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Spotify faces a lawsuit in New York federal court, accusing the streaming giant of underpaying songwriting royalties for tens of millions of songs. The royalty-gathering nonprofit Mechanical Licensing Collective filed the lawsuit late Thursday, alleging that Spotify underreported its revenue by nearly half to avoid paying millions of dollars owed to the group. The complaint…
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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who oversees the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge confirmed. “Justice Merchan said the complaint, filed more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution,” stated Al…
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A New Mexico judge announced on Friday that she will rule next week on Alec Baldwin’s requests to dismiss charges against him in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin is trying to avoid an unprecedented Hollywood manslaughter trial for an on-set death. Baldwin’s lawyers filed motions to dismiss his indictment, alleging prosecutorial misconduct,…
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On Thursday, Donald Trump’s lawyer accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former U.S. president’s trial about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with Trump regarding a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, asserted that the conversation was about harassment from…
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Sidney Powell conceded defeat in her four-year-old lawsuit that claimed widespread voting fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 election in Michigan. She took this step after a federal appeals court denied her latest attempt to avoid sanctions in the case. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier on Thursday that Powell and other…
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On Thursday, the State Bar of California halted a plan to develop its own online bar exam, which could save the financially struggling organization up to $4 million annually. The State Bar’s Board of Trustees withdrew a proposal from its meeting agenda that would have hired Kaplan North American to develop multiple-choice questions similar to…
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In June, Cornell Law School will initiate full federal loan repayments for its graduates in public interest jobs earning up to $120,000 annually—a $40,000 increase from the current $80,000 salary cap. This change, announced this month, establishes a new standard among U.S. law school loan repayment assistance programs, widely known as LRAPs, for graduates who…
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The U.S. Justice Department accused Boeing (BA.N) of breaching its obligations under a 2021 agreement that prevented the planemaker from facing criminal prosecution after fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, resulting in the deaths of 346 people. The finding suggests that Boeing could face prosecution it had previously evaded, potentially leading to new…
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The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by international deals broker Blenheim Capital, alleging exclusion from a multibillion-dollar transaction involving South Korea’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets and a satellite. The U.S. Justice Department presented the Biden White House’s views on the case in a filing on Tuesday, as…
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Canadian e-commerce provider Shopify (SHOP.TO) sued a subsidiary of Chinese technology company JOYY Inc (YY.O) in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally copying Shopify’s software to build its own e-commerce platform. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Shopify alleged that JOYY’s…
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