By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out an award of $228 million to truck drivers who accused the freight railway giant of unlawfully collecting their fingerprints. The ruling from U.S. District Judge…
(Reuters) – Spotify Technology is mulling adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the music streaming platform compete with TikTok and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Spotify, which did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, already allows artists to upload…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple Inc executives that raised $100 million earlier this year, said on Friday that it will use Qualcomm Inc’s chips in its forthcoming wearable device. Humane has not given a release date or many other details for a gadget that it said on Friday will…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index was lower on Friday following two straight days of gains, after economic data showed a cooling in consumer spending, raising some doubt about the potential aggressiveness of the Federal Reserve in fighting inflation. U.S. Treasury yields were also mostly lower after the data. The Commerce…
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled higher on Friday but posted their fourth straight quarterly loss as investors worried that sluggish global economic activity could crimp fuel demand. Benchmark Brent crude futures for August delivery which expires on Friday, settled up 56 cents, or 0.8%, at $74.90. In the three months to the end…
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -In a blow to LGBT rights, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday ruled that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, a decision that the dissenting liberal justices called a “license to discriminate.” The justices ruled 6-3 along ideological…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Four Georgia families sued the state in federal court on Friday to stop a law that bans transgender youth from receiving hormone therapy, joining a wave of challenges to similar laws across the United States. The plaintiffs, allowed to proceed anonymously to guard against reprisals, are seeking an injunction to…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious policies in college admissions includes some warnings to companies about the legal limits of workforce diversity efforts and is likely to fuel challenges to them, experts said. Thursday’s ruling has no direct impact on employers because it does not involve workplace bias…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday said a Texas mother can sue an online entertainment company for sending unwanted text messages to her 13-year-old son after she let him use her cellphone. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Kristen Hall…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided – for now – not to weigh in on the legality of judges increasing prison sentences for criminal defendants based on charges for which they were acquitted – a practice that critics have said violates basic constitutional rights. The justices turned away…
