Dispute

Neve Campbell has dropped out of the forthcoming Scream sequel over a pay dispute.The actor has played lead character Sidney Prescott in all five previous entries in the hit horror franchise, most recently in this year’s Scream.While the next film in the franchise has already been given the go-ahead, Campbell revealed yesterday (6 June) that she would not be returning.“Sadly, I won’t be making the next Scream film,” Campbell said in a statement to Variety. “As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to…

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software. The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward. NSO has argued that it is immune from being sued because it was acting as an agent for unidentified foreign governments when it…

The legal dispute between 50 Cent and Young Buck continues as 50 claims that Buck released work that was in violation of his contract before and after he filed for bankruptcy in January 2020.According to legal documents obtained by AllHipHop, 50’s legal team is asserting that Buck did not fulfill the requirements of his 2014 contract which 50 paid him $250,000 for. 50, who claims that he is owed two albums from Buck, wants that money back and is also accusing the rapper of not revealing royalties he received from the…

Monumental Beer Works opened its doors in Grand Junction on March 19, 2020, but when the brewery expands with a second taproom and restaurant later this year, it will do so under a different name. The brewery is currently undergoing a rebrand after being contacted about a trademark dispute on the word “monumental,” said Brian Fischer, co-founder and operations manager. The company, originally named for its proximity to the Colorado National Monument, will soon make its grand re-debut as Base Camp Beer Works. Exactly how…

The ruling reflects the growing tension between tech firms that want automakers to pay royalties for technologies used in navigation systems, vehicle communications and self-driving cars in their push towards autonomous driving.BERLIN - A German court has put a nation-wide sales and production ban on Ford cars able to establish internet connection, it said, as part of a lawsuit over the violation of wireless technology patents.The verdict by the Munich regional court is not legally binding and can still be appealed, it…

US streaming service Netflix has agreed to settle a tax dispute with Italy, the company and legal sources said on Friday.Milan prosecutors issued a statement saying they had settled with a multinational video on-demand streaming company for a period covering Oct. 2015 to 2019 and asked it to pay EUR 55.8 million (roughly Rs. 460 crore).They gave the settlement figure without specifically naming the company involved but three sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed it was Netflix.A Netflix spokesperson said the…

Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. is suing a key supplier of seats, warning that a pricing dispute could impact production of an electric van ordered by Amazon.com Inc., according to court records.Rivian in March sued the supplier, Ohio-based Commercial Vehicle Groupaccusing it of violating the supply contracts for seats by nearly doubling an initially agreed-upon price per unit, the court filings show. Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. is suing a key supplier of seats, warning that a…

The European Union launched a legal challenge against China at the World Trade Organization on Friday, arguing that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting their telecom technology patents.The European Commission, which filed the challenge on behalf of the EU's 27 members, said EU companies were being deterred from going to a foreign court to safeguard their standard-essential patents (SEPs).The Commission has also consulted the United States and Japan, whose standard-essential patent holders…