Helping Hollywood Avoid Allegations of Prejudice Is Now a Growing Business

In the summer of 2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd sparked a racial showdown in America, Carri Twigg’s phone continued to ring. Ms. Twigg, who is the co-founder of a production company called Culture House, was repeatedly asked if she could look at a television or movie script and raise a red flag, …

Football’s Richest Clubs Avoid Salary Caps in New Cost Controls

The biggest reforms to European football’s financial controls in a generation will go no further than establishing US-style salary caps to curb teams’ spending, and instead enact rules that are unlikely to prevent the continent’s wealthiest clubs from buying the best talent and winning the trophy. The most sought after trophies. UEFA, the governing body …

Alec Baldwin Wants to Avoid Liability in Deadly ‘Rust’ Shot

Alec Baldwin gave his most detailed account of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of “Rust” last year, in an arbitration request by his lawyers against other producers on Friday, claiming that his contract protected him from liability in his death. and demands coverage of its legal fees. Mr. Baldwin has been …

Djokovic Wants to Skip Wimbledon and French Open to Avoid Vaccines

Novak Djokovic says he’s ready to miss the French Open, Wimbledon and other tournaments if he needs a coronavirus vaccine to compete. In an interview with the BBC In a post released Tuesday, the Serbian tennis star said she believes she has the freedom to choose whether or not to get vaccinated, and the ability …

Why Silicon Valley Can’t Avoid Elizabeth Holmes

SAN JOSE, California — In 2016, the start-up founders sang “Theranos doesn’t represent, we’re better” in a song. holiday video It was created by venture capital firm First Round Capital. In the next few years, several columnists Wrote Silicon Valley shouldn’t be blamed for Theranos. Last month, Keith Rabois, a venture capitalist, said: said on …

Silicon Valley Can’t Avoid Elizabeth Holmes

SAN JOSE, California — In 2016, the start-up founders sang “Theranos doesn’t represent, we’re better” in a song. holiday video It was created by venture capital firm First Round Capital. In the next few years, several columnists Wrote Silicon Valley shouldn’t be blamed for Theranos. Last month, Keith Rabois, a venture capitalist, said: said on …

At the Summit, USA, Canada and Mexico Avoid Prickly Questions

WASHINGTON — President Biden hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House on Thursday. Increased immigration at the US-Mexico border. But despite agreeing to form a working group on regional supply chain issues, including critical minerals, and reaching an agreement to share vaccines, the leaders seemed …

The ‘Shell Game’: How Chemical Companies Avoid Paying for Pollution

The Crime Change Exercise The processes that created Chemours and reinvented DuPont laid the groundwork for a blame-shifting exercise that made it harder for regulators and others to hold them accountable for decades of pollution in North Carolina and elsewhere. state attorneys general Ohio, New Jersey, New Hampshire, vermont and new York each sued the …