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<ul class="summary-list"><li>NATO scrambled jets to respond to Russian aircraft "not adhering to international norms" this week.</li><li>Italy's air force intercepted a Russian Coot-A aircraft over the Baltic Sea, NATO Air Command said.</li></ul>Norwegian F-35s were called into action on Tuesday as NATO scrambled jets in response to Russian aircraft "not adhering to international norms," NATO's Air Command said in a post on X.Italy's air force intercepted a Russian Coot-A plane flying over the Baltic Sea, while the Norwegian F-35s identified multiple Russian aircraft off the coast of Norway, NATO Air Command said.Henrik Omtvedt Jenssen, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Armed Forces, told Norway's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/russiske-jagerfly-og-bombefly-identifisert-av-f-35-1.17123648">NRK</a> media outlet that the Russian aircraft included two Tu-95 strategic bombers and two Su-33 fighter jets.Jenssen said that the Russian planes "showed safe and professional behavior," per NRK.<div type="image" title="An image of a Russian plane shared by NATO Air Command." height="1531" width="2415" msid="115342499" hostid="261" sizebytes="33296"></div>Such incidents have occurred on multiple occasions in recent months, with both Russia and the West scrambling fighters to intercept aircraft.The UK's Royal Air Force scrambled two Typhoon fighter jets on Thursday after a Russian military aircraft was detected near UK airspace, the British Ministry of Defence said, per the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nldyg3y6o">BBC</a>.The Typhoons monitored a Russian Bear-F bomber as it passed over the North Sea, the report said.In July, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-says-it-scrambled-fighter-jets-intercept-b-52h-bombers-2024-7">Russian fighter jets scrambled to intercept two US Air Force B-52H bombers</a> approaching Russia's border, the Russian Ministry of Defense said at the time.The department said the bombers turned away as the Russian jets approached and that there was "no violation of the State border."<h2 id="1fc7ec63-9a5a-4f9a-90d5-7bc42ad49abd">Norway and the F-35</h2>Norway, which received its first F-35s in 2017, has played an important role in the development and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://news.lockheedmartin.com/norwayf35">production</a> of the jet, with local companies manufacturing parts and providing services for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin.In 2023, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.kongsberg.com/kda/news/news-archive/2023/kongsberg-secures-nok-1.2-billion-order-for-deliveries-to-f-35-joint-strike-fighters">Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Defence &amp; Aerospace</a> won a contract worth 1.2 billion Norwegian Krone (around $110 million) to supply parts for the program.Kongsberg said the deal covered production lots 18-19 for rudders, vertical leading edges, and main landing gear closeout panels for three versions of the F-35, totaling over 300 aircraft.Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2025 and will extend through 2027, the company said.

Norwegian F-35s called into action after Russian aircraft spotted off Norway and over Baltic Sea

<ul class="summary-list"><li>OpenAI whistleblowers urged the SEC to investigate the ChatGPT maker for potential rule violations.</li><li>The whistleblowers claim OpenAI used nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence employees.</li></ul>OpenAI whistleblowers are calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether the ChatGPT maker violated SEC rules and prevented employees from speaking out.Legally protected whistleblowers sent a letter to Gary Gensler, chair of the SEC, on July 1 calling on the regulator to investigate OpenAI. The letter, which was also sent to Sen. Chuck Grassley's office, was later shared with Business Insider.The letter states that the whistleblowers provided documents to the SEC supporting their claims that OpenAI's NDAs "violated numerous precedents of the SEC."Sen. Grassley said in a statement shared with Business Insider that assessing the threats posed by AI fell under Congress's constitutional responsibility to protect national security. He added: "OpenAI's policies and practices appear to cast a chilling effect on whistleblowers' right to speak up and receive due compensation for their protected disclosures. In order for the federal government to stay one step ahead of artificial intelligence, OpenAI's nondisclosure agreements must change."OpenAI didn't respond to a request for comment from BI. An SEC representative said: "The SEC does not comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible whistleblower submission."The whistleblowers' complaint comes after Vox <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai-departures-sam-altman-employees-chatgpt-release">reported</a> in May that OpenAI <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-docs-openai-pressure-departing-employees-vox-altman-nda-nondisclosure-2024-5">could take back vested equity</a> from departing employees if they did not sign non-disparagement agreements.Sam Altman <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-openai-nda-clause-vested-equity-ilya-sutskever-2024-5">said on X shortly after the report was published</a> that he "did not know this was happening."Nine former and current OpenAI employees <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-employee-letter-google-deepmind-ai-risks-protections-2024-6">signed an open letter</a> in June calling on major AI firms to ensure greater transparency and better protections for whistleblowers.William Saunders, a former OpenAI employee who quit earlier this year after losing confidence that the company could responsibly mitigate AI risks, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-engineer-quit-safety-concerns-right-warn-letter-sam-altman-2024-6">previously told BI about what led to him signing the letter</a> and speaking out. He said an incident in which another former OpenAI employee, Leopold Aschenbrenner, was fired and the requirement that OpenAI staff sign NDAs led to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-employee-letter-google-deepmind-ai-risks-protections-2024-6">four principles set out in the June open letter</a>.<h2 id="dde8bdb7-9248-46e5-b28e-39963c9e876d">Read the full letter sent to the SEC:</h2>

Read the letter OpenAI whistleblowers sent to the SEC calling for action on NDAs

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The DNC has shown Democrats really want to win over Republican and independent voters.</li><li>Several Republicans have spoken at the convention, including former Trump White House officials.</li></ul>Here's something you don't usually expect: partisans speaking at the convention of the opposing political party.But that's exactly what's been unfolding at the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-joke-dnc-trump-crowd-size-hand-gesture-watch-2024-8">Democratic National Convention</a> in Chicago this week.It's just one indication of what <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris">Vice President Kamala Harris</a> and the Democrats are really after between now and Election Day: the vote of both independents and disillusioned Republicans.Even before Harris was the party's nominee, the Biden-Harris campaign was making moves to win over Republicans. In early June, the campaign hired Austin Weatherford, who previously served as chief of staff to now-former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to help them do exactly that.The surge in momentum Harris gained since becoming the nominee — including <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-and-his-allies-sure-seem-rattled-by-harriss-momentum-2024-8">in the polls and in donations</a> — has fired up the Democratic base and opened the door to focusing even more on courting Republicans and independents.Those efforts have been on full display at the DNC.<h2 id="32750f33-a5f3-44e0-90f9-1d47e82a6264">Republicans at the DNC say voting for Harris is about democracy</h2>Several Republicans, from former elected officials to former Trump White House aids, have spoken or are scheduled to speak. And these aren't former Republicans — some even chose to mention their Republican status during their DNC remarks — but most have already said they are voting for Harris.The list of Republican speakers includes <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-trump-aide-stephanie-grisham-slams-trump-democratic-dnc-speech-2024-8">Stephanie Grisham</a>, former aid to President Donald Trump and Melania Trump; Kinzinger, the former representative from Illinois (speaking Thursday); Olivia Troye, former advisor to Vice President Mike Pence; and Geoff Duncan, former lieutenant governor of Georgia.Troye and Duncan, who spoke during night three on Wednesday, emphasized that their vote for Harris was not about party or agreeing with all her policies but about defending Democracy.<h2 id="61ccf3d8-609e-4345-973b-b6411f61372d">Bill Clinton mentioned Republicans directly and bragged about the economy</h2>When former President Bill Clinton spoke on Wednesday, one of the first things he said was that he was grateful to the Republicans and independents who had appeared on the stage before him that night.He also delivered a big brag about the economy, an issue that Republican voters typically feel strongly about but that is often seen as a weakness for Democrats. Clinton said that since the end of the Cold War, the US has created 51 million jobs — nearly all of which he said Democrats were responsible for."I swear I checked this three times. What's the score? Democrats 50, Republicans one," Clinton said.