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☆ Musk's legal battles pile up as Twitter's ex-CMO becomes the latest to sue him
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter's ex-CMO, Leslie Berland, is suing Elon Musk, saying she is owed $20 million in severance. The same week as Berland's filing, Twitter's ex-CEO got the go-ahead to proceed with a similar suit. AdvertisementTwitter's former chief marketing officer, Leslie Berland, is suing Elon Musk, saying she is owed over $20 million in unpaid severance. The documents state that a Twitter employee who was there on Bertrand's recommendation cautioned Musk against reinstating Trump in front of the advertisers, leaving him "embarrassed and angry." Related storiesBerland claims she was wrongly denied about $20 million in benefits owed to her under Twitter's policy.

Persons: Leslie Berland, Elon Musk, Twitter's, —, Berland, Musk, Xavi, Donald Trump's, Parag Agrawal, Maxine Chesney Organizations: Service, Bloomberg Law, Twitter, Cannes Lions, Trump, Business, Verizon, Bloomberg Locations: California's, California, Ireland

☆ First lawsuit filed against McDonald’s over its E. coli outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —A Colorado man has filed the first lawsuit against McDonald’s relating to its E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders that, so far, has led to at least 49 illnesses across 10 states, including one death. The lawsuit was filed one day after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert warning that dozens of people reported eating the Quarter Pounder sandwich at McDonald’s before becoming sick. The lawsuit, a copy of which was posted online by Bloomberg Law, accuses McDonald’s of product liability, negligence and breach of implied warranties. “The McDonald’s E. coli Outbreak will be one of the most significant food poisoning outbreaks this year,” Simon said in a press release. Diced onions and other types of beef patties used at McDonald’s have not been implicated in this outbreak, the FDA said.

Persons: Eric Stelly, Ron Simon, didn’t, Joe Erlinger, ” McDonald’s, Simon, ” Simon, McDonald’s, Taylor Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, Bloomberg Law, Food and Drug Administration, USA, CDC, FDA, Taylor Farms Locations: New York, Greeley , Colorado, Cook County , Illinois, Chicago, McDonald’s, Colorado , Kansas , Utah, Wyoming, Idaho , Iowa , Missouri, Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Mexico, Oklahoma, Taylor Farms Colorado

☆ Apple agrees to first US labor deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Apple and the union representing retail workers at its store in Towson, Maryland, agreed to a tentative labor deal late Friday in the first US labor agreement not only for an Apple store but for any US workers of the tech giant. The labor deal, which needs to be ratified by a vote of the 85 rank-and-file members at the store before it can take effect, is a significant milestone. There are not many legal requirements to force a company to reach a labor agreement with a new union once that union has been recognized by the National Labor Relations Board, the government body that oversees labor relations for most US business. The Machinists union said the Apple store deal includes scheduling improvements for a better work-life balance, which was considered a major issue in the talks. That store is not covered by this tentative labor deal.

Persons: “, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Workers, International Association of Machinists, National Labor Relations Board, Bloomberg Law, “, Communications Workers of America, CNN Locations: New York, Towson , Maryland, Towson, Maryland, United States, Oklahoma City

☆ Supreme Court acknowledges document in pending abortion case accidentally posted online
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Abortion rights activists hold signs as they gather at the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the second anniversary of the Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2024. , U.S., June 24, 2024. The Supreme Court on Wednesday acknowledged that it inadvertently posted online a document related to a pending abortion case, which was obtained by Bloomberg Law before it was removed from the website. Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe confirmed that a document was "inadvertently and briefly uploaded" to the court website, but added that the ruling "has not been released." The case concerns whether a federal law that regulates emergency room treatment overrides Idaho's strict abortion ban. The Supreme Court is due to issue rulings on Thursday and Friday as it reaches the end of its current term.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Patricia McCabe, Biden Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Bloomberg Law, NBC, Bloomberg, Labor Locations: Washington , U.S, Idaho

