All posts tagged "lawsuit"

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    Apple, Google, other tech firms to pay $415M in wage case

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies have agreed to pay $415 million in a second attempt to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging they formed an illegal cartel to prevent their workers...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • Footage shows James Jin Kim trying to film the incident with his phone when it is knocked out of his hand by a broom. (Newsis)
    Footage released of McDonald’s employee allegedly assaulting Korean man

    Footage surfaced today of a McDonald’s employee allegedly hitting a 62-year-old Korean man. The incident occurred in New York City back in February. James Jin Kim, 62, claims that the employee refused to take his order and...

    • Posted December 29, 2014
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  • Cars enter Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating a recent hacking attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which caused major internal computer problems at the film studio last week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Sony hackers reference 9/11 in new threats against theaters

    NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace made ominous threats Tuesday against movie theaters showing Sony Pictures’ film “The Interview” that referenced the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The group also released a...

    • Posted December 16, 2014
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  • Asian female students at Harvard University were targeted in an e-mail death threat.
    Harvard sued over push for fossil fuels divestment

    BOSTON (AP) — Seven Harvard University students have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force the university’s governing body to divest from fossil fuel companies. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges investment in those companies violates the...

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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  • An advocacy group dealing with deaths and illness among Samsung Electronics employees stages a protest in front of Samsung Electronics building. (Yonhap)
    Court rules death of ex-Samsung employee linked to work environment

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul court ordered the government Friday to compensate a woman who died of a brain tumor after working at a Samsung Electronics Co. plant, recognizing her as an industrial disaster victim as her...

    • Posted November 7, 2014
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  • (The Korea Times file)
    [Courthouse News] Three Excused From Noodle Price-Fixing Case

    SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge dismissed three of eight Korean noodle makers from an antitrust class action accusing them of conspiring to fix noodle prices in the United States. … Orrick found that lead plaintiff...

    • Posted November 6, 2014
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  • EXO-M member Luhan (Yonhap)
    EXO-M’s Luhan files lawsuit against SM for invalid contract

    EXO-M member Luhan filed a lawsuit Friday in Korea citing an invalid contract against management company SM Entertainment, Yonhap reported. According to Seoul Central District Court, law firm Hankyul, the same firm used by former EXO-M member...

    • Posted October 9, 2014
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