The 9th Circuit upheld a 2021 order in an antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” creator Epic Games that could require Apple to allow developers to provide links and buttons for third-party in-app payment options and thereby avoid paying sales commissions to the iPhone maker. Read more.
U.S. prosecutors will square off this week against a former employee of OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for NFTs, whom they accuse of insider trading. The charges against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea product manager, were the first in a series of high-profile cases related to digital assets launched by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office last year. It is considered thefirst criminal insider trading case involving such assets.
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When Twitter last week began removing its legacy blue verification checkmarks from users who declined to pay for the privilege, Jenna Greene found just three firms out of the top 100 by revenue had ponied up for the badges. As for individual lawyers who’ve amassed large Twitter followings, Greene in her latest column found some elite (and not-so-elite) lawyers still had the checks, while others couldn’t be bothered. See who’s in and who’s out.
