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17 Dec 2019, 11:52 am by Brianna Bell
Cobalt is used in batteries for the electronic devices that technology companies manufacture and is abundant in the Congo. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:30 am by Ryan J. Farrick
The lawsuit, filed by the families of children killed in Congolese mining operations, accuses big tech companies of knowingly buying cobalt mined by kids. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 6:02 am by badmin
This week, the Houston-based upstream oil and gas company, Cobalt International Energy Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 5:37 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Patrick Austermuehle
The plaintiffs alleged that the technology company deceived them, inducing them to sell their assets and intellectual property with promises that the company would maintain and expand the WiFI network that the plaintiffs ran when the technology company intended only to use the IP and assets to attract new rounds of investment. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 2:30 pm by Ajamie LLP
The Cobalt investors have already secured a $146.9 million settlement with the company over claims that it bribed Angolan officials for access to wells that were later misrepresented as having substantially more value than they did, but they continued to pursue claims against the investment banks that underwrote the company’s multiple stock and note offerings, leading to Thursday’s settlement. [read post]
24 Nov 2021, 4:07 am by Tom Smith
An investment firm where Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was a founding board member helped facilitate a Chinese company’s purchase from an American company of one of the world’s richest cobalt mines, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Mr. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 1:23 pm by Thompson & Knight LLP
Powell, the Debtor’s Chief Financial Officer, the Debtors are independent exploration and production companies operating in the deepwater U.S. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 1:23 pm by Thompson & Knight LLP
Powell, the Debtor’s Chief Financial Officer, the Debtors are independent exploration and production companies operating in the deepwater U.S. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 10:34 am by Dr. Shezad Malik
The Cobalt hit a telephone junction box and two trees and the air bags didn’t deploy. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 1:03 pm by Dr. Shezad Malik
The company contended the suit was “frivolous” because the accident occurred on July 3, 2009, a week before the company’s bankruptcy agreement took effect, which meant G.M. was not liable for damages. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 1:12 pm by Dr. Shezad Malik
The Cobalt hit a telephone junction box and two trees and the air bags didn’t deploy. [read post]
The former miners argued that the tech companies purchased cobalt from international suppliers who are foreign firms. [read post]
The lawsuit alleged that the named companies each bought cobalt from a Belgian company called Umicore or a Chinese company called Huayou Cobalt, both of which refine cobalt produced by local suppliers, who in turn supplement their mining operations with cobalt mined by so-called artisanal miners. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 7:31 am
In August 2010, the DePuy Orthopaedics company, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a voluntary recall of two hip replacement systems. [read post]
20 Jul 2018, 3:00 am by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Panasonic, the exclusive supplier of batteries to Tesla, has decided to halt buying cobalt from a Canadian company after Reuters raised questions as to its provenance. [read post]
5 Mar 2024, 7:47 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by former cobalt miners against several tech companies for acquiring cobalt that may have been mined using forced labor. [read post]
6 Mar 2024, 11:27 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Anadolu ) Apple and other major tech companies don't have to compensate victims of forced child labor that provided cobalt for the lithium-ion batteries used in many electronic devices, a US appeals court ruled. [read post]