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/21/dnc-fact-check-tim-walz/74831613007/">USA Today</a> fact-checked Clinton's claim and said those numbers were correct. The outlet noted that economists say a variety of factors impact jobs numbers, not just the president, and that President George W. Bush and Trump's jobs numbers were impacted by the start of the recession in 2007 and the pandemic in 2020, respectively.Several times in his speech, he also mentioned protecting the rights of every single American, "however they vote." At one point, he also said he has spoken to a lot of people in rural America and that it's important Americans get to know their neighbors and talk to them, even if they disagree with them, another clear attempt to bridge the party gap.<h2 id="160139c7-3477-406a-8f78-ecb48ac9d583">Even Oprah was on message</h2>Oprah, who spoke later Wednesday night, made a direct appeal to independents, noting she counts herself among them."You know what? You're looking at a registered independent who's proud to vote again and again and again because I'm an American, and that's what Americans do," she said."I'm calling on all you independents, and all you undecideds — you know this true, you know I'm telling you the truth — that values and character matter most of all," she said, adding that "decency and respect are on the ballot."Time will tell if Democrats' efforts to attract independents and Republicans will ultimately work, winning Harris the swing states she needs to beat Trump.But she is already seeing some wins. Earlier this month she released a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-campaigns-outreach-plan-republican-voters-rcna165040">list of dozens of Republicans</a> who planned to vote for her.

Between the GOP speakers, Oprah's call to action, and Bill Clinton's economy brag, the DNC sure seems set on attracting Republicans and independents

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-ceo-wont-tell-employees-days-to-work-in-office-2024-9">Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol</a> has been in his new role for about a month.</li><li>Employees at Starbucks stores say they're eager to see what changes he makes.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-worker-criticizes-restaurant-soulless-fast-food-empire-2024-9">Starbucks</a> could see lots of changes as CEO Brian Niccol gets his bearings.Niccol, who has been at the helm of the coffee giant for a month now, has made clear that it has room to improve its American stores. He plans to work on "reestablishing Starbucks as the community coffeehouse" and "empowering our baristas to take care of our customers," he wrote in an <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-new-ceo-wants-customers-spend-more-time-coffee-chain-2024-9">open letter</a> published last month."Many of our customers still experience this magic every day, but in some places — especially in the U.S. — we aren't always delivering," Niccol wrote. "It can feel transactional, menus can feel overwhelming, product is inconsistent, the wait too long or the handoff too hectic. These moments are opportunities for us to do better."Niccol is spending his first 100 days at Starbucks getting to know the business, including visiting some of the chain's stores, according to the letter. He is Starbucks' fourth CEO in less than three years. He follows Laxman Narasimhan, who took the job in 2023 after a transition period, Howard Schultz, who served as interim CEO starting in 2022, and Kevin Johnson, who was CEO between 2017 and 2022.There's evidence that Starbucks needs a turnaround. The chain's North American sales have fallen in the last two quarters that it has reported. Starbucks' stock price was down roughly 20% this year until August, when Starbucks appointed Niccol and its shares erased those losses.Analysts have said Niccol may be the right man for the job. As <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-could-change-c-suite-menu-2024-8">Chipotle's CEO</a>, he led the brand's recovery from a food safety crisis and oversaw the creation of online ordering at the chain.Business Insider has spoken to 10 <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-baristas-what-new-ceo-should-do-pricing-drinks-menu-2024-8">Starbucks store workers</a> — whom the company calls "partners" — since the chain announced Niccol would become CEO. They declined to have their names used in this article for fear of retaliation from Starbucks, but BI has verified their identities and employment with the company. Starbucks had about 219,000 partners at its company-operated stores as of last October, according to its latest annual filing with the SEC.Here are the issues that they said they hope Niccol addresses:<h2 id="79829550-92ae-436e-bed5-8fa523e9ddc7">Some Starbucks stores should feel more like a 'third place'</h2>Not all Starbucks stores feel like great places to hang