Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Amazon Requests Price Gouging Legislation from Congress

Amazon has asked lawmakers to enact price gouging legislation to protect consumers from bad actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon pointed to...

Facebook Proposes $52m Settlement Content Moderators With Job-Related PTSD

Facebook will pay former and current content moderators at least $1,000 each, totaling $52 million, to compensate those who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Senators Join State AGs in Calling for Antitrust Investigation into Meatpacking

Nineteen Senators penned a letter to Attorney General William Barr, requesting that the Department of Justice investigate the meatpacking industry for anticompetitive activity. ...

13 AGs Raise Safety Concerns with Amazon, Whole Foods

On May 11, 13 attorneys general sent a letter to John Mackey and Jeff Bezos, the respective CEOs of Whole Foods and Amazon, imploring...

Cannabis Activity Should Lead to Bankruptcy Dismissal, U.S. Trustee Says

In a filing Monday, the Office of the United States Trustee told a Colorado bankruptcy judge that a debtor's filing should be dismissed because...

Org. Argues Delaware River Fracking Needs Oversight

In a case concerning fracking regulation in the Delaware River Basin, the Natural Resources Defense Council argued in an amicus curiae brief that regulation...

Robinhood Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over March Outage

Plaintiffs Jared Freedland, David Kostenko, and Romeo Toro filed a class action complaint against Robinhood, a popular securities investing and trading app, in relation...

H-2B Visa Workers Given More Flexibility to Help Food Supply Chain During COVID-19

The Department of Homeland Security announced a temporary rule change to H-2B requirements which is intended to support the food supply chain and reduce...