Monthly Archives: October, 2022

State AGs Argue for Fast Food Worker Rights in 2nd Cir. Amicus Brief

New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with fourteen other attorneys general, filed an amicus brief arguing in favor of New York City’s Wrongful...

Maryland Court Transfers Instagram Copyright and Biz Tort Case to N.D. Cal.

A dispute initially brought in state court and removed to federal court in Maryland has now been shifted to the home district of defendant...

Meta, WhatsApp Sue Chinese Companies Behind Summer 2022 WhatsApp ‘Takeover’ Attacks

A lawsuit filed Monday by Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC accused two Chinese and one Taiwanese company of perpetrating a massive fraud whereby...

Online Traffic School Sues Competitor for Manipulating Google Search Results

On Wednesday, defendant Mizunetwork LLC doing business as TRAFFICSCHOOL 4BUSYPEOPLE (TS4BP) removed a complaint from Santa Clara County Superior Court to the Northern District...

Q3 Roundup: M&A Activity Plummets to Worst Q3 in a Decade

M&A activity plummeted this quarter with global M&A volume falling 42% from Q2 to the lowest Q3 figure in a decade. U.S. M&A activity,...

Fashion Marketplace Poshmark to be Acquired for $1.2B

Naver Corp., known as "the Google of South Korea," announced its acquisition of Poshmark, a "leading social e-commerce marketplace for new and secondhand style"...

iRobot Shareholder Opposes $1.7B Sale to Amazon, Citing Proxy Statement Flaws

A lawsuit filed Tuesday by an iRobot Corporation stockholder claims that the company and its board are pursuing a deal with Amazon without the...

Purchasers of Bitcoin Mining Machines Sue Seller Just a Bit of Coin for Failure to Deliver

More than a dozen individuals from various states filed a lawsuit against Just a Bit of Coin Ltd. and its leaders on Monday for...