Joel Rosenblatt

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc. introduced its latest lineup of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the virtual and augmented-reality industry just ahead of Apple Inc. pushing into the market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Meta killed a metaverse yoga app upon learning its developer also talked with Apple, a lawsuit alleges: ‘It was hell working on it’

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This photograph taken on April 12, 2022, shows a sign of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

McKinsey agrees to pay $230m to settle suits claiming it fueled the opioid epidemic by advising drugmakers like Purdue how to sell painkillers

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Elon Musk, billionaire and chief executive officer of Tesla, at the Viva Tech fair in Paris, France, on Friday, June 16, 2023. Musk predicted his Neuralink Corp. would carry out its first brain implant later this year. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Elon Musk’s X sues California over law it says forces social media services to block posts ‘viewed by the state as problematic’

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Judge says lawyers in Facebook settlement want ‘Nick Bosa money’ after they request $180 million fee in Cambridge Analytica case

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SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 08: Wells Fargo customers use the ATM at a bank branch on August 08, 2023 in San Bruno, California. The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Wells Fargo and several other banks over $500 million for using private messaging apps to discuss company business without keeping records. Wells Fargo received the largest fine of $200 million. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Wells Fargo exec in accounts scandal deserves jail time, say prosecutors: ‘Corporate wrongdoers must be sent a clear message’

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PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Elon Musk sues law firm that led fight to make him complete Twitter takeover—and charged $90 million

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Elon Musk sends fired Twitter employees to arbitration, then he just doesn’t show up, new lawsuit claims

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PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s Twitter promised employees at least half their bonuses last year and then didn’t pay up, lawsuit says

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Charlie Javice, founder of Frank, center, arrives at federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Three cases against Javice, by JPMorgan, Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, all allege that she falsified data to vastly inflate the number of Frank users during deal negotiations with the bank. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A lawyer for Charlie Javice says the Justice Department is using ‘hide-the-ball’ legal tactics to favor its criminal case against her

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An employee walks outside the headquarters of ByteDance, the owner of video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing on August 5, 2020. – US President Donald Trump on August 4 defended his demand for the US government to get a piece of the action to let Microsoft or any other US company buy popular China-based social media app TikTok. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

‘This was a backdoor:’ ByteDance’s ‘god credential’ let Chinese spy on Hong Kong’s civil rights activists, lawsuit says

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 18: Nima Momeni arrives in court at the Hall of Justice on May 18, 2023 in San Francisco, California. 38 year-old tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni was arraigned today in a San Francisco courtroom in connection with the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Momeni pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. (Photo by Paul Kuroda-Pool/Getty Images)

High-profile murder case of tech CEO takes another turn after attorney for the accused killer quits

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SAN JOSE, CA – MARCH 17: Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in court for a restitution hearing. (Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes must soon report to prison after losing her final bid to remain free

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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 23: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to question the leader of the short-form social media video app about the company’s relationship with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and how they handle users’ sensitive personal data. Some local, state and federal government agencies have been banning use of TikTok by employees, citing concerns about national security. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

TikTok parent ByteDance sued by former California executive alleging China had ‘supreme access’ to all data

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ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 10: Shaquille O’Neal attends his 51st Birthday Celebration at The Bank on March 10, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wiriemage)

Shaq is dodging lawyers who’ve tried to serve him an FTX lawsuit by throwing it at his car and sending it to him on Instagram

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 7: Flowers and cards left as people paying tribute to Bob Lee near the Portside apartment building in San Francisco, California, United States on April 7, 2023. Bob Lee, the American technology entrepreneur who cofounded Cash App, the mobile payment service provider, was stabbed to death in the US city of San Francisco on Wednesday. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Cocaine and ketamine is found in the system of murdered San Francisco tech exec Bob Lee

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