Legal

TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, on Wednesday filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court alleging First Amendment violations.

The motion is the latest salvo in a lawsuit that began in January 2022. The plaintiffs, former students, initially accused more than a dozen elite universities with price fixing.

TikTok asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block the law that would ban the platform in the U.S. if its China-based parent company does not agree to sell it.

A federal appeals court issued a ruling that struck down Nasdaq's diversity rules for companies listed on the exchange that had been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A lawsuit has been filed against Character Technologies over its artificial intelligence chatbot, Character.AI, alleging the bot encouraged a teen to kill his parents.

A federal judge issued a ruling that blocks the proposed $25 billion merger between Albertsons and Kroger, which critics argued would reduce competition in the grocery industry.

The former manager of a Domino's location in Connecticut is suing the franchisee he worked for, claiming he was fired for confronting the owner over hiring illegal workers.

Lawyers for Roger Ver, also known by the moniker "Bitcoin Jesus," filed a motion to dismiss the criminal indictment for tax evasion in a California court.

A bitcoin hack that's now worth billions of dollars and a scheme to launder those proceeds resulted in Ilya Lichtenstein being sentenced to five years in prison.

The attorneys general argue that the SEC’s industry-wide crackdown has unfairly targeted crypto firms without establishing clear, consistent rules of the road for them to operate.

A Chipotle shareholder is suing the company after the social media frenzy that occurred due to the allegedly small and inconsistent portions across its restaurants.

A court in the Netherlands has overturned a 2021 ruling ordering Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, dealing a blow to climate activist groups.

A man fired by Disney is facing allegations that he had tampered with restaurant menus through unauthorized access to menu technology Disney World used.

Subway was hit with a lawsuit on Monday claiming the restaurant chain “materially overstates" the amount of meat in visual ads for sandwiches.

A JetBlue passenger is suing the carrier after she was allegedly served a "frozen solid" ice cream sandwich, causing her to sustain injuries, including a fractured tooth.

A federal judge issued a ruling blocking the pending merger of luxury fashion brands Tapestry and Capri on the grounds it would undercut competition in the handbag market.

Pennsylvania House Bill 2481, dubbed the Bitcoin Rights bill, sailed through with strong bipartisan support, winning by an overwhelming majority of 176 votes to 26.

A Colorado man has filed the first of what is expected to be multiple lawsuits against McDonald's over an E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food chain's Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

Three passengers filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines, alleging they suffered injuries when a flight caught on fire while landing at a Las Vegas airport.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $4 million fine against Lufthansa, accusing the airline of discriminating against Jewish passengers in a 2022 incident.