Sentences with phrase «company sued over»

What is remarkable about the accusation is not that Groupon changed the contract (companies sue over these things all the time) but the way that it changed it.

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Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding said Anthem, its biggest customer and one that has sued the company over claims of being overcharged, was unlikely to renew its contract after it ends in 2019.

Three women engineers have sued Uber for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride - services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

In 2013, for example, Magnetar and several other hedge funds sued over the acquisition by 3M (mmm) of biometrics company Cogent, seeking about 55 % more money for their shares in the target, which they claimed were priced too low.

As Theranos continues to spiral downward, its investors are now claiming the company threatened to file for bankruptcy protection if they don't give up their rights to sue the startup over its faulty blood - testing business, Bloomberg reported.

Now comes word of more legal woes: The cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles have sued the company over allegations that it overcharges consumers, as well as makes misleading claims about the safety of its service.

With legal B corporation status, companies are allowed to favour social impact over profit without the risk of being sued by shareholders.

A group of Tim Hortons U.S. franchisees is suing parent company Restaurant Brands International over clause that requires all disputes to be resolved in Miami.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block the deal over concerns about the companies» pricing power in the media market.

That's despite the fact that Cigna desperately wants to pull out; both companies have accused each other of souring the arrangement and Cigna has sued to collect billions in damages over alleged breaches.

Waymo sued Uber nearly a year ago, sparking a showdown between the two technology companies over allegations by Waymo that one of its former engineers took trade secrets just before quitting and going to work at Uber.

Despite still being a major investor in Arista, Cheriton is suing the company over a disagreement involving the use of a programming language that another one of Cheriton's companies developed.

According to the Supreme Court blog, the question being presented is «May a consumer sue a foreign manufacturer in state court over a product that the foreign company marketed and sold in the United States?»

The Navajo Nation sued the company in 2012 over trademark violations for selling items such as the Navajo Hipster Panty.

Potdevin reached a separation agreement with the company that will see him receive $ 3.35 million in cash, plus a further $ 1.65 million paid in monthly instalments over 18 months, while agreeing not to sue the company and co-operate with it in the future.

Bayer is suing the Russian antitrust watchdog over an order for it to share technology with Russian companies.

Fab, the popular design oriented online retailer, is heading to court as a competitor with a similar name is suing the company over copyright infringement and what it claims are unfair competitive practices.

A potentially devastating lawsuit against ride - hailing company Uber over its classification of drivers as contractors instead of employees is entering an important phase: determining whether drivers can sue together through a class action.

The actor and former governor of California said in a Politico - sponsored podcast at the SXSW festival in Austin that he is in talks with law firms about possibly suing global oil companies «for knowingly killing people all over the world.»

This comes just nine months after the Labor Department sued Google for not handing over 19 years of pay data on 21,000 Google employees for a routine audit into the company's pay methods, as part of that department's attempt to show whether Google's hiring discriminates on the basis of race, religion, gender, or other factors.

The company was recently sued by the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations of discrimination against Asian job applicants.

BPI sued ABC News, Inc. for defamation Thursday over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub «pink slime,» claiming the network damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing it is unhealthy and unsafe.

But when workers sue over labor issues — discrimination, for example, or wrongful termination — companies sometimes find that the contractor designation, which they thought would protect them from liability, doesn't hold up in court.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block U.S. telecommunications company AT&T Inc's $ 85 billion deal to buy media company Time Warner Inc over concerns about how the two companies would consolidate their sectors.

That was the case, when, for example, in September 2010, major broadcasters including CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and PBS sued a small and little - known start - up called ivi, a Seattle - based company that retransmitted broadcasters» signals over the Internet, allowing its consumers to watch live TV over the Web for a small fee.

Alphabet rarely, if ever, sues over any issues with people or other companies, which means this litigation carries a lot of weight.

A trust for General Motors holding many of the carmaker's liabilities from before its 2009 bankruptcy has revived a deal with plaintiffs suing over faulty ignition switches that might require the company to pay $ 1 billion in shares to resolve millions of claims.

CARACAS Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has sued a group of oil trading companies through a U.S. trust over a multi-billion dollar corruption scheme to buy petroleum products below market value, the lawyer representing the trust said on Thursday.

By successfully filing for bankruptcy protection, Gawker Media is protected from handing over any money to Hogan, whose legal efforts against Gawker (among myriad others) are reportedly being financed by Peter Thiel, who wants to sue the company out of existence.

Retrophin later disclosed the investigation and sued Shkreli for $ 65 million, claiming he breached his duty of loyalty to the biopharmaceutical company in a long - running dispute over his use of company funds.

It's been locked in a legal battle with Waymo after being sued by the autonomous car company over confidential information that may have been shared with Uber.

He also was not the handpicked candidate of Uber investor Benchmark, which controls a board seat and is currently suing Kalanick over claims that he withheld crucial information regarding company operations.

The contractor behind the collapsed Florida International University pedestrian bridge is being sued by a Florida construction company over a $ 63 million contract to...

KFC Sues Chinese Companies Over Alleged Eight - Legged Chicken Rumors.

The parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, iFinex, is suing Wells Fargo over disruption to wire transfers.

For example, a Quiznos master franchisee with 22 units sued its parent company in October 2010 over breach of contract.

In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister filed for bankruptcy protection for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up for sale on eBay a month after news broke that his entertainment company was being sued by Wachovia Bank for over due credit - card payments; and penniless former NFL running back Travis Henry was jailed for nonpayment of child support.

The Emanuel administration sued over Park Grill in December 2011, contending the agreement is invalid because City Hall holds title to most of Millennium Park but the Park District made the 20 - year deal with the company to run the restaurant.

The NRA sued New York state officials over what it described as a «blacklisting campaign» targeting companies that try to do business with the group.

They had sued the Auditor General over audit reports alleging corruption cover up, taken the Smarttys re-spraying and branding of 116 new buses for the Ministry of Transport crying corruption in the payment to the private company owned by Selassie Ibrahim for the work done and paid for by the state.

Officials in the city of Plattsburgh have joined a growing list of municipalities planning to sue pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis.

We had previously mentioned the consortium only once in a tweet, when we shared a court filing by a fiber - optics company that has sued SUNY Research Foundation over the alleged disclosure of proprietary information in a document distributed at an AIM Photonics public meeting in April 2016.

The city of Syracuse, which named COR as its developer, is now suing COR over tax breaks for the Inner Harbor project that the company obtained from Onondaga County's industrial development agency.

Cuomo is not happy that the City of Newburgh is threatening to sue the state along with federal agencies and two private companies over the toxic chemical that has shut down the city's primary water supply for nearly two years.

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government and Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, over their collective failure, refusal and / or negligence to enforce their own directives to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to provide free prepaid meters to all Nigerians and end the use of patently illegal, arbitrary, unfair -LSB-...]

A bankrupt energy company is suing the Cuomo Administration over the long delayed decision on whether to allow hydro - fracking in New York.

A bankrupt energy company is suing the Cuomo Administration over the long delayed decision on whether to allow hydrofracking in New York.

An ad campaign attacking Mayor de Blasio's plan to sue oil companies over climate change is set to launch Monday.

Miner sued COR earlier this year over a dispute about tax breaks for the company's project at the Inner Harbor.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not happy that the City of Newburgh is threatening to sue the state along with federal agencies and two private companies over the toxic chemical that has shut down the city's primary water supply for nearly two years.