COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A tobacco shop near Hilliard is being sued for its alleged sales to underage customers. The Smoke House on Roberts Road is being sued by the city of Columbus for sales that violate the city’s flavored tobacco ban. At the start of 2024, the city attorney’s office said the Smoke House […]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — More than a dozen current and former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have joined a class-action lawsuit against the chips-making giant, claiming the company engages in “anti-American” bias and discriminatory practices favoring Taiwanese workers over those from the U.S.

Deborah Howington, a talent acquisition director, filed the class-action suit in August. She claims that the HR department created a workplace at TSMC where non-Asian employees

TSMC’s announcement that it was building a chip fabrication plant in Arizona was hailed as a major success for the US CHIPS Act – intended to free the US from dependence on China for advanced chip supplies, and to generate jobs for US workers. Apple proudly announced that it would be buying American-made chips for some of its devices.

Recent legal documents reveal that twelve current and former employees from TSMC's California and Arizona facilities have accused the company of racial discrimination in recruitment, promotion, and employee management practices.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company was accused by a group of its U.S. employees of concocting a “discriminatory scheme” that favors Taiwanese foreign workers.