Lionel Messi has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer.© AFP Lionel Messi has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer after grabbing the neck of a New York City assistant coach at the end of Saturday’s game. The Argentine World Cup winner was caught on camera in a confrontation with […]
Nottingham Forest Fined Over Social Media Criticism Of VAR Official
Nottingham Forest were fined 750,000 pounds ($ 980,000) for criticising VAR official.© AFP Nottingham Forest were fined 750,000 pounds ($ 980,000) on Friday and warned over their future conduct after criticising VAR official Stuart Attwell on social media last season. Forest were furious not to be awarded three penalties during a 2-0 defeat at Everton […]
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine — around $ 101.5M at current exchange rates — after concluding a multi-year investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. The DPC opened […]
Derek Carr-Michael Jackson dance: Saints QB fined for Week 2 touchdown celebration vs. Cowboys
The NFL is telling Saints quarterback Derek Carr to beat it with his latest touchdown celebration. New Orleans dismantled Dallas in Jerry World in Week 2, handing the Cowboys a 44-19 loss on home turf. Carr threw for 243 yards, two touchdowns and added a rushing score, while running back Alvin Kamara was on the receiving […]
Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states
In 2022, Carta’s business license was revoked in Illinois for failing to pay franchise tax, a tax on national corporations doing business in the state, according to state records seen by TechCrunch. In 2024, Washington state terminated cap table software Pulley’s business license, according to state filings. Carta spokesperson Amanda Taggart told TechCrunch that the […]