Author: Aron Solomon

By Aron Solomon The most important thing that came out of Monday’s late afternoon filings is a more clear and realistic sense of the timeline for the Elizabeth Holmes appeal. Many people are upset that Holmes remains free as she awaits her appeal. The recent New York Times puff piece, in which she reinvents herself as “Liz” didn’t help rally public opinion – it just further shifted public opinion against her. This weekend’s Daily Mail piece did the same, as her Mother’s Day photos with her very young children were painted in the light of whether this “fraudster” would ever…

First appeared in BOXSCORE By Aron Solomon Yesterday’s WNBA debut in Toronto was successful and viewed as a test case for the Toronto market as the WNBA continues to consider expansion. The Saturday game was the first-ever WNBA game in Canada and was widely viewed as an overwhelming success, with the Chicago Sky beating the Minnesota Lynx playing to a crowd approaching 20,000 people, with the tickets having sold fast, according to the CBC. The game proved that Toronto can be a great market for the WNBA, and there is potential for a franchise expansion if the proper investments are made.…

First appeared in News Break By Aron Solomon On Monday, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, widely known as The Weeknd, announced that he has officially changed his online presence to reflect his birth name. His Twitter and Instagram accounts now display his real name instead of his stage name. In an interview with W Magazine published on May 8, Tesfaye explained that this change is part of a larger plan to “kill The Weeknd” and embark on a new chapter. Tesfaye expressed his current journey as a cathartic one, explaining that he is preparing to close the chapter of The Weeknd. He will continue making music,…

First appeared in Waco Tribune-Herald By Aron Solomon Energizer Holdings and Walmart are being sued in three proposed class actions for conspiring to raise the prices of disposable batteries. As Reuters reported, the lawsuits, filed in San Francisco in federal court, accuse the companies of violating federal and state antitrust laws and various state consumer protection laws. The plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory and triple damages and injunctions to block Energizer from tying battery sales to pricing and require Energizer and Walmart to “dissipate” the effects of their conduct. According to the plaintiffs, Energizer’s share of the U.S. disposable battery market has…

First appeared in Florida Daily By Aron Solomon Last Thursday afternoon. Ed Sheeran won the trial in a copyright lawsuit over his hit song “Thinking Out Loud.” The lawsuit claims that Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his own song.  The trial was held in Manhattan federal court, and moved at a solid pace – from jury selection to verdict in around three weeks. The heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend sued Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group, and music publisher Sony Music Publishing for allegedly ripping off Gaye’s classic, which Townsend co-wrote. The trial is the first of…

First appeared in Western Journal By Aron Solomon This afternoon, after only a three-hour deliberation, a Manhattan jury delivered a verdict against former President Donald J. Trump in a civil lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll. Trump was found liable on several charges, including sexual assault and defamation. He was found not liable for rape. The total of the awards in the case is just under $5 million. While Trump is having a rough legal week, month and year, there is no evidence that any of the charges he may face will either disqualify him from running for the presidency or be an…

First appeared in BOXSCORE By Aron Solomon This is really a story about Angel Reese, though it won’t seem like it for a while because it’s first a story about a badly broken business model that’s being fixed – specifically, that of the WNBA. The WNBA has been discussing expansion plans for some time, but they have not yet announced any new teams. The league had hoped to add one or two new expansion teams by the end of 2022, but they will not even come close to meeting that deadline. The WNBA is in the process of evaluating potential expansion…

First appeared in NewsBreak By Aron Solomon Last June, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decisions of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which together had established and fully entrenched the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. The 5-1-3 majority decision was made through the vehicle of the new landmark case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which this activist Court’s conservative majority held that a woman’s right to have an abortion is not protected by the Constitution. The Roe decision, made in 1973, had established that a person may choose to have an abortion until a fetus…

First appeared in NewsBreak By Aron Solomon Supplementary Uninsured Motorist Coverage (SUM) is an additional type of car insurance that can provide extra protection in the event of an accident caused by an uninsured or underinsured driver. As New York lawyer, Billy Cooper, explained in an interview, while Uninsured Motorist Coverage (UM) can cover medical expenses and property damage if you are hit by an uninsured driver, SUM can provide additional coverage if the at-fault driver has some insurance, but not enough to cover all of your expenses. Having the right amount of SUM coverage is important because it can help protect…

First appeared in BOXSCORE By Aron Solomon Spring has sprung in scenic Boulder. This isn’t a complete list of players entering the NCAA transfer portal from the University of Colorado’s football team, as The Athletic reported on Wednesday. The transfer portal has become a major issue for both the NCAA and the Colorado football program, with 23 players from Colorado now listed in the database. Introduced in 2018, the NCAA transfer portal is a mechanism for ensuring compliance that enables student-athletes to express their intention to move between member institutions. Subsequently, coaches and staff members from other schools can approach the athlete…