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Reddit, Advanced Micro Devices, Robinhood and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The sale comes after GameStop shares surged earlier this week in a brief revival of the meme-stock trade. Reddit — The social media stock popped 12% after Reddit announced a partnership with OpenAI. Take-Two Interactive — Shares of the video game publisher were up about 1% after its quarterly report showed stronger-than-expected bookings. Revenue guidance of $3.1 billion to $3.15 billion was also softer than the $3.3 billion expected by Wall Street. JD.com — The Chinese e-commerce stock advanced 2.2% on the heels of a Macquarie upgrade to outperform from neutral.

Persons: Reddit, OpenAI, Doximity, Globant, DXC, Tilray, Coinbase, JD.com, Macquarie, Jefferies, Yun Li, Jesse Pound, Samantha Subin, Hakyung Kim Organizations: GameStop, OpenAI, Reuters, Microsoft, Nvidia, Bloomberg Law, Globant SA, Technology, FactSet, Wall, Bank of America, Macquarie, DuPont de Nemours, Jefferies

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: GameStop, Reddit, Take-Two Interactive Software and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Take-Two Interactive Software — Shares of the video game company were down more than 2% after an update about the timing of the new Grand Theft Auto game. Doximity also reported in line revenue guidance for the first quarter. Expected revenue of $585 million to $589 million was weaker than the $590.2 million consensus estimate. The information technology company expects earnings of 55 cents to 60 cents per share in the first quarter, weaker than the FactSet consensus estimate of 76 cents earnings per share. Revenue guidance of $3.1 billion to $3.150 billion was less than the anticipated $3.3 billion.

Persons: Reddit, Doximity, Globant, FactSet, Goldman Sachs, — CNBC's Brian Evans, Michelle Fox, Hakyung Kim, Yun Li, Jesse Pound, Pia Singh Organizations: GameStop, OpenAI, Bloomberg, Globant SA, FactSet, Citigroup, DXC Technology

☆ Sen. Bob Menendez grills Treasury official on curbing illicit finance a month before bribery trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ryan Anastasio | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., at center right, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, center rear, leave Manhattan Federal Court in New York City following his arraignment, March 11, 2024. Sen. Bob Menendez questioned a Treasury Department official Tuesday on curbing illegal finance as he prepares to stand trial in a month with his wife and two other men on federal bribery charges. Menendez also slammed the Biden administration for not stopping Iran under current sanctions from selling its oil to entities in countries including China. "None of that money has gone to Iran, and that money is not going to go directly to Iran," Adeyemo said. His wife, Nadine Menendez, and two of the businessmen, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, will be tried with him.

Persons: Sen, Bob Menendez, Nadine Menendez, Wally Adeyemo, Menendez, Vladimir Putin, Biden, Adeyemo, John Kennedy, Wael Hana, Fred Daibes, Jose Uribe Organizations: Manhattan Federal, Treasury Department, New, New Jersey Democrat, Bloomberg, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Senate Foreign Relations Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New Jersey, New York, Ukraine, Iran, China, Venezuela, Israel, Egypt

☆ Elon Musk's lawyer is helping Adam Neumann as he tries to buy back WeWork
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Adam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork, the now-bankrupt company he cofounded. He's being aided by lawyer Alex Spiro, who helped Elon Musk take over Twitter in 2022. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork – with the help of a lawyer close to Elon Musk.

