A horse riding school in Wales has been ordered to pay out a total of £37,000 in accident compensation to a woman who was injured following a serious horse riding fall. Ceri Tonkinson was riding at the Cosmeton Country Park back in July 2007 when the incident occurred. Instructor Stephen Davies, from the Penarth Downside …
The global outdoor media company Clear Channel is reportedly being sued by a man from New York who claims it stole the idea for an interactive electronic billboard from him. Jet Thomason is claiming that he had discussed his idea of an interactive electronic billboard, in which tourists post 15 second messages, with Clear Channel. …
The global hospitality corporation MGM Resorts International has reportedly filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a number of individuals and companies who have registered domain names for poker websites. MGM is claiming that around seven websites, which were registered a number of years ago, are infringing on its own domain. The websites named in the …
The family of a five-year-old girl from Ottawa in Canada who was badly burnt after playing with a lighter are reportedly considering taking legal action against Wal-Mart, alleging that the T-shirt she was wearing was far too flammable. According to the family, 5-year-old Alia McTiernan was playing with her siblings when they found a lighter …
Britain’s largest bank, HSBC, has been fined a total of £10.5 million by the Financial Services Authority over investment bond advice it gave to more than 2,000 elderly customers. This is the largest penalty ever imposed by the City regulator for organisations breaching its rules. Another organisation which may need to rely on its professional …
The ticket-selling company Ticketmaster has reportedly agreed a settlement in a class action lawsuit over processing fees for tickets bought over the phone and online. Customers who bought tickets from the website between October 1999 and October 2011 were invited to participate in the class-action suit, which alleged that Ticketmaster had “wrongfully collected” processing fees …
The global banking and financial services company Barclays is reportedly facing an €82 million lawsuit in London after it was accused of misusing the confidential information of a potential client to secure the takeover of another company. The accuser in this case, a UK advisory and trading firm known as CF Partners, claims that it …
The record company Universal is currently suing Grooveshark, an online music streaming service, for copyright infringement. According to the latest estimates, the case could cost Grooveshark up to $17 billion in damages if it loses, so hopefully the company has professional indemnity insurance that is up to the job. In the lawsuit, Universal is claiming …
A construction firm based in Flixborough in North Lincolnshire has been fined a total of £13,000 after a worker sustained serious injuries after drilling through an underground cable. 26-year-old Richard Baisley, from Scunthorpe, had been told to dig two holes for a new sign to be placed outside Kim Barker Construction Ltd, where he worked. …