GWANGJU, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean citizens has announced plans to file a class-action lawsuit against President Yoon Suk-yeol, seeking compensation for mental distress caused by the controversial “December 3 Martial Law Incident.” The lawsuit, organized by the group “Preparatory Committee for Compensation Claims Against Yoon Suk-yeol’s Acts of Treason,” [...]
BOSTON, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Berman Tabacco, a national law firm representing investors, is investigating potential securities law violations by Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“Evolv” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EVLV, EVLVW). About the Investigation On October 25, 2024, Evolv filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that an “ad [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of 24 Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle owners, including the owner of an EQE model that caught fire in an underground parking lot in Incheon last August, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the German automaker and its affiliates. The lawsuit, announced on October 10 at a press conference in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean civic group is initiating a class-action lawsuit to help parents recoup some of the excessive fees spent on college consulting services. Professor Yang Jeong-ho of Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of Education announced the plan at a seminar on so-called private education cartels held at the Korea Press Center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The bereaved family of a late prisoner who died of COVID-19 when a mass infection hit a detention center in Seoul has filed a damages suit, accusing the state of failing to protect high-risk inmates like him and neglecting the problem of overcrowding at the facility. The deceased, who was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has reaffirmed its determination to prevail in its legal battle against tobacco companies, emphasizing the unmistakable causal link between tobacco and cancer. NHIS Chairman Jung Ki-suck drew a parallel between tobacco and drugs during a recent media interview, arguing that both society and tobacco companies, [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A regional court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an association of civic groups to stop the planned release of contaminated water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. A coalition of 166 civic groups in the southeastern port city of Busan filed the lawsuit in April 2021 [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean owners of Volkswagen vehicles have faced disappointment in their lawsuit filed for compensation over the local unit of German carmaker’s manipulation of emissions documents, which resulted in the revocation of emissions certifications. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Volkswagen Group Korea and a Volkswagen [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the patent suits filed against South Korean firms in the U.S. last year, a significant number of them were initiated by global non-practicing entities (NPEs), also known as “patent trolls.” Patent trolls are entities that derive profits from patent licensing or enforcement. According to a report from the [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of doctors who claimed that graduates of Hungarian medical schools are ineligible for the nation’s state-run medical licensing exam. The Seoul Administrative Court rejected the lawsuit filed by a medical group called Doctors for Fair Society against the [...]