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Amazon Sued Over Slow Deliveries To Low-Income Areas In US
The attorney general of the US District of Columbia sued Amazon, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws by making slower deliveries to Prime members in historically lower-income neighbourhoods.
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Online Sellers on Walmart's Flipkart Sue Competition Commission of India Over Antitrust Probe
Three of Flipkart sellers - CIGFIL Retail, Wishery Online, Xonique Ventures have sued the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over an investigation which found they, Flipkart and rival Amazon breached competition laws. Flipkart and the CCI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Apple Gets Sued by the US DOJ; Accused of Illegal Monopoly in Smartphone Market
The US Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple as the government cracks down on Big Tech, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices. Apple joins competitors sued by regulators, including Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.
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Amazon Steers Consumers To Higher-Priced Items, Says US In Lawsuit
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra fees.
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'Lord Of The Rings' Fan Fiction Author Sued For Copyright After Publishing His Own Sequel
A 'Lord of the Rings' fan fiction writer has been sued for copyright over the publication of his own sequel to the much-loved series.
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Nokia Sues Amazon In India, US Over Video Patents
Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Tuesday it is suing Amazon in five global jurisdictions, including the United States and India, over patent infringements on video-related technologies.
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Amazon Board Sued by Shareholder Over Blue Origin Launch Contracts for Project Kuiper
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company's Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos's space company. The lawsuit claims that the Amazon board did not consider rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX as an a...
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Amazon Duped Millions of Customers Into Signing Up for Prime, Says US Regulator in a Lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. In a statement, Amazon called the FTC's claims "false on the facts and the law."
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Jeff Bezos Had Racial Bias, Forced Long Hours, No Breaks: Ex Employee
Jeff Bezos was sued by a former housekeeper who claims she was subject to racial discrimination by his staff and forced to work long hours in unsanitary conditions without rest or meal breaks.
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Jeff Bezos Sued By Former Housekeeper Over Racial Bias, Horrible Working Conditions
Mercedes Wedaa, stated that she sometimes worked 10 to 14 hours a day, without rest or meal breaks.
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Amazon Sues Administrators of More Than 10,000 Facebook Groups Over Fake Reviews
Amazon announced on Monday that it has sued over 10,000 Facebook group administrators for attempting to orchestrate fake reviews on the e-commerce platform. The groups were incentivising the creation of fake and misleading reviews on the company’s website, in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. In a press release the company...
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Facebook Asks US Court for Old FTC Documents in Antitrust Fight Against Company's Merger
Facebook has asked a US court for eight documents created by the US Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company's purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.
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Amazon, Google, Other Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan Antitrust Bill in US
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Google, from favouring their products and services.
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Big Tech's Little Mergers Draw More US Antitrust Scrutiny
US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Doesn’t Believe Regulations Apply to Him, Amazon Tells US FCC
Amazon told US regulators that Elon Musk does not believe government regulations apply to the billionaire who heads Tesla and SpaceX as the companies spar over rival satellite-based Internet plans.
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Amazon Sued Over Slow Deliveries To Low-Income Areas In US
The attorney general of the US District of Columbia sued Amazon, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws by making slower deliveries to Prime members in historically lower-income neighbourhoods.
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Online Sellers on Walmart's Flipkart Sue Competition Commission of India Over Antitrust Probe
Three of Flipkart sellers - CIGFIL Retail, Wishery Online, Xonique Ventures have sued the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over an investigation which found they, Flipkart and rival Amazon breached competition laws. Flipkart and the CCI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Apple Gets Sued by the US DOJ; Accused of Illegal Monopoly in Smartphone Market
The US Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple as the government cracks down on Big Tech, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices. Apple joins competitors sued by regulators, including Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.
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Amazon Steers Consumers To Higher-Priced Items, Says US In Lawsuit
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra fees.
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'Lord Of The Rings' Fan Fiction Author Sued For Copyright After Publishing His Own Sequel
A 'Lord of the Rings' fan fiction writer has been sued for copyright over the publication of his own sequel to the much-loved series.
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Nokia Sues Amazon In India, US Over Video Patents
Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Tuesday it is suing Amazon in five global jurisdictions, including the United States and India, over patent infringements on video-related technologies.
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Amazon Board Sued by Shareholder Over Blue Origin Launch Contracts for Project Kuiper
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company's Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos's space company. The lawsuit claims that the Amazon board did not consider rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX as an a...
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Amazon Duped Millions of Customers Into Signing Up for Prime, Says US Regulator in a Lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. In a statement, Amazon called the FTC's claims "false on the facts and the law."
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Jeff Bezos Had Racial Bias, Forced Long Hours, No Breaks: Ex Employee
Jeff Bezos was sued by a former housekeeper who claims she was subject to racial discrimination by his staff and forced to work long hours in unsanitary conditions without rest or meal breaks.
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Jeff Bezos Sued By Former Housekeeper Over Racial Bias, Horrible Working Conditions
Mercedes Wedaa, stated that she sometimes worked 10 to 14 hours a day, without rest or meal breaks.
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Amazon Sues Administrators of More Than 10,000 Facebook Groups Over Fake Reviews
Amazon announced on Monday that it has sued over 10,000 Facebook group administrators for attempting to orchestrate fake reviews on the e-commerce platform. The groups were incentivising the creation of fake and misleading reviews on the company’s website, in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. In a press release the company...
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Facebook Asks US Court for Old FTC Documents in Antitrust Fight Against Company's Merger
Facebook has asked a US court for eight documents created by the US Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company's purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC sued Meta's Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly.
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Amazon, Google, Other Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan Antitrust Bill in US
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Google, from favouring their products and services.
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Big Tech's Little Mergers Draw More US Antitrust Scrutiny
US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Doesn’t Believe Regulations Apply to Him, Amazon Tells US FCC
Amazon told US regulators that Elon Musk does not believe government regulations apply to the billionaire who heads Tesla and SpaceX as the companies spar over rival satellite-based Internet plans.
