Monthly Archives: August, 2021

Nexstar sues Comcast in Retransmission Dispute After Station Purchase

Texas-based local television company Nexstar Media Inc. has sued Philadelphia-based Comcast Cable Communications, LLC over alleged breaches of contract regarding retransmission of local New...

Tyson Responds to Another Lawsuit Regarding its COVID-19 Response

Tyson Foods Inc. removed a lawsuit filed by seven employees of its Amarillo, Texas plant who claimed the company did not protect them during...

Insurer Sued Over Excluding Wilderness Therapy Treatments

On Friday, a case was filed in the District of Utah by an insured who was a member of an employer funded ERISA...

Insurer Sues Rehab Center Over Failure to Pay Work’s Compensation Premiums

On Friday a case was filed in the Eastern District of New York by American Zurich Insurance Company against Meadow Park Rehabilitation &...

Amazon Receives Consumer Protection Complaint Over Lithium-Ion Batteries

Two California consumers have filed suit against Amazon.com Inc. alleging that lithium-ion 18650 batteries it sells directly perform worse than advertised and lack touted...

Federal Legislators Probe Amazon for Information About Biometric Data Collection Practices

Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have some questions about Amazon’s palm-print recognition and payment system, according to Sen....

Jury Awards $300M to Optis Wireless in Apple LTE Patent Retrial

A jury verdict rendered last Friday requires Apple Inc. to pay Optis Wireless Technology LLC and four affiliated companies a $300 million judgment, a...

CFTC Fines Tyson $1.5M Over Futures Trading and Recordkeeping Violations

Last Friday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) simultaneously filed and settled charges against Tyson Foods Inc. for violating the Commodity Exchange Act and...