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Posted by Maya Winczura. Apple has found themselves at the center of countless lawsuits over the years but their latest is known as Gamboa v. Apple Inc. This is an antitrust class action lawsuit filed against Apple accusing them of running a monopoly for their iCloud service. iCloud, a paid service that allows Apple users …

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Posted by Gabriella Pecoraro. The up-and-coming company Jazwares, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway since October of 2022, accused Build-A-Bear of stealing the design of their trending Squishmallow product. Build-A-Bear was sued by Jazwares on February 12th of this year and Build-A-Bear responded with a lawsuit in the same day. In the official complaint that was …

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Posted by Gia Leonardis. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts prohibits an employer from treating you differently, or less favorably, because of your sex, which is defined to include pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. This law was put in place to protect employees in the workplace. However, 3 women, who work for …

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Posted by Chelsea Hynes. Health and wellness is a very popular practice in our society. It touches upon almost every consumer market out there and continues to grow each year. One area in particular that has seen some conflicts with its efforts to capitalize on the health and wellness kick is the beauty industry. One of …

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Posted by Andrew Go. In the past, Apple has raised concern that it is limiting competition on its own app store. Apple has tough policies for app developers, such as requiring up to a 30% commission on sales made on apps. It also takes control of pricing of apps and requires developers to agree to …

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Posted by Arnav Gade. If you have ever used social media like Instagram or Facebook, you may be familiar with the reporting system. Many pictures or videos are inexcusably too horrible for people to view, so they have moderators who check the reports and make sure the content is actually that bad. Sometimes if the …

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Posted by Kathleen Bonilla. A tragic incident has led to a lawsuit against one of Disney’s restaurants, Raglan Road. The lawsuit alleges negligence from Disney as well as the restaurant employees. The negligence in question was regarding a customer who had food allergies and asked the staff for the appropriate accommodations. It became evident that …

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Posted by Kyara Syed. On February 21, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Home Depot violated the National Labor Relations Act. Home Depot prohibited an employee from wearing an apron displaying “BLM” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) deemed the employee’s action protected under the …

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Posted by Emma Kelly. As a sophomore Finance major, how businesses interact has always interested me, especially mergers and why they occur. This article, in essence, is all about the merger that is supposed to happen between Kroger and Albertsons, two grocery stores. Many people, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, oppose this merger because …

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Posted by Krista Hoo. Briefing a case is an important skill to master when navigating the field of business law. Briefing a case can typically be broken down into four main steps: obtaining facts, reviewing history and procedure, reviewing issues, and exercising holding and legal reasoning. This is an enduring process that takes time and …

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