Focus: Legal
August 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against SpaceX on Thursday for discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring process. The DoJ alleges that SpaceX violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discouraging asylees and refugees from applying and refusing to hire them because of their citizenship status. According to the lawsuit,…
June 26, 2023
A judge has sided with SES in an ongoing dispute over $421 million of Intelsat’s C-band proceeds, ruling that the previous bankruptcy court erred in siding with Intelsat. The June 22 opinion was released just after Intelsat pulled out of potential merger talks with SES. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Payne’s opinion says the bankruptcy…
February 23, 2023
Momentus settled a class action lawsuit against certain of its current and former directors and former officers, the company announced Thursday. Momentus and the lead plaintiff reached an agreement in February to settle for payment of $8.5 million, at least $4 million of which is expected to be funded by insurance proceeds. The case is…
February 17, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday that it is proposing a $175,000 fine against SpaceX for not submitting collision analysis trajectory data to the agency before an August Starlink launch. The FAA said SpaceX was required to submit the data to the agency at least seven days before the Aug.…