Several experts in the mobile market believed that antitrust regulators will go easy on their review of the $19 billion Facebook-Whatsapp deal, despite a $2 billion breakup fee attached in the agreement, Bloomberg said in a report.
UK Judge Guy Newey ruled in court today that German media company Constantin Medien AG, the holding company of Chief Executive Officer Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One, did not lose out on a 2005 share sale to a private equity firm. Ecclestone was accused of bribing a German banker to ensure the sale of the shares would go to a favored buyer, Bloomberg said.
Bright Eyes singer Conor Oberst is seeking damages worth over $1 million against a woman who claimed to have been raped by the singer backstage at a 2003 concert.
William Stepien and Bridget Anne Kelly, former aides of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, refused to turn over the documents needed by a special government committee regarding a probe on the closure of access roads in the state.
