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A request by Ben & Jerry’s to block parent company Unilever UL -0.72% PLC’s sale of the ice-cream brand’s Israeli business is set to be heard by a New York court Monday in what lawyers say is a first-of-its-kind case.At the heart of the case is what powers Ben & Jerry’s independent board, a unique corporate-governance arrangement Unilever granted when buying the brand, has in practice. Under the 2000 acquisition agreement, Unilever agreed to allow Ben &…

Harvey Weinstein stuck in prison flood lockdown, misses court hearing(Photo Credit–flickr) Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s latest hearing in his sexual assault case was delayed when a flood caused a lockdown at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, the Los Angeles prison where he is currently behind bars. “Just a routine delay,” one of Weinstein’s attorneys, Mark Werksman, told members of the media who were sitting in the courtroom, reports ‘Variety’ “My client, on the payphone, is still in his…

The researchers’ word-score model can estimate hidden hearing loss.In one of the biggest retrospective studies of its type, researchers analyzed data from roughly 96,000 ears and created a word-score model that may determine the amount of hidden hearing loss or cochlear nerve damage in people.A word-score model that may assess the degree of hidden hearing loss in human ears has been created by researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear.Researchers from the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Massachusetts Eye and Ear calculated…

The Delhi High Court deferred a hearing till September on a batch of petitions challenging the 2021 privacy policy of the instant messaging application WhatsApp. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was informed by the parties that similar issues were pending consideration before the Supreme Court. The high court also adjourned on similar grounds hearings till September on pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the…

The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on July 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images)Following a hearing a week ago in which the case was made that Donald Trump had personally instigated the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last year, the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack kicked off its ninth hearing with a slate of primetime interviews designed to solidify its case against the former president…

The House Select Committee’s first televised hearing was in June.Image: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images)January 6, 2021 will live in infamy as the day that right-wing protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol building under the false pretense that the 2020 election was stolen from lame duck president Donald Trump. While the investigations into the attack by a House committee started nearly a year ago, they’re continuing to share their findings through ongoing hearings, which began on June 9.What has the January 6 committee found?…

Photo: Chris Delmas (Getty Images)Twitter’s lawyers laid into Elon Musk Tuesday with blistering, blunt language in opening arguments of the multi-billion dollar court case that will decide whether the richest man in the world will purchase one of the internet’s most influential social networks, as he agreed to months ago. “What we are looking at is a buyer conjuring an exit plan,” Twitter’s lawyers said of the Tesla CEO’s multiform complaints. “Buyer’s remorse can be an overused phrase, your honor, but it sure looks like…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Celebrity Publishing date: Jul 18, 2022  •  21 hours ago  •  2 minute read  •  9 Comments Alanis Morissette poses on arrival for the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year annual benefit gala dinner and concert in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2015. (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP /Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia…

Twitter won't have to wait long to take Elon Musk to court, in a limited fashion. Reuters reports that Delaware Court of Chancery chancellor Kathaleen McCormick has scheduled the first hearing for Twitter's lawsuits on July 19th at 11AM Eastern. The 90-minute session will have a judge hear arguments relating to Twitter's request for a September trial. The social network sued Musk earlier this week, days after the Tesla chief filed to kill the $44 billion deal. The executive claimed that Twitter falsely represented the…

A judge will hear arguments on Tuesday, July 19, for Twitter's request for a September trial in its lawsuit seeking to hold Elon Musk, the world's richest person, to his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3.5 lakh crore) deal for the social media platform, according to a court filing.Kathaleen McCormick, the chancellor of Delaware's Court of Chancery, set a 90-minute hearing beginning at 11am ET (8.30pm IST) in Wilmington.As reported earlier, Twitter has sued Musk in Delaware's Court of Chancery in an effort to force him to…