Persons: Adam Neumann, He's, Alex Spiro, Elon Musk, Jay, Megan Thee, —, Neumann, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart, Sullivan who's, Musk, Spiro, Quin Emanuel, Tesla, Vernon Unsworth, Randeep Hothi, Jeanine Zalduendo, Zalduendo, Bobby Shmurda, Robert Kraft, Dinesh D'Souza, Thabo Sefolosha Organizations: Twitter, Service, New York Times, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, SpaceX, Securities and Exchange Commission, JPMorgan Chase, New England Patriots Locations: British, Alameda County, Los Angeles

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the jury's 2021 verdict that Intel infringed one VLSI patent, and sent the case back to Texas for a new trial to determine how much Intel owes for infringing a second VLSI patent. A Waco, Texas jury awarded VLSI $2.18 billion in the first trial from the dispute. The jury found that technology in Intel microprocessors infringed patents that VLSI had acquired from Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O). Intel defeated VLSI's bid for more than $3 billion in damages in another Waco jury trial later in 2021. A separate jury in Austin, Texas said that VLSI was entitled to nearly $949 million from Intel in a third patent case last year.

Persons: Florence, VLSI's, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Chizu Nomiyama, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Intel, China International, Chain, REUTERS, Monday, Technology, Intel Corp, U.S, Appeals, Federal Circuit, Fortress Investment, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Texas, Waco , Texas, Waco, Austin , Texas, Delaware, Northern California, Washington

☆ The forever labor shortage is pitting parents and their childfree coworkers against each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Childfree workers told Business Insider they often feel pressured to cover for parents at work. Benson's not alone in experiencing the tension of splitting work between childfree workers and those with kids. For childfree workers, it may lead to resentment, or feeling like their time isn't as valuable. And that might, in turn, lead to childfree workers being asked to take on more. But the childfree workers, parents, and experts that Business Insider spoke with say that making it a worker-to-worker dispute takes the onus off of companies and policy.

Persons: —, Kira Benson, Benson, Benson's, isn't, tenable, It's, aren't, Amanda Pericles, JessieMay Reed, they've, I'm, Benson doesn't, Arindrajit Dube, Claudia Goldin, Dube, " Dube, Evi, Nardi, Pericles, Pericles isn't, Reed, Kitty Richards, Richards, Betsy Cardenas, She's, Cardenas, we're Organizations: Business, Service, Bloomberg Law, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Treasury Department, of Labor Statistics, monopsony Locations: Seattle, —

The lawsuit is one of several that have been brought by groups of copyright owners, including authors John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen, against OpenAI and other tech companies over the alleged misuse of their work to train AI systems. Sancton's complaint is the first author lawsuit against OpenAI to also name Microsoft as a defendant. "While OpenAI and Microsoft refuse to pay nonfiction authors, their AI platform is worth a fortune," Sancton's attorney Justin Nelson said in a statement. The complaint also said that Microsoft has been "deeply involved" in training and developing the models and is also liable for copyright infringement.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OpenAI, Julian Sancton, John Grisham, George R.R, Martin, Jonathan Franzen, Justin Nelson, Sancton, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, Washington

The lawsuits said that several New Balance athletic shoes and Skechers sneakers misuse Nike's patented "Flyknit" technology for running, soccer and basketball shoes. Nike has previously sued Adidas (ADSGn.DE), Puma (PUMG.DE) and Lululemon (LULU.O) for infringing Flyknit patents. Representatives for Nike, New Balance and Skechers did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Monday lawsuits. Nike sued Manhattan Beach, California-based Skechers in Los Angeles, claiming that shoes, including Skechers' Ultra Flex and Glide Step brands, infringed on its patents. Nike asked the courts for an unspecified amount of money damages and court orders permanently blocking New Balance and Skechers from infringing the patents.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, Lululemon, Skechers, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Nike, REUTERS, Footwear, New, Adidas, Puma, Boston, Manhattan, Thomson Locations: New York , New York, U.S, Beaverton , Oregon, Massachusetts, Manhattan Beach , California, Los Angeles, Washington