out, some partners told BI.One store in Florida, for instance, has an old, worn-down floor that has become difficult to clean, according to one partner who works there. That leads to a stench in some parts of the café that turns off patrons, they said."If you stand too close to the bar or lean over to get a straw, you might get a whiff," the partner said. "I've had customers who can see the condition of the floor, and they're like 'What?'"A Starbucks spokesperson directed BI to comments from former CEO Narasimhan on the company's July earnings call about Starbucks' plans to renovate about 800 stores in North America by the end of the company's 2024 fiscal year.Another partner at a Starbucks store previously told BI that the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-new-system-to-make-slow-ordering-better-isnt-solution-2024-9">Siren Craft System</a>, which the company has touted as a way to streamline drink production and free up partners to serve customers, often forces partners at his store to put off tasks, including cleaning.Employees at many Starbucks locations also have to juggle serving customers who visit the cafés to enjoy their coffee there and those who want a quick cup of coffee to go — perhaps by ordering through Starbucks' mobile app — and to avoid talking to anyone. "It's no longer the third place," one <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-online-orders-might-stand-in-way-new-ceo-plans-2024-10">Starbucks store manager in Florida</a> previously told BI. "It's a pit stop."<h2 id="fdc112e5-6ada-4c9c-b5f6-ea2fc7be3baa">Starbucks should hire more workers to shorten wait times</h2>Shifts at Starbucks stores are often short-staffed, multiple partners have told BI.One store in North Carolina usually has just two or three partners on duty outside of a two-hour shift in the morning, one partner who works there said. The store needs one or two more workers during those shifts to function smoothly and get customers their orders without long delays, he said.Starbucks stores often schedule more workers in the morning, when customers are likely to stop by for coffee. But far fewer workers are on the floor later in the day at some stores.The Florida store with the worn-out floor is often overwhelmed when students from a nearby school stop by in the afternoon, the partner there said."Monday through Friday, there's an afterschool rush at 3:00 p.m., and we never have enough people to work it," the partner said. That leads to "big lines that wrap around the building," the partner added.<h2 id="38169ef0-e68a-4c5e-b436-7044011ebda9">Starbucks needs a better way to manage mobile orders</h2>Partners at some stores say that they struggle to fill orders that customers place through the chain's mobile app in a timely manner, BI has reported.During busy times of the day, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-worker-long-wait-times-down-to-staffing-mobile-orders-2024-8">one Starbucks store in North Carolina</a> receives up to 20 mobile orders at a time, a partner who works there told BI. This year, the problem has gotten so bad that the store has closed in-person ordering just to catch up, the partner said.Another partner in South Dakota told BI that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-online-orders-might-stand-in-way-new-ceo-plans-2024-10">promotions through the app</a>, such as four drinks for $20, make it especially hard for workers to keep up.<h2 id="54d77444-ab80-4f8b-b80d-ec2470e4c620">Starbucks should rethink its bring-your-own-cup incentive</h2>In January, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2024/starbucks-becomes-first-national-coffee-retailer-to-accept-reusable-cups-for-drive-thru-and-mobile-orders/">Starbucks said</a> that it would start letting US customers bring their own clean, reusable cups to cafés to hold the drinks that they order. The move was meant to cut the number of single-use plastic cups that the chain uses, and customers get a 10-cent discount and rewards points for the effort. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2024/a-better-cup-for-all/">Starbucks said</a> about 400,000 of its rewards members brought in a personal cup for an order in the several days following the announcement.But a partner at a Starbucks in Florida said those incentives are too minor and don't seem to be pushing many customers to bring in their own cups. "That's not motivational, not to the average person," the partner said."I love my job, I love the company, but things have to change because of what we're doing to the environment," the partner added.A Starbucks spokesperson said the company has seen "encouraging results" since starting the reusable cup initiative in January.Do you work at Starbucks and have a story idea to share? Reach out to this reporter at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:abitter@businessinsider.com">abitter@businessinsider.com</a>.

