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Rhode Island becomes the first state to sue oil companies over climate change

Jul 2, 2018

Rhode Island’s attorney general is suing major oil companies in state court, over their role in causing climate change and inaction in mitigating its destructive effects. According to Attorney General Peter Kil...

Union of Concerned Scientists to sue EPA for barring scientists from advisory boards

West Side Story

Jan 26, 2018

Policy, Science

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the EPA, over an October directive from agency chief Scott Pruitt, barring EPA-funded scientists from sitting on the agency’s advisory boards. Professor Elizabeth “Lianne” ...

Couple suing Apple for failing to include patented safety feature to prevent use of FaceTime while driving

West Side Story

Jan 6, 2017

Business, Science

Apple has been sued for not including a safety feature, patented by the company in 2014, that would discourage the use of FaceTime while driving. The couple’s five-year-old daughter died in a car accident when ...

facebook faces legal action for scanning private messages

Facebook Inc faces legal action for scanning users’ personal messages for advertising purposes

Amanda

Dec 25, 2014

Innovation

Facebook is in trouble again. And this time around, it is going to be a legal tussle. A U.S. District Court in California ruled on Wednesday that a lawsuit be brought against the networking site for breaching u...

Video and emails of Steve Jobs to be used in decade old iTunes Antitrust Case, Apple could face $350 million minimum in charges

Platonium

Dec 2, 2014

Innovation

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in a tight spot right now due to decade old iPod antitrust allegations. This is the third major anti-trust case Apple has to face since the death of Steve Jobs. A new...

Samsung sues Nvidia over GPU tech patents infringement in Virginia Court

Amanda

Nov 23, 2014

Innovation

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nvidia on November 21 in an approach to take Nvidia graphics chips away from the US market after a series of licensing talks between t...

Food groups challenge Vermont GMO labeling law

Platonium

Jun 13, 2014

Health

Food industry groups in Vermont are suing the state due to a law which forced the groups to label products with GMOs in them. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and others are challenging the law in court...

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