The justices are set to hear arguments in the agency's appeal of a lower court's decision that reversed its denial of attorney Steve Elster's trademark application for "Trump Too Small" - an irreverent criticism of former President Donald Trump - to use on T-shirts. Elster applied for the trademark in 2018, invoking an exchange between Trump and U.S. Elster said that "Trump Too Small" expressed his opinion about "the smallness of Donald Trump's overall approach to governing." The trademark office rejected Elster's application based on a 1946 federal law that bans the use of a person's name in a trademark without their permission. The Supreme Court in recent years has struck down two trademark laws, citing free speech concerns.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Steve Elster's, Elster, Marco Rubio, Trump, Rubio, Marco, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Erik Brunetti, Joe, Hillary, Blake Brittain, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Supreme, U.S . Patent, Trump, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Sioux City , Iowa, U.S, California, America, Washington

☆ Tyler Christopher, ‘General Hospital’ actor, dead at 50
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Tyler Christopher, an actor known for his roles on “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives,” has died. Christopher’s representative Chi Muoi Lo told CNN in a statement that the actor died Tuesday morning. In a 2017 interview with Soap Opera Digest, the actor said he’d left “General Hospital” to take a “personal leave,” and ultimately did not end up returning to the show. Outside of his celebrated career as an actor, Christopher dealt with various hardships toward the end of his life. In May, the actor was arrested at the Hollywood-Burbank airport on suspicion of public intoxication, according to the LA Times.

Persons: Tyler Christopher, ”, Chi Muoi Lo, Christopher’s, Maurice Bernard, “ Tyler, ” “ Tyler, Christopher, Brienne Pedigo, Eva Longoria, Nikolas Cassadine, Cassadine, he’d, Stefan DiMera, ” Bernard, “ Organizations: “, CNN, ESPN, Soap Opera, NBC, Bloomberg Law, Hollywood, LA Times Locations: Burbank

The Supreme Court in recent years has struck down two trademark laws based on free speech concerns. Elster applied for the "Trump Too Small" trademark to use on T-shirts, inspired by an exchange between Trump and U.S. Elster told the Supreme Court that his trademark uses a double meaning to criticize Trump while expressing his views about "the smallness of Donald Trump's overall approach to governing." Ernst also said the law at issue does not further the overarching trademark law goal of preventing marketplace confusion. "Nobody would be confused into believing that Donald Trump is selling T-shirts accusing him of being too small," Ernst said.

Persons: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Jim Young, Foley, Lardner, Trump, Steve Elster's, Joe Biden's, Elster, Erik Brunetti, denigrate Rubio, Marco, " Rubio, Donald Trump's, Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden, Obama, Kate, Jonathan Moskin, Moskin, Jack Daniel's, Joe, Hillary, Samuel Ernst, Ernst, Blake Brittain, Will Dunham Organizations: Republican U.S, U.S, Republican, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Supreme, U.S . Patent, Trump, Appeals, Federal Circuit, TRUMP, International Trademark Association, Golden Gate University School of Law, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, California, U.S, Virginia, America, Washington

A new Apple Watch Ultra 2 is displayed during the 'Wonderlust' event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2023. Masimo's 2021 complaint said the 2020 Apple Watch Series 6, the first model with blood-oxygen monitoring capabilities, infringed its patents. Apple has since shifted some of its Apple Watch production to Vietnam. Irvine, California-based Masimo has accused Apple of stealing its technology and incorporating it into several Apple Watch models. Apple is also facing an Apple Watch import ban in a separate patent dispute with medical technology company AliveCor.

Persons: Loren Elliott, Joe Biden's, Masimo, Joe Kiani, Apple's wearables, AirPods earbuds, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Grant McCool, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Apple Watch, REUTERS, U.S . International Trade Commission, Apple, U.S ., Appeals, Federal Circuit, ITC, Thomson Locations: Cupertino , California, U.S, China, Vietnam, Irvine , California, California, Delaware, Washington

