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☆ Billionaire Barry Diller says the media should 'absolutely' sue AI makers over ingesting text from articles
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barry Diller warned publishers to prepare to fight in order to get paid for AI's use of their work. Diller made the comments at the Semafor Media Summit in New York. "Companies can absolutely sue under copyright law," he said. "It's not clear right now to what extent that has copyright implications," Gerratana said. "It's possible we'll see court decisions that apply copyright law in ways that we wouldn't have expected, because this technology is new, the circumstances are new, and the facts are new."

☆ Micron Technology: China probes US chip maker for cybersecurity risks as tech tension escalates
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong CNN —China has launched a cybersecurity probe into Micron Technology, one of America’s largest memory chip makers, in apparent retaliation after US allies in Asia and Europe announced new restrictions on the sale of key technology to Beijing. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will review products sold by Micron in the country, according to a statement by the watchdog late on Friday. Last month, the Netherlands also unveiled new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology, citing the need to protect national security. In October, the United States banned Chinese companies from buying advanced chips and chipmaking equipment without a license. “The Chinese government may restrict us from participating in the China market or may prevent us from competing effectively with Chinese companies,” it said last week.

☆ Chinese Authorities Raid Office of U.S. Investigations Firm Mintz Group
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The closed office of the Mintz Group in a Beijing office building on Friday. The due diligence firm said five Chinese nationals employed in the office were detained without notice. NEW YORK—Authorities this week raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, detaining all five of the New York-based due diligence company’s staff members in mainland China, an incident likely to unnerve global businesses operating in the country. The move comes as the heads of multinational companies including Apple Inc. and Pfizer Inc. are due to arrive in Beijing to meet with top Chinese officials. This weekend’s China Development Forum will be the first to be held fully in-person since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, and is just weeks after Beijing installed a slate of new government leaders as it signals fresh efforts to boost foreign investment.

☆ US due diligence firm Mintz Group says staff detained in China after office raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Michael Martina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group said on Thursday its Beijing office was raided by authorities and five Chinese staff were detained, stoking worry among foreign companies in China just as its capital hosts an international economic forum. "We can confirm that Chinese authorities have detained the five staff in Mintz Group's Beijing office, all of them Chinese nationals, and have closed our operations there," the company said in an emailed statement to Reuters. "Mintz Group has not received any official legal notice regarding a case against the company and has requested that the authorities release its employees," the company said. 'RED ALERTS'As per Mintz Group's website, the Beijing office is its only one in mainland China. Western due diligence companies have gotten into trouble with Chinese authorities before.

☆ U.S. due diligence firm Mintz Group says Beijing office raided, staff detained
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Michael Martina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group said on Thursday its Beijing office was raided by authorities and that five Chinese staff have been detained. "We can confirm that Chinese authorities have detained the five staff in Mintz Group’s Beijing office, all of them Chinese nationals, and have closed our operations there," the company said in an emailed statement to Reuters. “Mintz Group received no advance notice of the actions taken in Beijing this week, nor has the company received any official legal notice regarding a case against the company. The company's website says Mintz Group has 18 offices around the world and hundreds of employees. Western due diligence companies have gotten into trouble with Chinese authorities before.

Hong Kong CNN —Chinese authorities have closed the Beijing office of Mintz Group, an American corporate due diligence firm, and detained five local staff, the company said Friday. In a statement provided to CNN, Mintz Group, which is based in New York, said it had not received any official legal notice regarding a case against the company and had requested that authorities release its employees. It also follows unusually direct comments by Chinese leader Xi Jinping targeting the United States, accusing Washington of trying to “contain” and “suppress” China. In 2013, Shanghai authorities arrested Peter Humphrey, a former British journalist turned corporate investigator, and his American wife and business partner Yu Yingzeng, who operated consultancy company, ChinaWhys. Humphrey was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, while Yu received a two-year sentence.

The Codex Sassoon, dating from the late 9th or early 10th century, sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. It is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible. The Codex Sassoon fell short of its high estimate of $50 million, however. A rare findThe Codex Sassoon is believed to be the very first codex, or manuscript in book form, of the Hebrew Bible. Top image: A woman examines the centuries-old Hebrew Bible.

Nanoco and Chicago-based litigation funding firm GLS Capital said in a release that the settlement, which includes a license agreement and the "transfer of certain patents," resolves litigation in the United States, Germany and China. Nanoco's quantum dots improve the backlighting of LED displays without the use of toxic heavy metals like cadmium. The Texas lawsuit said Samsung began incorporating Nanoco's technology into high-end QLED TVs launched in 2017. Third-party funding of lawsuits has becoming increasingly common in recent years, though details about specific investments are rarely publicized. The case is Nanoco Technologies Ltd v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No.

But more recently, a tip prompt on credit card payments has been added as well. At the same time, those disgruntled at finding a new tip prompt generally direct their pique at the wrong target. Most either express pleasure at the opportunity to better compensate Starbucks workers or outrage at the expectation of the surcharge. At the same time, those disgruntled at finding a new tip prompt generally direct their pique at the wrong target. There are two types of tip creep inching ever upward like a vine snaking its way along a trellis.

☆ Herschel Walker had ties to two charities that appear to have engaged in little, if any charity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

He was also featured in marketing material for the Livio Cares Foundation and was listed as a Livio Cares Partner. However, there is no evidence Livio Cares engaged in philanthropic activities. According to ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, Walker was listed as the director of VMP Nutrition Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website, the right to transact business in Texas for VMP Nutrition as well as VMP Nutrition Foundation is listed as "forfeited." In 2017, VMP Nutrition and its founder Rodriguez settled a lawsuit filed by Southside Bank for an alleged failure to repay a $2,795,534 lien.

☆ 12 Dinner Parties Around the World, From Tokyo to Paris
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“We exposed a lot about ourselves [at this dinner] … but what happens in the hayloft stays in the hayloft.”ETIQUETTE TIP:Polley calls Corey Mintz’s book “How to Host a Dinner Party” (2013) a “bit of a bible.” It taught her to ask guests what they want to drink instead of if they want to drink. (“The truth is, everyone wants a drink, even if it’s water.”)

☆ Wanted: Paralegal. Starting Pay: Depends on Which New York Firm.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Lauren Weber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York City’s pay-transparency law, which took effect Nov. 1, was designed to help eliminate pay inequities, but it has many other effects, including this one: For the first time, New Yorkers can compare salaries for the same role at multiple companies. Now job seekers can discover that a New York-based litigation paralegal at white-shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP will earn a base salary of $55,000. Someone hired for the same job title at smaller firms Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and Mintz can expect to earn at least $70,000 and $80,000, respectively. The smaller firms are seeking candidates with five or more years of experience, while Sullivan & Cromwell’s ad notes that legal experience is beneficial but not required.

When I read that New York restaurateur Keith McNally had banned “The Late Late Show” host James Corden from famed restaurant Balthazar for allegedly abusive behavior, I was shocked. Not at hearing accusations that a wealthy celebrity had been rude to people in the hospitality industry, but at something far less common: a restaurant owner’s criticizing and barring a client, in public no less. Unfortunately, online reservation systems have also magnified one of the reasons diners used to end up being shunned: the reservation no-show. Few would dare to speak to podiatrists or electricians that way, but most restaurant servers tolerate it because they depend on tips — which can be upward of 70% of their earnings. What doesn’t is a restaurant owner’s publicly standing up for employees by telling bad customers that they have been banned.

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