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I thought we were friends Matthew Hughes Fri 7 May 2021 // 14:35 UTC Share An Apple exec has spoken of his shock after Fortnite creator Epic Games installed a hotfix that allowed it to deploy its own payment methods, thus skirting the 30 per cent App Store tax. Testifying on the fourth day of the bench trial, Apple's vice president of App Store, Matt Fischer, said he had been "blindsided" by the deployment of the workaround, given the amicable relationship previously enjoyed by both companies. Fischer said (audio here) that Apple's marketing teams had previously promo...

Health your username March 10, 2021 Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California on Tuesday partially granted summary judgment to medical care provider Sutter Health, the defendant in a class-action that began in 2012. The suit claimed that Sutter has engaged in anticompetitive practices through contracts with health plans that allegedly unfairly raise prices for those insured. The named plaintiffs, including four individuals insured under health plans in network with Sutter hospitals and two companies that paid for health insurance for employees, originally alleged i...

Inman Connect It seems a former pocket listing service is not going down without a fight. The PLS, formerly a private listing network for real estate agents, is appealing a dismissal of its antitrust lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors and three of the nation’s largest multiple listing services. In May 2020, The PLS filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against NAR and the California Regional MLS (CRMLS), Bright MLS and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) over a policy designed to curb pocket listings. The suit alleged the defendants had violated the federal Sherman Antitrust Act...

Inman Connect A federal court has permanently tossed an antitrust lawsuit filed by a former pocket listing service against the National Association of Realtors and three of the largest multiple listing services in the country, finding that the plaintiff’s arguments are so flawed that the case cannot be saved. In May 2020, The PLS, formerly a private listing network for real estate agents, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against NAR and the California Regional MLS (CRMLS), Bright MLS and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) over a policy designed to curb pocket listings. The suit alleged the...

Introduction In December 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was announced to be President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The California Attorney General's Office is the second largest Justice Department in the United States, second only to the U.S. Department of Justice, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was the first Latino Attorney General in California's history. Before becoming the Attorney General of California, Becerra had a 24-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives. 1 In 2017, Governor Jerry B...