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Europe's second-highest court has said EU regulators should pay €785,857.54 ($851,634) of legal fees for Qualcomm, less than 10% of the €12 million sought by the US chipmaker after it won an appeal against an antitrust fine. The Luxembourg-based General Court said the number of hours worked and hourly rates used in Qualcomm's claim was "manifestly excessive". Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk…

Thailand’s prime minister has claimed that Singapore sought a deal with Taylor Swift to prevent her from playing elsewhere in south-east Asia on her Eras tour.Srettha Thavisin said the concert promoter AEG had informed him that the Singaporean government offered subsidies of US $2m-$3m (£1.6m-£24m) a show as part of an exclusivity agreement.Swift is playing six sold-out shows at the 55,000-seat National Stadium in Singapore in March.“ didn’t tell me the exact figure but they said the Singapore government offers subsidies…

In 2022, the New York R&B producer, songwriter and singer Al B. Sure spent two months in a coma. He survived after a liver transplant, but the ordeal battered his finances.He needed to find every cent he was due from a career working with Usher, Jodeci and Faith Evans, and being sampled by acts like Megan Thee Stallion. “I’m blessed to still be alive,” the 55-year-old said. “But after something like that, it’s like asking an accountant to play piano and survive.”He has a new ally from the civil rights world to find…

On the fifth day of Nicki Minaj’s intense fixation on Megan Thee Stallion following a jab the “Savage” rapper likely threw Minaj’s way on her latest track, Minaj invoked Rihanna to claim that Megan tried to force sympathy for herself as a victim of violence. She also refuted that she has encouraged her fans to approach or desecrate the gravesite of Megan’s late mother. The Texas cemetery where she’s buried has reportedly enhanced security and informed local police of the risk it faces as Nicki Minaj fans may have…

On Wednesday, Google reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning the chips powering the company’s AI technology. The resolution was disclosed in a filing at a federal court in Massachusetts on the same day that closing arguments were scheduled to commence in the trial brought by Singular Computing. The lawsuit sought $1.67 billion in damages, accusing Google of misusing computer-processing innovations. Details of the settlement were not immediately disclosed, and both Google…

Google on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips that power the company's artificial-intelligence technology, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.The settlement comes the same day that closing arguments were scheduled to begin in a trial on Singular Computing's lawsuit, which had sought $1.67 billion in damages for Google's alleged misuse of its computer-processing innovations. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT…

The details of Hall & Oates’ mysterious legal battle and restraining order have been revealed.Earlier this month, Daryl Hall sued John Oates, his former music partner, because Oates allegedly planned to sell off his share of a joint venture to a third party. Hall argued that that would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had reached. A Nashville chancery court judge swiftly blocked the sale while legal proceedings, and a previous arbitration, continue. When Hall filed the suit, he also…

Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive officer of asset management at JPMorgan Chase & Co.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase executive Mary Callahan Erdoes sought advice for a $600 million tax issue from disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, legal filings alleged.Erdoes, a veteran JPMorgan executive who became head of the bank's asset and wealth management division in 2009, "personally sought" help from Epstein to resolve the massive tax issue, according to court documents the U.S.…

The US Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency's case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,200 crore) acquisition of game-maker Activision.The agency has been pursuing a two-pronged attack against the proposed transaction. One was in district court, which refused last week to slap a preliminary injunction on the proposed transaction. An appeals court also turned down a request for the deal to be paused.The second was before an FTC administrative…

Clayton Kershaw said he disagreed with the Dodgers’ decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during the team’s upcoming Pride Night game, and that he approached the organization about expediting his announcement of the club’s relaunching of Christian Faith and Family Day as a response.In an interview with The Los Angeles Times at Dodger Stadium on Monday, Kershaw said that while there were tentative plans for the club to bring the Christian event back this year — it was an annual staple on the Dodgers’…