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Posted by Alivia Confessore. The Stain on forced labor on Nike Shoes- Extra Credit Blog Post 1The article “The China Challenge: The Stain of forced Labor on Nike Shows”, by Amelia Pang, is about how Nike’s shoe factory is forcing young women and child to work. Nikes largest shoe supplier factory is owned by south …

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Posted by Red Beyer. Mike Jeffries, former CEO of the Abercrombie & Fitch brand, has recently been accused of running a sex-trafficking operation involving abuse of the company’s male models. On Friday, October 27th, 2023, a lawsuit was filed claiming that “the CEO allegedly used promises of a job at Abercrombie to lure young men …

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Posted by Onyekachi Ajaero The blog discusses how the Delaware Court of Chancery’s jurisdiction over claims involving the release of escrowed funds is evolving. The court’s limited jurisdiction is first outlined, with a focus on the significance of equitable character or relief in determining the court’s subject matter jurisdiction. The Xlete case, which first established …

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Posted by Siya Patel. On September 10, 2022, 21-year-old college student Sarah Katz bought and consumed Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonades, passing away later that day. The lawsuit filed by her parents says that “the company ‘failed to properly warn’ customers about the potential dangers of Charged Lemonade and misleadingly marketing the drink as ‘clean.’” Katz …

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Posted by Logan Murray. In September of 2022 a college student at the University of Pennsylvania, Sarah Katz, died after drinking one of Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonades. Katz had a heart condition for most of her life and was known for being very cautious and attentive when it came to what she consumed. Her parents …

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Posted by Catriona Larouche. In early October, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued “an important decision making clear that in a breach of a contract dispute, the aggrieved party may recover more in damages than the parties’ contract permits, such as punitive, incidental, and consequential damages”. For a long time, it remained unclear in Tennessee whether …

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Posted by Emilia Fedasz “Family of Man Killed in October 2021 Plane Crash Files Product Liability Lawsuit Against Textron” is a legal news article written by Allison Dunn and published by Law.com. The article describes the filing of a Product Liability Lawsuit against Textron, the aviation company that cleared a plane for departure which would …

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Posted by Colin Byrne.   In this article from August 29th of 2023, It explains a huge products liability case involving the Military, the Government, and the company at blame, 3M. The company, 3M, supplied the military earplugs that were supposed to keep the soldiers from losing their hearing. This product was supposed to let the …

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Posted by Jihad N. Hasan. Many of us are aware of Nike’s strategic manufacturing practices and their innovative tactics to save money. The reality is that it costs Nike $3 to make a pair of shoes. The truth is that hundreds of Uyghur women were being forced to make these Nike shoes. They could not …

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Posted by Ryan Gibbons. DeepMind’s Mustafa Suleyman left the company in August of 2019. With little to no reason, the co-founder decided to walk away from his company. DeepMind is an artificial intelligence company which was founded in 2010. In 2014, it was acquired by Google. People assumed Suleyman would return to the company a …

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