International Legal and Funding Actions Against Corporations and Projects - August 2025

Approximately 30 Lithuanian hotels have joined a class action lawsuit against Booking.com, part of a larger legal action involving over 10,000 European hotels seeking compensation for alleged losses from Booking.com’s 'best price' clause. Concurrently, the United States has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, shifting its federal public health strategy to 'safer, broader vaccine platforms'. In another development, two Chinese nationals, Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, face charges for allegedly orchestrating an illegal scheme to export millions of dollars' worth of Nvidia AI chips from the US to China.