The U.S. Supreme Court handed internet and social media companies a pair of victories on Thursday, leaving legal protections for them unscathed and refusing to clear a path for victims of attacks by militant groups to sue these businesses under an anti-terrorism law.
Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the Alphabet Inc unit of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Thursday.
The young entrepreneur Charlie Javice has been indicted on charges of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co , the largest U.S. bank, into buying her now-shuttered college financial aid startup Frank.
Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers' vehicles, lawyers for the owners and the automakers said on Thursday.
The Massachusetts high court issued a major decision on Monday that recognizes important Constitutional rights by allowing people leeway to legally challenge police stops even if law enforcement can articulate some reasonable suspicion for their probe.