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4 11, 2024

Texas Jury Orders Bell Helicopter to Pay $16M in Trade-Secrets Case

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury ordered Bell Helicopter Textron to pay $16 million to a California company that claims Bell gave proprietary information that the companies developed to a rival supplier of cockpit display systems. The jury …

4 11, 2024

Helicopter Pilot Was Talking With Air Traffic Controller at Time of Fatal Houston Crash

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HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. …

4 11, 2024

Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to hold companies …

4 11, 2024

French Families Sue TikTok Over Alleged Failure to Remove Harmful Content

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Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday. …

4 11, 2024

Meta Loses Bid to Appeal UK Class Action Over User Data

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Meta Platforms Inc. failed in a bid to challenge a class action suit in the UK that alleged Facebook abused its dominant position and exploited its users personal data. The UK’s Court of Appeal refused to permit Meta and Facebook’s …

4 11, 2024

PepsiCo Beats New York State’s ‘Predatory’ Lawsuit Over Plastics Pollution

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PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York’s lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case. Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of …

4 11, 2024

Recreational Cannabis Home Delivery Begins in Arizona

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Arizona residents were able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning last Friday, marking a new milestone for a state program that until now had allowed the service only for medical marijuana patients. The Arizona Department of Health …

4 11, 2024

US shippers Avoid East Coast Ports on Risk of Second Strike

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U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. …

4 11, 2024

Changes to Washington Homeowners and Auto Premium Rule to Be Considered

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Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has proposed modifying the state’s recently adopted premium change transparency rule. The proposal is specific to Phase 2 of the rule (the automatic inclusion of reasons for premium increases in policy renewals). It moves the …

4 11, 2024

60,000 Wawa-Branded Tumblers Recalled Because Their Metal Straws Can Cut Customers

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Some 60,000 Wawa-branded beverage tumblers are under recall due to a laceration hazard posed by the products’ metal straw. According to a Thursday notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the metal straw inside the now-recalled tumblers can …