Spotify has fended off a long-running legal battle that claimed Eminem’s music had been illegally streamed “billions of times” on the platform, winning the ruling and drawing harsh criticism from the rapper’s publisher for filing the suit in the first place. Eminem’s publisher Eight Mile Style sued Spotify in 2019, claiming that the streamer had […]
Thousands of Oasis fans waited for hours in virtual queues this weekend to get tickets for the British band’s reunion concerts next summer, only to find that prices had been raised under a “dynamic pricing system.” Many fans who waited for more than three hours, thinking they would pay the original advertised price of £148.50 […]
Article 1 of 2 The logo of Seven & i of Japan is seen at its 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo (1/2)The logo of Japan’s Seven & i is seen at its 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Purchase Licensing rightopens new […]
Aug 27 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld $300,000 in compensation for a former Walmart employee with Down syndrome who was fired because of her disability after 15 years with the company, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A unanimous three-member panel of judgesopens new tab of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. […]
Justice Department claims RealPage software helped landlords collude over rents The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that RealPage used technology to help landlords share information about leases, thereby keeping rent high for millions of tenants. WASHINGTON — A lawyer for RealPage, a company sued by the Justice Department for allegedly helping landlords maintain high rents, […]
The manager of a tobacco shop in Delhi Township is set to be sentenced on Monday for chasing and shooting at a fleeing group that broke into the store. Earlier this month, a Hamilton County jury found Tony Thacker, 30, guilty of two counts of aggravated assault. He was acquitted of three other counts of […]
Scenes from La Trattoria in Naples after partial ceiling collapse La Trattoria on Fifth Avenue South in Naples remained cordoned off Monday after part of the restaurant’s ceiling collapsed Sunday night. A customer has sued a downtown Naples restaurant, claiming he was injured when the ceiling collapsed earlier this summer. The man was injured at […]
CARACAS, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A well-known Venezuelan journalist was arrested in Caracas on Sunday by police who searched her home, a journalists’ union and a local human rights group said. The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP) and the human rights organization Espacio Publico stated on their X-accounts that agents entered the […]
Subject: Guest column by Kristian Núñez from August 18th “Ventura must act in the face of the housing crisis”: Ventura’s housing market is under pressure, and while rent controls seem like an attractive solution, it’s a short-sighted approach that could only make things worse. The reason rents are rising is clear: there’s a growing shortage […]
Judge rules: Google illegally holds monopoly over Internet search A federal judge has ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by creating a monopoly with its popular search engine. Scripps News WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and attorneys general from eight states filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Dallas-based RealPage of collecting confidential information from landlords across […]
