Swift also allegedly offered her status as one of the world's famous entertainers in the world to urge Baldoni, Lively's so-called doofus director, to use a revised version of an early scene in the script that Lively said she helped write, according to Lively's deposition in the case. I'll do anything for you, Swift reportedly said, according to the deposition.
A fierce dispute between an American venture capital firm and the family investment office of a Russian billionaire has trickled down into the Bay Area. In December and January, four local biotech companies with stakes in the battle each filed for bankruptcy. The argument pits New York's Apple Tree Partners, a biotech-focused venture investor, against Rigmora, an investment entity owned by the family office of Dmitry Rybolovlev, who made his billions in the Russian fertilizer industry.
San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, who sits on Caltrain's board, wants Caltrain to work "step by step toward becoming an independent regional agency," he said in a memo to fellow board members last month. The Caltrain board includes three members each from San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties - the three counties where the rail service operates.
France captain Kylian Mbappe had been seeking 231.5 million in damages from PSG, including 46.3m in unpaid wages, in response to a contract dispute and alleged ill-treatment by the club. The saga stemmed from the forward opting to turn down a 259m move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in 2023, before he later refused to sign a contract extension at PSG.
When they [the survivors] were finally taken out, they weren't trying to flip the boat over. The boat was clearly incapacitated. A tiny portion of it remained, capsized, the bow of the boat. They had no communications device. Certainly, they were unarmed,
Zimeno Inc., which operates as Monarch Tractor, has laid off 102 workers at two locations in Livermore, according to official WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department. Some of the Zimeno and Monarch Tractor layoffs occurred at the company's headquarters at 151 Lawrence Drive, and some occurred at the company's testing facility at a Wente Vineyards site on Tesla Road, both in Livermore.
WASHINGTON, DC -- President Donald Trump said on Friday that any document signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen "is hereby terminated." "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden," Trump posted on his social media platform. It is unclear which orders Trump is referencing and how he is making those determinations. ABC News has reached out to the White House for more information.
Byju Raveendran, the embattled founder of Indian ed-tech giant Byju's, has blasted a U.S. bankruptcy court's order directing him to pay more than $1.07 billion. He is denying wrongdoing, accusing lenders of misleading the court, and vowing to appeal a ruling that marks a dramatic fall for a onetime poster boy of India's startup boom.
Eminem has launched legal action against the Australian beach brand Swim Shady, alleging its name is too close to that of his trademarked alter ego, Slim Shady. The 53-year-old rapper, real name Marshall B Mathers III, filed a petition to cancel Swim Shady's US trademark days after it was successfully granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in September.
The MPA has suggested that Meta's ratings can't be aligned at all if the company doesn't follow the MPA's 'curated process'; the cease-and-desist letter asserts that Meta's content restrictions instead 'appear to rely heavily on artificial intelligence or other automated technology measures.' While the organization said it hopes to resolve this dispute 'amicably without litigation,' it doesn't seem as though Instagram's parent company is backing down.
Sunseri set a new record for ascending and then descending Grand Teton; unfortunately, the National Park Service was more concerned with his route, which led to his arrest. An online petition calling for his release observes that Sunseri was following a similar path to other mountain runners who had taken the same trek - and who were not imprisoned as a result of their feats.
Ben Munday claims he is a co-author of two 2004 portraits of the queen that were created using holography technology, which involves the use of light projection and multiple cameras to render a 3D image. In a court filing seen by the Guardian, Munday alleges Levine and his company Sphere 9 breached his moral rights over the works, titled Equanimity and Lightness of Being, which are both in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
On October 3, JKN Universe, the company owned by Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip, filed a complaint against Rose's company, VVV Global Ent. (The complaint notes that Rose is VVV's only member.) In the complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, JKN said VVV failed to pay the $100,000 salary of Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper, as well as the promised scholarship money to Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava and Miss Teen USA 2024 Addie Carver.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, resigned this week following a dispute with the association's board over the litigation. Don Craven, who had led the Illinois Press Association since 2021, added the organization to the lawsuit Sunday alongside other Illinois news outlets and advocacy groups.
Local News Todd & Weld says the network left more than $400,000 in legal bills unpaid. The law firm Todd & Weld is suing the conservative media outlet Newsmax over alleged unpaid legal bills totaling more than $400,000. In a complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Sept. 18, Todd & Weld says Newsmax is in breach of contract and "concedes it owes but refuses to pay," for its work representing the company over multiple libel lawsuits against Newsmax over its coverage of voter fraud.
The company says OpenAI is pursuing unfair advantages in the race to develop AI technology. OpenAI is targeting those individuals with knowledge of xAI's key technologies and business plans, including xAI's source code and its operational advantages in launching data centers, then inducing those employees to breach their confidentiality and other obligations to xAI through unlawful means, the lawsuit states.
Davis said he was surprised his videos generated so much attention, given his modest following. The co-founder of John Geiger clothing and footwear said he reserved the Invisible House for a company retreat but had hoped to make the most of the booking by also shooting content in the surrounding environs. During his stay, Davis and three others - a business partner, a photographer and a model - walked away from the home into what they thought was open desert to take photos. They didn't realize the house sits on 90 acres and unpermitted commercial activity is forbidden anywhere on the property, he said.
There is little debate about the song's origins. Sting has always said he wrote the words, chords and melody in one burst of inspiration while staying in Jamaica. His original demo is almost identical to the released version on the band's Synchronicity album. What Summers and Copeland now argue is that their contributions - in particular Summers' distinctive guitar arpeggio riff - transformed the track from a rough sketch into a timeless hit. Summers has described his part as rescuing the song from "going in the trash".
The truth is that the stadium offered FIFA many, many options, and FIFA rejected them all. Until they got to the point of 'you pay the equivalent of the most expensive ticket in the stadium for each seat and go ahead.' And it seems that's where a solution will finally be achieved. That is, the stadium will have to pay FIFA for our seats out of its own pocket.
has confirmed that her former fiancé, Orlando Bloom, is the true owner of a $15 million Montecito mansion that has been at the center of a yearslong legal battle between the pop star and an ailing Army veteran who was understood to have sold it to her in 2020.
In the suit, filed in London High Court, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit on their band's 1983 single, one of the biggest hits of the '80s and famously sampled on Diddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You." They allege in the suit that they have never been paid for their writing contributions.
Under the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, 100% of service charges collected in a venue must be shared among workers in a fair and transparent way, and employees have the right to know how tips are allocated and distributed.
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