Amazon will stop forbidding third-party merchants who list on its e-commerce platform in the United States from selling the same products on other sites for lower prices, reports Axios. The company’s decision to end its price parity provision comes three months after Sen. Richard Blumenthal urged the Department of Justice to open an antitrust investigation […]
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Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rate
Elon Musk’s legal team responded late Monday, just before a deadline, to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he made about Tesla’s production rate. In the filing submitted to a federal court in Manhattan, Musk’s lawyers say the tweet, posted last month, did not violate […]
View More Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rateElon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rate
Elon Musk’s legal team responded late Monday, just before a deadline, to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he made about Tesla’s production rate. In the filing submitted to a federal court in Manhattan, Musk’s lawyers say the tweet, posted last month, did not violate […]
View More Elon Musk’s lawyers argue he should not be held in contempt for tweet about Tesla’s production rateElon Musk wants cave rescuer’s defamation suit dismissed
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In a fitting end to a year of questionable tweets, Elon Musk is asking the courts to drop a defamation suit filed against him after insulting a British cave diver on Twitter this summer.
A motion to dismiss the case was filed Wednesday to the U.S. District Court in California’s Central District where Vernon Unsworth, a UK citizen, filed a complaint in September alleging Musk used defamatory language when Musk tweeted Unsworth was a “pedo guy,” then later sent an email to a BuzzFeed reporter accusing the diver of being involved in child sex trafficking. The tweets have since been deleted and Musk publicly apologized — on, you guessed it, Twitter. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk wants cave rescuer’s defamation suit dismissedSpotify settles the $1.6B copyright lawsuit filed by music publisher Wixen
Spotify has settled the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by music publisher Wixen Music Publishing in December 2017. The publisher, which represented artists like Tom Petty, Missy Elliot, Stevie Nicks and Neil Young, alleged copyright infringement, saying that Spotify was using tens of thousands of songs without a proper license. The financial terms of the settlement were not […]
View More Spotify settles the $1.6B copyright lawsuit filed by music publisher WixenA 69-year-old ‘positivity guru’ wants to legally change his age to 49
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“Positivity guru” and occasional DJ Emile Ratelband is 69 years old, but he believes he’s only 49.
Describing himself as a “young god,” Ratelband asked the Dutch courts to legally change his age on Monday to improve his quality of life. He insists that he’s discriminated against by jobs and dating apps because on paper, he’s too old.
Here’s his argument, translated by the Guardian:
As the Cut points out, “luxurious” might be a euphemism — in a translation by CNN, Ratelband says, “When I’m 49 with [this face], then I’m rammed.”
Ratelband insists that he feels 20 years younger than 69, and that he’s even willing to postpone his pension benefits by 20 years. Claiming that trans people are allowed to legally change their documented sex, he believes he should be allowed to change his legal date of birth. Read more…
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View More A 69-year-old ‘positivity guru’ wants to legally change his age to 49The DNC’s lawyers subpoena WikiLeaks with a tweet
In a very unusual move, WikiLeaks has been subpoenaed via Twitter. In a tweet on Friday, a law firm representing the Democratic National Convention in its civil lawsuit against WikiLeaks and other defendants served legal documents formally notifying the non-profit that it is being sued. The lawsuit also names a long list of other people […]
View More The DNC’s lawyers subpoena WikiLeaks with a tweetWomen alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers asked to be freed from forced arbitration
A group of women alleging sexual violence from Uber drivers have sent an open letter to the company’s board, asking to be released from the mandatory arbitration clause in the Uber app’s terms of service. The letter was posted on the website of Wigdor LLP, a New York law firm that filed a class action […]
View More Women alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers asked to be freed from forced arbitrationHow Microsoft helped imprison a man for ‘counterfeiting’ software it gives away for free
In a sickening concession to bad copyright law and Microsoft’s bottom line over basic technical truths and common sense, Eric Lundgren will spend 15 months in prison for selling discs that let people reinstall Windows on licensed machines. A federal appeals court this week upheld the sentence handed down in ignorance by a Florida district judge, for a crime the man never committed.
View More How Microsoft helped imprison a man for ‘counterfeiting’ software it gives away for freeLawyaw uses AI to help lawyers draft documents faster
It’s no secret that much of the legal industry is build on reusable content. Most law firms have their own customized set of standard documents (like NDAs or Wills), but lawyers or associates still have to customize these documents by hand each time a client needs them drafted. Lawyaw, part of YC’s Winter ’18 class, is building […]
View More Lawyaw uses AI to help lawyers draft documents fasterFacebook was kicked out of Cambridge Analytica’s office while trying to ‘secure evidence’
The Cambridge Analytica saga has taken yet another dramatic and frankly alarming turn.
Facebook sent a “digital forensics team” into Cambridge Analytica’s (CA) London office on Monday evening in an attempt to “secure evidence,” only to be kicke…
Mighty has raised $9M to build a CRM for legal and medical funders
What’s better than building a company in a fast growing industry? Building a service provider for all the other companies in that fast growing industry. While Mighty started as a plaintiff financing platform it’s shifted to a software company that’s building an “operating system for legal and medical founders”. Essentially the startup has created a CRM-like tool… Read More