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Anthropic FollowAlphabet Inc FollowAmazon.com Inc Follow Show more companiesOct 18 (Reuters) - Music publishers Universal Music (UMG.AS), ABKCO and Concord Publishing sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in Tennessee federal court on Wednesday, accusing it of misusing an "innumerable" amount of copyrighted song lyrics to train its chatbot Claude. The music publishers' lawsuit appears to be the first case over song lyrics and the first against Anthropic, which has drawn financial backing from Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. The lawsuit accused Anthropic of infringing the publishers' copyrights by copying their lyrics without permission as part of the "massive amounts of text" that it scrapes from the internet to train Claude to respond to human prompts. For example, the lawsuit said that Claude will provide relevant lyrics from Don McLean's "American Pie" when asked to write a song about the death of rock pioneer Buddy Holly. The publishers asked the court for money damages and an order to stop the alleged infringement.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Claude, Anthropic, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Matt Oppenheim, Sam Bankman, Don McLean's, Buddy Holly, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Universal Music, Concord Publishing, Beach, Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, Thomson Locations: ABKCO, Tennessee, rightsholders, Washington

☆ Top US bankruptcy judge resigns following revelation of undisclosed romantic relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Nicole Einbinder | Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Insider recently revealed that prominent bankruptcy judge David Jones was in a romantic relationship with a bankruptcy attorney. Both Jones and the attorney had involvement with the bankruptcy case of the prison healthcare company Corizon. Jones oversaw the settlement talks in Tehum's bankruptcy; Freeman represented YesCare — and signed off on Jones' appointment as mediator in May. "Judge Jones did not disclose his relationship with Ms. Freeman to the parties, to their counsel or to the bankruptcy judge who appointed Judge Jones," the misconduct complaint says. Already, the disclosure of Jones' relationship has encouraged the US Trustee to intervene.

Persons: David Jones, Jones, —, –, Elizabeth Freeman, Jackson Walker, Freeman, Corizon, Tehum, YesCare —, Michael Van Deelen, Priscilla Richman, Richman, Judge Jones, Christopher Lopez, " Jones Organizations: Fifth, Service, Southern, Southern District of Texas, Corizon Health, Tehum Care Services, Wall Street Journal, Appeals, Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Bloomberg Locations: Southern District, Texas, Corizon, Tehum's

[1/2] A man check his phone near an Apple logo outside its store in Shanghai, China September 13, 2023. Pasadena, California-based Caltech sued Apple and Broadcom in 2016, alleging that millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and other Apple devices using Broadcom chips infringed its wireless-communication patents. Caltech said in the Wednesday filing that it would dismiss the billion-dollar case with prejudice, which means that it cannot be refiled. Representatives for Caltech, Apple and Broadcom did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday. A jury ordered Apple to pay $837.8 million and Broadcom to pay $270.2 million in patent-infringement damages in 2020.

Persons: Aly, Apple, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Josie Kao Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, California Institute of Technology, Broadcom, Caltech, Samsung, Microsoft, Dell, HP, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, California, Pasadena , California, U.S, Washington

Major technology companies like Google have been investing heavily in generative AI and racing to incorporate it into their products. Google said its new policy applies to software, including its Vertex AI development platform and Duet AI system, which generates text and images in Google Workspace and Cloud programs. The press release did not mention Google's more well-known generative AI chatbot program Bard. The new wave of lawsuits over generative AI has generally targeted the companies that own the systems, including Google, and not individual end users. AI defendants have said that the use of training data scraped from the internet to train their systems qualifies as fair use under U.S. copyright law.

