FTC Opens Broad Antitrust Investigation into Microsoft’s Licensing and Cloud Practices
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, as ...
Walmart DEI Rollback: Scales Back Diversity Initiatives Amid Pressure
Walmart Inc. is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted by conservative ...
Google Faces DOJ’s Second Antitrust Trial Over Alleged Ad Tech Monopoly
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge that Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated online advertising (ad) technology in seeking a second antitr...
Bosch Job Cuts Highlight Industry Challenges in Transition to EV
Bosch, Germany’s technology and services company on Friday said, it plans to cut its automotive division workforce by as many as 5,500 jobs in the next several ye...
5th Circuit Weighs Amazon and SpaceX Challenges to NLRB’s Labor Authority
Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned the two Texas district courts effectively denied Amazon and SpaceX their requests for preliminary injunctions ...
Trader Joe’s Union Insignia Ban Unlawful, NLRB Rules in Favor of Worker Rights
Trader Joe’s unlawfully prohibited workers at one of its stores from wearing union insignia on their uniforms. This Trader Joe’s coercive actions to not wear union in...
Boeing Workforce Cut Hits 2,500 Workers as it Navigates Financial Struggles
Boeing will layoff more than 2,500 workers in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday...
Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes 11-Year Deal With NBA After Legal Settlement
Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its breach of contract lawsuit against the National Basketball Association (NBA), as per report. The NBA and Warner settlement agreemen...
FTC Lawsuit Against Meta on Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions Moves to Trial
Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit seeking its break-up. This Meta antitrust trial is over claims that it bou...
COP29 Sees Major Climate Litigation Twist as Shell Wins Emissions Appeal
A Dutch court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark climate ruling against Shell, after the oil giant was ordered to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions back in 2021...
Booking Holdings to Restructure Operations with Job Cuts
Booking Holdings announced on Friday that it will make a variety of “organizational changes,” including job cuts. As of the end of 2023, Booking Holdings employed ab...
American Airlines and JetBlue Lose Appeal in Antitrust Case Over Northeast Alliance
A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways violated...
Nissan Cuts 9,000 Jobs, CEO Forfeits 50% Pay Amid EV Push
Nissan Motor said on Thursday that it was planning deep cuts to its global operations as it seeks to reorient its business and recover ground lost in the growing markets ...
Amazon Workers Protest CEO’s 5-Day Office Policy
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denied speculation that the company’s five-day in-office mandate was made to further layoffs or appease city officials. Not long after hundreds ...
NHTSA Closes Probe into Ford’s Faulty EcoBoost Engines
In July 2022, regulators started looking into reports of engine failures affecting 2021 Ford’s Bronco SUVs. It then turned into a two-year probe covering more than 411,...
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg’s Cost-Cutting Measures and DEI Team Layoffs
From a widespread worker strike, to falling share prices, and some planes that whistleblowers claim could “break apart,” Boeing can’t seem to get back on track. The...