Starbucks store workers want their new CEO to take action on these 4 issues 

To many, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-timeline-fiona-harvey-richard-gadd-piers-morgan-martha-2024-5">"Baby Reindeer"</a> is known as the <keyword id="19897536" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Netflix" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Netflix" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> series that swept the internet in the spring of 2024 with its harrowing, seemingly true tale based on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-richard-gadd-toxic-empathy-stalker-2024-5">creator Richard Gadd's experience of being stalked</a>. But to <keyword id="21787451" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Fiona-Harvey" source="keywords">Fiona Harvey</keyword>, the show is "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/fiona-harvey-baby-reindeer-lawsuit-netflix-richard-gadd-1235922751/">the biggest lie in television history</a>." Though "<keyword id="21762646" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Baby-Reindeer" source="keywords">Baby Reindeer</keyword>" dropped on the streamer with little to no marketing fanfare, the series' packaging as a moving and disturbing autobiographical drama drew viewers in immediately: Especially because <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-ending-explained-writer-stalked-real-life-true-martha-2024-4">Gadd, a Scottish comedian who based the series</a> on his one-man show of the same name, also stars as the lead character, Donny. While Gadd took pains on his press tour to emphasize that he'd changed the identifying details of his stalker, a character he'd named "Martha Scott," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-real-stalker-martha-scott-true-crime-psychologist-2024-5">internet sleuths quickly identified the "real Martha"</a> as 59-year-old Fiona Harvey, a Scottish law graduate living in England. <div type="image" title="Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn and Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott in &quot;Baby Reindeer.&quot;" height="1000" width="1500" msid="112225609" hostid="261"></div>When the hive mind goes looking for trouble, it usually finds it. After a May appearance on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fiona-harvey-baby-reindeer-piers-morgan-interview-million-2024-5">"Piers Morgan Uncensored,"</a> Harvey made good on her threat to sue the streamer, bringing <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fiona-harvey-stalker-martha-scott-baby-reindeer-sued-netflix-millions-2024-6">a $170 million lawsuit</a> against Netflix alleging it knowingly defamed her by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-lawsuit-netflix-true-story-claim-fiona-harvey-2024-6">presenting Gadd's claims in "Baby Reindeer" as the truth</a>. The biggest point of contention and a large portion of Harvey's legal claim is over Gadd's decision to portray Martha as a twice-convicted serial stalker; in real life, Harvey was never convicted of any crime, though Gadd did bring his complaints against her to the police. The idea of going after a wildly successful Netflix show — "Baby Reindeer" was viewed 88.4 million times, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001065280/d9ac401f-6967-4a26-868c-710952e5f3c0.pdf">Netflix's July letter to shareholders</a>, and is credited with helping the company add 8 million subscribers and make $9.5 billion in revenue in Q2 2024 — might seem like a herculean effort, especially when Harvey is suing in California, a state famous for its anti-SLAPP law that protects artistic creators like Netflix from <keyword id="19903650" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="defamation" source="keywords">defamation</keyword> claims. But Harvey just might have a case. And the outcome of her suit is about more than just a potentially massive payday for one woman. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-reindeer-timeline-fiona-harvey-richard-gadd-piers-morgan-martha-2024-5">The drama over "Baby Reindeer,"</a> which has been both a boon and a threat to the streamer, reflects a larger reckoning for prestige TV's favorite pastime: adapting true stories. <h2>'Baby Reindeer' is far from the first Netflix drama to face a defamation suit, but its marketing was slightly riskier</h2>"Baby Reindeer" features compelling performances from its cast (four of whom are now first-time Emmy nominees) and powerful writing from Gadd. But the show is far from the first prestige drama to excel on those two fronts — nor is it the first Netflix series to face <keyword id="19982808" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="legal-action" source="keywords">legal action</keyword> from a person who didn't like how they were portrayed in it. Rachel DeLoache Williams, a onetime friend of con artist Anna Delvey (aka Anna Sorokin) who accused the fake socialite of conning her out of $62,000, sued Netflix over its series "Inventing Anna," alleging the show portrayed her as a "greedy, snobbish, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative and opportunistic person." The streamer<a target="_blank" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/netflix-inventing-anna-defamation-lawsuit-1234995042/"> lost its bid</a> to dismiss the case in March 2024. Former New York City prosecutor Linda Fairstein <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-06-04/netflix-ava-duvernay-linda-fairstein-when-they-see-us-lawsuit">settled with Netflix</a> and Ava DuVernay in June 2024 after she disputed her portrayal as a "villain" in "When They See Us," DuVernay's award-winning 2019 limited series about the 1989 Central Park jogger case, which Fairstein famously prosecuted (she was portrayed by Felicity Huffman on the show). Two other pending suits involve Netflix's unscripted docuseries. Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh,<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/buster-murdaugh-sues-netflix-warner-bros-saying-was-falsely-accused-mu-rcna157783"> sued Netflix</a> over allegations made against him in the docuseries "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal," and R. Kelly's former assistant filed a complaint against Netflix and Lifetime in February for painting her in a "sinister and defamatory light" in the docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly," which aired on both the streamer and the network. So what's different here? Harvey's lawyer, Richard Roth, told Business Insider in a phone interview that "Baby Reindeer" is a unique case because Netflix didn't market it as a fictionalized drama or say it was "based on" a <keyword id="20352963" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="true-story" source="keywords">true story</keyword>. Instead, the show's title card called it a true story outright from the opening moments of the first episode. While Gadd took pains to emphasize on his press tour that the series was "emotionally true" to his experience and not a line-by-line retelling of events, Netflix's marketing, which highlighted things like <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/netflix/status/1779162630520729877?lang=en">the show's use of real emails</a> Gadd says his stalker sent him, fed the "true story" intrigue. Ultimately, viewers were compelled to play detective and go searching for the real Martha anyway. <h2>Defamation lawsuits are common – but not all of them get this much press</h2>Hollywood has been dramatizing true stories for as long as it has existed. The difference in the beginning was that most of the subjects were long dead: there are dozens of films about the real Macbeth, for instance, and Joan of Arc, each telling the story in a slightly different way. Things got a little more tangled once writers started dramatizing stories involving people who were still alive. One of the earliest examples of a case filed by an individual against a major media company was Street v. NBC, tried in Tennessee in July 1977. The case has similar echoes to the defamation lawsuits we see today. Victoria Street (formerly Victoria Price) sued the network over her portrayal in "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys," a 1976 docudrama that recounted one of the many trials in the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboro-ruby-bates-and-victoria-price/">highly publicized Scottsboro case,</a> in which she and another white woman named Ruby Bates accused nine Black teenage boys of raping them on a train forty years earlier. Eight of the nine were sentenced to death for the crime despite a lack of medical evidence, but none were executed after Bates recanted her testimony and the accused received new trials on appeals. Street, who never recanted her testimony, took offense to the way she was portrayed and sued the network on charges of libel and invasion of privacy, arguing that she was no longer a public figure. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/19/obituaries/victoria-p-street-dies-at-77-a-figure-in-scottsboro-case.html">The case was ultimately settled</a> out of court, and Street died at 77 a few years later in 1982. Scores more defamation lawsuits have been filed in the years since, against everything from the 2013 Michael Bay movie "Pain &amp; Gain" (the real kidnapping victim <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-docket-clemency-project-erin-887395/">didn't like</a> how the character based on him was portrayed as "an unlikeable, sleazy, rude, abrasive braggart") to the 2017 FX drama "Feud: Bette and Joan" (Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland, then 101, would have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/16/feud-olivia-de-havilland-sues-fx">preferred to be excluded</a> from this narrative). With the advent of the streaming wars in the late 2010s, there was a rush to produce the most <a target="_blank" href="https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001065280/c5e64982-659f-4726-97c9-c57767c3bec3.pdf">compelling content</a> to win the largest share of subscribers. And while we're still <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hollywood-remakes-franchises-avatar-percy-jackson-one-piece-2024-3">retreading (and re-retreading) old IP</a> and always chasing the dangling carrot of the ever-elusive Original Idea, more and more shows