Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp

At least 100 individuals are likely impacted as lawsuits claim Cognizant delayed disclosing TriZetto data breach, causing potential identity theft and financial losses.

This week, Mint wrote about Cognizant’s move to monitor productivity via mouse and keyboard activity, India’s personal data protection law, startups bringing trial rooms to our homes, and more.

In an interim ruling, the court set aside a single-judge order from June 2024 that had allowed Cognizant to continue using the logo during the course of a trademark infringement case filed against it by a Bengaluru company.

While IT service providers, including Cognizant Technology Solutions and Zensar Technologies, said they are bagging deals through client mining efforts, peers Birlasoft Ltd and Firstsource Solutions Ltd are focusing on creating large deals.

Jury selection in the case of two former Cognizant executives will start Monday, despite the president’s brake on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Belcan, which Cognizant acquired for $1.3 billion in June 2024, gets more than three-fourths of its business from commercial aerospace, defence and space, whereas 40% comes from US federal contracts. With the US clamping down on govt spending, sectors that contribute to Belcan’s growth may suffer.

The row between the two IT services firms arose in August 2024 when Cognizant alleged that Infosys stole trade secrets of its software products used to process insurance claims in the healthcare sector.