Class Action Lawsuit | Business | Society How a single lawsuit could reshape the future of competition, content, and consumer choice in the streaming age Introduction: A High-Stakes Plot Twist in Hollywood’s Future For more than a decade, Netflix has been the defining force of the streaming revolution—an industry disruptor that forced

Case Law | Business | Society Introduction: When Too Much Turns Into Death A family’s vacation turned into a devastating tragedy when 35-year-old California resident Michael Virgil died aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in December 2024. What began as a celebratory getaway ended with a death now ruled a

Introduction: A Veteran Engineer’s Departure Sparks Legal Firestorm What began as the departure of a top-tier engineer at one of the most promising EV makers quickly morphed into a full-blown legal confrontation. Eric Bach — who served as Lucid Motors’ Chief Engineer and Senior Vice President of Product — has filed

Case Law | Corporate Litigation | North America Introduction: A Failed Partnership — and the Birth of a Lawsuit The pension-industry buzz around 2020 initially backed the idea that Blue Pier might partner with a major bank to deliver a new pension offering for self-employed professionals. Those high hopes have now

Class Action Lawsuit | North America | Business Introduction: Cyber Risk Meets Institutional Duty In an era of rampant cyberattacks, no institution — not even venerable news organizations — is immune. When those institutions handle deeply personal data of employees, the stakes are particularly high. The recent breach at The Washington

Class Action Lawsuit | North America | Society How a Utility’s Cyberattack Fallout Turned into a Legal and Regulatory Flashpoint Introduction: When Utility Obligations Collide with Public Trust Across Canada, public utilities occupy a unique legal and social position. They are private or semi-private entities, yet they deliver services the public cannot

Case Law | Business | World Introduction: The Irony of a Trade Body Facing Its Own Bias Trial In the world of human resources, few organizations carry as much clout as SHRM: with hundreds of thousands of members worldwide, it defines and promotes “best practices” for workplace equity, management, and

Case Law | North America | Society Introduction — A Painful Echo of Past Failures In December 2025, two former gymnasts filed civil lawsuits against USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport, accusing them of failing to act on repeated warnings about sexual misconduct by a coach — allowing abuse

Antitrust Lawsuit | North America | Business Introduction: From Charter Dispute to Defining Sports-Law Boundaries When Global Law Today published Part I of its analysis on the dispute between NASCAR and the 23XI/Front Row Motorsports coalition, the lawsuit was poised to become a landmark in sports-law jurisprudence. What began as a

Case Law | Mergers & Acquisitions | Business Introduction: When Regulatory Timelines Become Legal Time Bombs In one of the most consequential pharmaceutical-merger disputes in recent memory, a U.S. federal judge has ruled that Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) must face a $6.7 billion lawsuit brought by the trustee for former Celgene