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Justice Department officials will be meeting with multiple state attorneys general this Friday to discuss “next steps” in a potential antitrust case against Google, according to multiple reports. The meeting, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, will take place virtually between federal and state officials. On the agenda will be the scope …
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The father of tennis powerhouses Serena and Venus Williams cut a deal to be portrayed in the upcoming “King Richard” biopic by actor Will Smith after he’d already sold his life rights to someone else, according to a new lawsuit. A Los Angeles state court lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims that the Warner Bros.’ highly …
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One week after James Gorman announced that Morgan Stanley would diversify its leadership and spend millions to raise up its black executives, a woman who spent 16 years in charge of diversity at the firm called him a hypocrite. Marilyn Booker, a 26-year Morgan Stanley veteran who left in December, is suing the $895 billion …
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Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is resorting to unusual tactics to fend off a lawsuit against his struggling video startup Quibi, The Post has learned. Despite publicly blasting patent infringement claims by video company Eko as meritless, Quibi has quietly hired private investigators to dig up dirt on the rival — including its founder Yoni Bloch …
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It’s not about who wore it better, it’s about who wore it first. Hedge fund performance coach Denise Shull says the creators of hit TV show “Billions” are thumbing their noses at her claims that she was the inspiration for one of their lead characters by dressing that character in one of her favorite outfits. …
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Power lawyer Lisa Bloom has been ordered to pay photographer Bruce Weber over $28,000 in legal costs. Bloom’s repping model Jason Boyce, who claims he was sexually assaulted by Weber at a 2014 shoot. But last week, a federal judge ordered Bloom to pay Weber’s attorneys’ fees and other costs after one of her expert …
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Billionaire Leon Black is going to the mat with America’s largest mattress maker. Black’s Apollo Global Management is suing Serta Simmons over “an unlawful scheme” to lower its $2.4 billion debt stack without the approval of all of its lenders. The alleged scheme, which would give Serta an extra $200 million in cash while also reducing …
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Comedian-turned-media mogul, Byron Allen and Comcast settled their long-running racial discrimination lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court over the cable giant’s decision to not air Allen’s cable channels. On Thursday, Comcast agreed to carry three of Allen’s seven cable channels — Comedy.TV, Recipe.TV and JusticeCentral.TV. The pact also amended the terms …
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An already contentious financial spat between two hotshot Hollywood producers just got uglier. John Powers Middleton, producer of Oscar-winning movies “Manchester by the Sea” and “The Disaster Artists,” filed a fresh batch of legal papers on Wednesday against his estranged business partner Roy Lee, accusing the horror flick producer of freely indulging in drugs and …
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“The Challenge” star Dee Nguyen is looking into pursuing legal action against MTV after the network fired her for insensitive comments she made about Black Lives Matter, Page Six can confirm. “An Australian firm with renowned entertainment lawyer Matthew McCormick has been appointed to review the current situation under consultation by BLVK Management,” Nguyen’s Australian …
Justice Department officials will be meeting with multiple state attorneys general this Friday to discuss “next steps” in a potential antitrust case against Google, according to multiple reports. The meeting, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, will take place virtually between federal and state officials. On the agenda will be the scope …
