Medical Debt Will Stay on Credit Reports After a Judge’s Ruling. How Can You Limit Its Impact on Your Credit?

For the millions of Americans struggling to pay off the costs of expensive medical procedures, the looming debt is accompanied by another threat: that the unpaid medical bills could drag down their credit scores, making it harder to get a credit card or buy a home or car. And now a rule that would have … Read more

Epic Games says Apple blocked ‘Fortnite’ in U.S. app store

Epic Games on Friday said that its popular game “Fortnite” will be offline on Apple devices because the iPhone maker blocked its recent app update. The dispute comes just weeks after Epic Games and other app developers cheered a judge’s ruling that limited the commissions that Apple makes through third party apps distributed through its … Read more

How a judge’s scathing rebuke to Apple could change the app store

SAN FRANCISCO  — Apple Inc. suffered a major blow this week when a federal judge ruled that the iPhone maker violated a court order to stop charging commission fees for purchases made outside of its own marketplace. In a scathing rebuke, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers upped the stakes for Apple by referring the … Read more

Judge sides with Sony in ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ fight with CBS

A Los Angeles judge on Thursday said Sony Pictures Television has the right to take over distribution of its game shows “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” from longtime partner CBS, dealing a blow to the broadcast network. Sony terminated its distribution deal with CBS in August and later filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit that claimed the … Read more

France’s far-right leader Le Pen guilty of embezzlement in ruling that could end her career

A French court on Monday found Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling European Union funds in a verdict that could end the far-right leader’s plans to run for the French presidency in the country’s next elections. While the court was yet to announce her sentence, the Paris prosecutor had previously requested that Le Pen56, face … Read more

Ofcom drops investigations after GB News ruling

Ian Youngs Culture reporter Pa Media Nigel Farage hosts a GB News show four nights a week Ofcom has dropped all of its remaining impartiality investigations into politicians’ TV and radio programmes, following a High Court decision to overturn the media regulator’s past rulings against Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s GB News show. Last month, a judge … Read more