Legal

Soviet-era chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has sued Netflix over "The Queen’s Gambit" series, alleging defamation and saying that a line in the hit show’s finale was "grossly sexist and belittling."

According to the complaint, Activision has allegedly “threatened employees that they cannot talk about or communicate about wages, hours and working conditions” or any ongoing company investigations related to the matters. In addition, the video game giant is accused of threatening or disciplining employees who have engaged in "protected concerted activity" as well as engaging in surveillance and interrogation of those employees.

Under the law, third-party food delivery services like DoorDash, GrubHub and UberEats, are required to share customer data including names, addresses, phone numbers and order contents to any restaurant that requests that information.

An ABC News staffer said the network retaliated against her after she filed a complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted by her boss Michael Corn, the top producer of "Good Morning America."

A U.S. judge on Monday approved up to $7.1 million in bonuses for five executives of Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of OxyContin, at a hearing at which he faced blunt criticism for his handling of the case from a woman whose son died of an opioid overdose.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has defended the Biden administration's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate as legal questions and challenges mount.

Apple investors are making their own determination following a legal ruling in its battle with Epic Games and there is no sign the saga will end anytime soon.

The fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, was delayed — again — Friday while a juror who said he had a COVID-19 scare gets tested for the virus.

Attorneys for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes argued she was a naïve entrepreneur who failed to establish her blood-testing startup as a viable business during opening statements at her hotly anticipated fraud trial on Wednesday.

Two Alaska Airlines employees are filing a federal complaint alleging that the company retaliated against them for questioning its support of the Equality Act.

A Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday that Boeing's board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in less than six months.

The Justice Department won’t tolerate violence or threats against people seeking abortions in Texas, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, as the Biden administration considers ways to challenge a new state law banning most abortions.

Creative Artists Agency Co-Chairman Bryan Lourd had high hopes for the annual gathering of entertainment moguls hosted in July by Allen & Co. in Sun Valley, Idaho. Like many there, he was looking to strike a deal.

Web hosting provider GoDaddy suspended service Friday for an anti-abortion group’s website that allowed users to report violations of Texas’ restrictive abortion law.

Federal regulators said Friday that Kraft Heinz Co. will pay $62 million to settle charges of accounting wrongdoing that led the company to report overly rosy financial results, which were later corrected.

The charges, filed on Aug. 26 and Sept. 1, are being reviewed by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board's office in Oakland, California.

20 entrepreneurs around the country are accusing Kevin O'Leary and Kevin Harrington of running a scam.

A group of 12 jurors and five alternates were sworn in Thursday for the long-delayed fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who stands accused of lying to investors and the public about the effectiveness of the defunct blood-testing startup’s technology.

A Starbucks customer in Texas is suing the coffee giant after allegedly getting first- and second-degree burns from a spilled cup of coffee.

Among the families who lost children and other loved ones in the nation's opioid crisis, many had held out hope of someday facing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners in a courtroom.