feet high water tank a couple of days ago, had to pay the price of his stunt as three more cases were registered against him including the one of attempted suicide, ARY News reported.