Enlarge / US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Friday, August 23, 2024. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 101 The United States today sued RealPage, alleging that the software maker distorts competition in rental housing by helping landlords collectively set prices. “To ensure they secure the greatest ..
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reader comments 41 Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after a regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) director determined Thursday that Amazon is a joint employer of contractors hired to ensure the e-commerce giant delivers its packages when promised. This seems like a potentially big loss for ..
reader comments 70 A federal judge sentenced a 53-year-old Kansas man to more than 24 years in prison after the former bank CEO abused his trusted position to embezzle $47 million after falling for a cryptocurrency scam that he believed would make him wildly rich. In a press release, the US Attorney’s Office said that ..
Getty Images | Josh Edelson reader comments 25 Google has agreed to fund local journalism and an artificial intelligence initiative in California as part of a deal that would reportedly result in lawmakers shelving a proposal to require Google to pay news outlets for distributing their content. But the deal’s state financing requires legislative approval ..
reader comments 85 A Kentucky man has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison after hacking into state registries to fake his own death, in hopes of avoiding about $116,000 in child support payments. In a press release, the US Attorney’s Office wrote that Jesse Kipf, 39, was sentenced for charges including computer fraud ..
Enlarge / President Joe Biden leaving the White House on August 16, 2024, in Washington, DC. Getty Images | Anna Moneymaker reader comments 13 A phone company agreed to pay a $1 million fine for transmitting spoofed robocalls in which a deepfake of President Joe Biden’s voice urged New Hampshire residents not to vote. Lingo ..
reader comments 40 Chrome users who declined to sync their Google accounts with their browsing data secured a big privacy win this week after previously losing a proposed class action claiming that Google secretly collected personal data without consent from over 100 million Chrome users who opted out of syncing. On Tuesday, the 9th US ..
Getty Images | Gary Hershorn reader comments 134 Disney said it is abandoning its motion to compel arbitration in a case filed by a man who alleges his wife died from anaphylaxis after a restaurant at a Disney complex failed to honor requests for allergen-free food. Disney’s motion to compel arbitration controversially cited the Disney+ ..
Getty Images | SimpleImages reader comments 104 A federal judge who bought more than $15,000 worth of Tesla stock has rejected a motion that could have forced him to recuse himself from a lawsuit that Elon Musk’s X Corp. filed against the nonprofit Media Matters for America. US District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern ..
Gina Ferazzi via Getty reader comments 60 A US judge has temporarily blocked the launch of a sports streaming service formed by Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros and Fox, finding that it was likely to “substantially lessen competition” in the market. The service, dubbed Venu, was expected to launch later this year. But FuboTV, a sports-focused ..
