legal

Common legal phrase. Lawful action, such as an agreement consciously agreed to by two or more entities, establishing lawful accountability. For example, an apartment lease legally binds the lessor and the lessee.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Recommends Breaking Up Wells Fargo
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Recommends Breaking Up Wells Fargo
September 15, 2021  |  Bank Regulation

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she thinks the Federal Reserve needs to break up Wells Fargo over what she referred to in a letter on Monday...

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Apple Nets $6M From Fortnite Maker Following Court Order
Apple Nets $6M From Fortnite Maker Following Court Order
September 14, 2021  |  Legal

Epic Games, the company behind the wildly popular Fortnite game, has paid Apple $6 million for breaching the company’s App Store guidelines, according to a...

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DC AG Racine Expands Scope of Amazon Antitrust Complaint
DC AG Racine Expands Scope of Amazon Antitrust Complaint
September 13, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine widened the scope of his antitrust complaint against Amazon, bringing its relationship with wholesale suppliers under the microscope,...

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Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees, Fines Co 50,000 Euros
Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees, Fines Co 50,000 Euros
September 13, 2021  |  Ridesharing

A Dutch court determined that Uber drivers should be deemed employees and thus covered by local labor laws, Reuters reported on Monday (Sept. 13). The...

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Fortnite Maker Will Appeal Apple Antitrust Ruling
Fortnite Maker Will Appeal Apple Antitrust Ruling
September 13, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Epic Games, the company behind the wildly popular video game Fortnite, says it will appeal last week’s ruling in the company’s federal antitrust case against...

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Ruling: Apple Can’t Force In-App Purchasing
Ruling: Apple Can’t Force In-App Purchasing
September 10, 2021  |  Legal

Apple can’t force developers to use its in-app purchasing, a federal judge ruled on Friday (Sept. 10) following the trial pitting the tech giant against...

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Restaurant Aggregators Sue NYC Over Fee Caps in Move to Shape the Future of Delivery Economics
Restaurant Aggregators Sue NYC Over Fee Caps in Move to Shape the Future of Delivery...
September 10, 2021  |  Delivery

Third-party restaurant aggregators and delivery services DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub sued New York City late Thursday (Sept. 9) over a law the city passed...

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Apple Rejects Fortnite’s Bid For App Store Return In South Korea
Apple Rejects Fortnite’s Bid For App Store Return In South Korea
September 10, 2021  |  Apple

Apple turned down a request by Epic Games to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store ahead of South Korea’s landmark law granting app developers the...

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SEC Charges Rivetz in Connection With $18M ICO
SEC Charges Rivetz in Connection With $18M ICO
September 09, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Rivetz Corp., along with Rivetz International and both organizations’ leaders, have been charged by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) with allegedly making an illicit...

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