Persons: Annegret, Bard, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Google, Arena, REUTERS, Microsoft, Adobe, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Washington

☆ Clarence Thomas' recusal on 'frivolous' January 6 appeal is a 'low-stakes' opportunity for him to fight ethics allegations, Supreme Court expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Clarence Thomas recused himself for the first time from a January 6-related matter this week. A Supreme Court expert said media scrutiny into Thomas' ethics may have convinced him to recuse. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter months of media scrutiny, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself for the first time from a matter regarding the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. But the Eastman appeal from which Thomas recused himself was effectively settled before the court declined to review the appeal. Regardless of his reasons, Thomas ultimately did the right thing in recusing himself from the Eastman appeal, Lemieux said.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Thomas, —, Trump, John Eastman's, Eastman, Ginny, Trump's, Harlan Crow, Scott Lemieux, didn't, John Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bourg, Lemieux, recusal, recusing Organizations: Service, Supreme, White, Trump, Bloomberg, University of Washington, Eastman Locations: Georgia, Virginia

The lawsuit by X Social Media claims that X Corp, which owner Elon Musk began rebranding to X from Twitter in July, was likely to cause consumer confusion. X Social Media declined to comment. Windermere, Florida-based X Social Media is an ad agency focused on mass-tort litigation. The lawsuit said the agency has used the "X Social Media" name since 2016 and owns a federal trademark covering it. X Social Media asked the court to force Musk's company to stop using the "X" name and requested an unspecified amount of money damages.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Elon Musk, Jacob, Roseanna Malherbe, Blake Brittain, Dietrich Knauth, David Bario, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, X Corp, Twitter, X Social Media, Microsoft, Social Media, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Florida, Windermere , Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Washington, New York

Flags with the Novo Nordisk logo flutter outside their Danish company's offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 26, 2023. The office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied the requests by Mylan Pharmaceuticals, which is owned by Viatris (VTRS.O), to review the validity of the Wegovy and Ozempic patents. A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk said the company will "vigorously defend" its intellectual property. Novo has filed several U.S. patent lawsuits against companies including Pennsylvania-based Viatris that are seeking to market generic versions of the drugs. Viatris has separately asked a West Virginia federal court to invalidate the patents as part of the litigation.

Persons: Tom Little, Wegovy, Ozempic, Mylan, Viatris, Novo's Wegovy, Novo, Blake Brittain, Patrick Wingrove, Will Dunham, David Bario Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Danish, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Patent, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Viatris, West, Thomson Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Washington, New York

The two companies had challenged the lower court's decision that they may owe copyright damages that accrued prior to three years before plaintiff Sherman Nealy sued them. Nealy has argued that his Miami record label Music Specialist owns the rights to the 1984 song "Jam the Box" by Tony Butler, also known as Pretty Tony. Nealy said he did not learn of the alleged copyright violations until 2016, and requested damages for copyright infringement that he said started as early as 2008. Circuit Court of Appeals limited copyright damages to the three-year period before a lawsuit is filed. The case has drawn interest from music industry trade groups including the Recording Industry Association of America and National Music Publishers' Association, which also encouraged the court to take up the case.

Persons: Warner Music's, Flo Rida, Sherman Nealy, Nealy, Tony Butler, Tony, Dillard, Flo Rida's, Warner Chappell, Butler, Blake Brittain, Will Dunham Organizations: Warner Music Group Corp, WASHINGTON, U.S, Supreme, Miami, Atlantic Records, Warner, Artist Publishing, Circuit, Appeals, Recording Industry Association of America, National Music Publishers ' Association, Thomson Locations: Ayer, Florida, Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, Washington

☆ Starbucks' CEO moonlighted as a barista. He burned his hand on a sandwich and had an egg bite explode in front of a customer — and now he's making 5 key changes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan burned his hand while working at one of the coffee chain's stores. Narasimhan's trips to stores come as Starbucks employees are entering the third year of a unionization drive. Narasimhan's trips to stores come as Starbucks employees' unionization drive enters its third year. Some union organizers have criticized Narashimhan's effort to work at Starbucks stores. AdvertisementAdvertisementStarbucks has also increased staffing levels as well as pay and benefits for employees at its stores, according to the Journal.

Persons: Laxman Narasimhan, —, Narasimhan, Howard Schultz, Schultz, Narashimhan Organizations: Starbucks, Service, Employees, Twitter, National Labor Relations, Bloomberg Law

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