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An employment tribunal has dismissed a discrimination case brought against Morgan Sindall on the grounds the claimant was not a contract worker. Electrical installer Mr K Crossland took legal action in October 2024 against contractors Whitehead Building Services Ltd and Morgan Sindall for disability discrimination, age discrimination and victimisation under the Equality Act. It came

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A tech company accumulates a ton of user data, hoping to figure out a business model later. That business model never arrives, the company goes under, and the data is in the wind.  The latest version of that story emerged on March 24, when the onetime genetic

The recent developments keep the SEC vs Ripple case on track for possible appeals. XRP price is well positioned to retest its all-time high in the near future catalyzed by rising demand from institutional investors. Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York denied Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange

A federal judge in Washington found Wednesday there was probable cause the Trump administration engaged in criminal contempt of court for refusing to comply with his order stopping the deportation of migrants under a centuries-old wartime law. Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in an opinion criticizes

A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday, April 18, to limit access to Americans' Social Security data for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following concerns raised by unions about the billionaire's broad powers. The ruling by District Judge Ellen Hollander prohibits DOGE staff from accessing personal data, such as Social Security numbers, medical histories

WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk's authority but said there isn't evidence of the kind of grave legal harm that

A judge has ordered failed contractor Hadden Construction to pay axed staff 90 days’ income after it breached employment laws. Scottish employment tribunal judge Ian McFatridge ruled that the Perthshire firm had failed to comply with its employee-consultation obligations under trade union and labour relations law. Hadden Construction announced on 10 September 2024 that it

A High Court ruling has denied a housebuilder access to details of a contractor’s sister companies’ assets before liability is decided in an £85m building defects case. A judge last week ruled that three Ardmore companies do not have to surrender financial information and other documents to BDW Trading, Barratt Developments’ main trading arm, which