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WILMINGTON, Delaware—A legal team that forced Tesla’s directors to agree in July to return more than $700 million in compensation to the automaker for allegedly overpaying themselves are now seeking a huge payday of their own. The lawyers want a judge to approve $229 million in fees, or $10,690 an hour, according to a Sept. […]

Social media platform X may start charging users a small fee in a bid to counter the use of large bot networks, owner Elon Musk recently revealed during a conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Musk is considering “having a small monthly payment for the use of the X system” since it […]

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on the federal government to “do more” and help speed up work authorizations for illegal immigrants by waiving application fees. Speaking to PIX11 News on Sept. 13, Mr. Lander, a Democrat, noted the surge in immigrants crossing the southern border and locating to New York—amid other things—is expected to […]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered adult film actress Stormy Daniels to pay former President Donald Trump almost $122,000 in legal fees, stemming from a defamation lawsuit she filed in 2018 against Trump that was later dismissed. The civil lawsuit is separate from the unprecedented 34-count indictment accusing Trump of falsifying business records. […]

As Arizona’s Cochise County on Thursday moved to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election, lawyers for GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem were sanctioned by a federal judge. Judge John Tuchi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, imposed sanctions against lawyers for Lake, Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Finchem, […]

President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted a decline in costs for tens of millions of Americans covered by the Medicare health program as the country continues to battle with soaring inflation, stating that the “American people won, and Big Pharma lost.” Monthly premiums for Medicare Part B will drop by $5.20 for an annual savings of […]

Thousands of Etsy sellers are going on strike in protest against the increase in fees that the American e-commerce company is charging for those who use its platform. Earlier this year, Etsy’s CEO Josh Silverman announced that starting April 11 the company would increase the 5 percent transaction fee for sellers that has been in place since 2018 […]

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions to former President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected her bid to overturn a lower court decision regarding a defamation lawsuit brought against him in 2018. Trump announced the news in a statement on March 21 where he also took aim […]

Many Chinese people thought the Three Gorges Dam would bring their hydro fee down when completed. But things are going the other way. They don’t know they have been paying for the project, and still are. The first round of virus mass testing has just finished, the second round has already started. That with the […]

Some fans of touring artists and other performing arts concerts have often wondered why popular concert tickets sell out so quickly on Ticketmaster.com, then seem to appear on reseller platforms almost immediately afterwards. A recent report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from Sept. 19 makes a bold claim: The ticketing company is “recruiting professional […]