Rushdie’s book about the incident will be published in April, but the delay ‘will not change the ultimate outcome’ of the trial says district attorneyThe trial of the man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie has been postponed because of the publication of the author’s memoir about the attack.A... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-04 13:18:47 UTC ]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed New York state bill S5026—known as the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, and intended to protect freelance workers including authors and journalists on contract—into law. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
After being introduced as a bill back in February, the Freelance Isn't Free Act has been passed in New York State. The law is intended to establish and enhance the rights of freelance workers including authors, journalists, and other writers on contract. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The bill, should it become law, would build upon the similarly-named act implemented in New York City in 2017, expanding the protections for freelancers state-wide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
A jingle helped them transform a two-partner practice in Buffalo into a 50-lawyer personal injury behemoth in New York State and California. Mr. Barnes died in a plane crash. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-08 17:06:03 UTC ]
Charter Communications Inc., the largest cable provider in New York state, will be allowed to continue operating in New York after reaching an agreement with regulators. The state Public Service Commission approved a settlement with Charter today, reversing a decision it made a year earlier to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-12 11:50:50 UTC ]
Amazon.com Inc. is interested in acquiring prepaid wireless phone service Boost Mobile from T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp., Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Amazon is considering buying Boost for an attached wholesale deal that would allow the buyer to use T-Mobile’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-05-31 17:33:29 UTC ]
New York State’s collection of online sales tax has withstood a legal challenge by Amazon and Overstock, as the U.S. Supreme Court decided this morning not to hear an appeal of a March ruling by New York’s top court that found that the state could impose the tax. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers may have dreaded Borders's arrival in New York City in 1996, but it was Barnes & Noble that tried to keep its longtime rival out by leasing every available 40,000-sq.-ft. space on its home turf. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]