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The Hollywood writers’ strike has no resolution in sight. In July, SAG-AFTRA launched a simultaneous and much-publicized strike of its own. The stakes are historically high since any successful agreement will define a new era of Hollywood, an industry that has already been disrupted by the streaming business model and on the verge of the facing negative or positive impact of artificial intelligence (AI).
To ensure a fair deal for both sides, two conditions must be true: studios must diverge from the current economics of streaming,…
Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and other current and former members of Tesla’s board of directors will return $735 million to settle claims that they massively overpaid themselves, Reuters has reported. The deal wraps up a saga that started in 2020 stemming from a lawsuit filed by a police and firefighter retirement fund challenging stock options granted to Tesla’s board starting in 2017. Directors also agreed not to receive compensation for 2021, 2022 and 2023, and change the way compensation is calculated.
Tesla’s current board includes Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, Fox News mogul James Murdoch, Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia and former Tesla CTO JB Straubel. The case is separate from a lawsuit filed by shareholders against a $56 billion compensation package awarded to CEO Elon Musk.
The Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit accused Tesla’s board of giving itself unfair and excessive compensation in the form of 11 million stock options between 2017 and 2020, saying it grossly exceeded norms for a corporate board. The $735 million settlement will be paid back to Tesla in what’s called a “derivative lawsuit” — the largest ever awarded by Delaware’s Court of Chancerty, according to Reuters.
Tesla argued that stock options were used to ensure Director’s incentives were aligned with investor goals. Tesla has yet to comment on the affair, but in court documents, said that it agreed to settle to eliminate the risk of future litigation.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is fighting a separate lawsuit to defend his $56 billion pay package. It was brought by shareholder Richard Tornette, who claimed that “the largest compensation grant in human history” was given to Musk, even though he didn’t focus entirely on Tesla. In 2020, he received the first of 12 $700 million payments as part of that package.
The deal will require Binance.US to submit its operating expenses to the court and the SEC to protect the business as the case progresses.
Binance US and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have agreed to work on a deal that would not require a total asset freeze on the exchange. A Bloomberg report says the deal will allow the SEC lawsuit to continue without hurting Binance or user funds.
According to US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, Binance.US and the SEC agree that customers must maintain access to their funds regardless of the problem between both entities. The SEC had requested that the court freeze Binance.US assets after it accused the exchange of misappropriating user funds and violating multiple regulations.
Judge Jackson asked both parties to work on the deal and handed the “nitty-gritty” to a magistrate judge.
Judge Jackson agreed with the Binance.US attorney that a complete shutdown would be disastrous. At the hearing, she said:
“Shutting it down completely would create significant consequences not only for the company but for the digital assets markets in general.”
The Binance.US attorney argued that operating expenses were required at the very least. Regardless of the SEC’s lawsuit, it is still necessary for the exchange to pay salaries, rent, vendors, and other business expenses. In addition, the attorney said freezing assets “…will be misconstrued by banks”.
On the other hand, the SEC’s attorney argued for the asset freeze because the commission fears Binance would transfer user funds offshore. The lawyer also wants Binance to transfer funds to the US and submit them to third-party entities not tied to Binance or CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Furthermore, the SEC was open to allowing Binance.US enough assets to handle its business expenses and operations. It asked the exchange to submit a breakdown of all fees and costs required for operations to continue. Judge Jackson agreed and gave Binance US a Wednesday deadline for the submission.
Last week, the SEC accused Binance of mishandling user funds through a separate entity that Zhao controls. Among other accusations, the SEC also said Binance did not adequately keep US customers restricted to the Binance US platform. According to the SEC, it deliberately allows “high-value US customers” to trade on the parent exchange.
Binance US functions as a separate entity that adheres strictly to US laws on trading and general operations. The SEC’s Division of Enforcement director Gurbir S. Grewal said in a statement that Binance and Zhao knew of these rules and deliberately violated them for profits. Furthermore, the regulator said Binance and Zhao consciously risked their customers and investors.
Binance has since responded to the lawsuit, claiming that the SEC was deliberately being difficult. In the response, Binance said it has a history of cooperating with the regulator and answering all pertinent questions. However, Binance expressed disappointment that the SEC sued the exchange instead of continuing with “good-faith discussions” both parties were already having.
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