The global hospitality corporation MGM Resorts International has reportedly filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a number of individuals and companies who have registered domain names for poker websites. MGM is claiming that around seven websites, which were registered a number of years ago, are infringing on its own domain. The websites named in the …
The family of a five-year-old girl from Ottawa in Canada who was badly burnt after playing with a lighter are reportedly considering taking legal action against Wal-Mart, alleging that the T-shirt she was wearing was far too flammable. According to the family, 5-year-old Alia McTiernan was playing with her siblings when they found a lighter …
Britain’s largest bank, HSBC, has been fined a total of £10.5 million by the Financial Services Authority over investment bond advice it gave to more than 2,000 elderly customers. This is the largest penalty ever imposed by the City regulator for organisations breaching its rules. Another organisation which may need to rely on its professional …
The ticket-selling company Ticketmaster has reportedly agreed a settlement in a class action lawsuit over processing fees for tickets bought over the phone and online. Customers who bought tickets from the website between October 1999 and October 2011 were invited to participate in the class-action suit, which alleged that Ticketmaster had “wrongfully collected” processing fees …
The global banking and financial services company Barclays is reportedly facing an €82 million lawsuit in London after it was accused of misusing the confidential information of a potential client to secure the takeover of another company. The accuser in this case, a UK advisory and trading firm known as CF Partners, claims that it …
