Legal

Ezra Miller has been accused of using violence to “hold sway” over 18-year-old environmental activist Tokata Iron Eyes. Iron Eyes’ parents have asked a court to step in and issue a protective order against the actor.According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, the parents allege: “Ezra uses violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions, and drugs to hold sway over a young adolescent Tokata.”They claim The Flash actor, who was 23 at the time, met their underage child when visiting Standing Rock…

Despite research showing that a majority of Americans support legalized abortion, the Supreme Court is expected to overturn or limit Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Credit: Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash Regardless of race, ethnicity and even political party preference, two separate UCLA-led surveys reveal that majorities of people in each group support access to legal abortion in the United States.…

The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Apple's bid to overturn a EUIPO decision to revoke its 'Think different' EU trademark. Apple had previously owned the 'Think Different' word sign due to applications filed with the EU in 1997, 1998, and 2005. However, in 2016 Swiss watchmaker Swatch filed to have Apple's ownership of the phrase, Swatch used 'Tick Different' in its own marketing and was subject to a legal challenge by Apple, which the Cupertino company lost. To rub salt into the wound, the EU's Court…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid it, make headline news. So it was with a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at opposite ends of a very long table after Macron declined to take a Russian PCR COVID-19 test. Many speculated that Macron refused due to security concerns that the Russians would take…

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…

This software is licensed, not sold.That sentence, which has scrolled past PC users' eyeballs for decades as they click through Windows license agreements without reading them, is what made Bill Gates rich. It is also the gateway to an insanely confusing thicket of legal verbiage, and Microsoft has made the topic even more bewildering through the years by adding layers of anti-piracy protection that are only indirectly related to the license itself. (And let's not even start on weaselly words like genuine.)I've been…

Actor Johnny Depp on Wednesday won a high-profile defamation case between him and his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Following his win, the social media is flooded with wishes, fans using the hashtags #TruthWins, #HeWon and #JusticeForJohnnyDepp on Twitter. Many celebrities such as Disha Patani, Sophie Choudry, Sona Mohapatra and others also celebrated his victory on social media. Also Read: Aly Goni shares video of fans cheering for Johnny Depp outside courtroom, says he'd be 'trolled to death' in IndiaDisha Patani extended her…

The South Korean authorities are set to dig deep into Terra fall with Terra staffs and documentation Terra (LUNA) has surprised the whole global cryptocurrency market with its drastic fall in its price, despite being the popular stablecoin. The sudden instability in the stablecoin has provided multiple backlashes to Terra including the Founder, Do Kwon, and the entire Terra staff. Meanwhile, South Korea has launched a full investigation for the tax evasion and other regulations for LUNA tokens and the loss…

Fans reacted joyously for Johnny Depp’s legal team, cheering as they exited the courthouse after winning the defamation trial brought against his ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp had sued Heard for $50m (£40m) for allegedly implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. She pursued a $100m (£80m) counterclaim.After six weeks of testimony and three days of deliberation, on Wednesday (1 June) the jury sided in favour of Depp, finding Heard liable for defamation. As the court was excused for the final time, fans waited by…

Van Morrison has issued legal proceedings against Northern Ireland’s Department of Health and its minister Robin Swann over an opinion piece written for Rolling Stone magazine.In September 2020, Morrison released three anti-lockdown songs, with lyrics that accused scientists of “making up crooked facts”.“The new normal is not normal,” he sang. “We were born to be free.”In response, Swann wrote for the US magazine describing Morrison’s songs as a “smear” on those involved in the public health response to the virus, and…