are riffing on true events. Except instead of focusing on historical figures (though there's plenty of that too), they're increasingly about contemporary stories and people who arguably aren't hugely public personas. And unlike Macbeth and Joan of Arc, those people will absolutely sue you. <h2>Harvey's <keyword id="19905885" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lawsuit" source="keywords">lawsuit</keyword> may not deter Netflix from making more shows like this</h2><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/nflx-stock">Netflix is an incredibly lucrative company</a> with presumably deep pockets — it's settled with everyone from a Georgian chess grandmaster <a target="_blank" href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-settlement-nona-gaprindashvili-1235361680/">who says she was defamed</a> in "The Queen's Gambit," to former New York prosecutor Fairstein for "When They See Us," to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/griselda-blanco-family-settles-lawsuit-against-netflix-sofia-vergara-2024-2">drug queenpin Griselda Blanco's family</a> over "Griselda." Whether they fight Harvey's case in court or opt to settle, the amount it would cost to do either won't bankrupt them. That much we know. The real question is whether the sheets are balanced in the end: Would the cost of legal fees and a potential settlement or damages be more or less than what Netflix has made off "Baby Reindeer"? If it's more, will that stop Netflix and others from making more of these legally risky but creatively compelling shows? Harvey's lawyer Roth doesn't think Netflix particularly cared about the risk of legal action when it greenlit "Baby Reindeer." "I think they say, 'We're going to make so much money on this. If someone sues us, let them sue us,'" Roth says. There's also an argument to be made that any press, even a lawsuit, is good press. "I don't know if I have any inside knowledge about Netflix in particular, but I can say this: This is a very unique time for streamer wars, and Disney+ and Netflix and all these companies trying to land on top, or Netflix trying to stay on top," Jeff Lewis, a First Amendment attorney in Los Angeles, told Business Insider. "And it could be for this window of time, while there's some uncertainty as to which streamer will survive, perhaps Netflix might be more willing to take a risk and get more attention and eyeballs on their screens in exchange for paying some lawyer fees. Who knows?" That said, there's a chance Netflix will have to pay a hefty settlement to make the Harvey situation go away. The streamer has the advantage of the suit being filed in California, which has "one of the most robust pro-defendant defamation laws in the country," Lewis says, pointing out that an anti-SLAPP motion would dismiss the case and make Harvey responsible for paying all of Netflix's legal fees. Sure enough, on July 29, Netflix filed an anti-SLAPPP motion and a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the claims in "Baby Reindeer" are "substantially true" and that any reasonable viewer would know that the show is not "a documentary representing literally true details and imagery." The streamer's filings included a declaration from Gadd, which detailed instances of harassment he says he faced from Harvey, and a declaration from Laura Wray, another woman who says she was once stalked by Harvey. But if Netflix doesn't win its motions, which are still awaiting judgment as of this writing, Harvey could potentially see a payout anywhere from $200,000 all the way into "mid-seven figures," according to Lewis. Jackie Ward, a Los Angeles-based entertainment attorney specializing in rights and clearances, points to the million-dollar donation Netflix made to the Innocence Project as part of Fairstein's settlement for "When They See Us" as a comparable example. "For Netflix to make something where they think that they do have some sort of liability, to make that go away for something like a million dollars, it's probably worth it to them for a company of that size," Ward says. "A smaller distributor, maybe not."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway to registered voters has raised legal questions.</li><li>The Department of Justice reportedly warned Musk about it already.</li></ul>Two Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling on the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>.It comes after Musk, the richest man in the world, began <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-rewards-petition-supporters-1m-check-trump-pac-2024-10">offering $1 million</a> to registered voters in swing states who sign a petition for "America PAC," the Tesla founder's super PAC that supports former President Donald Trump and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-super-pac-spending-competitive-house-races-republicans-2024-9">other Republicans.</a>Musk has announced a handful of winners so far, and participants will be paid via the super PAC.Sens. Peter Welch of Vermont and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to investigate the billionaire businessman, arguing that his "reward scheme appears to violate federal campaign finance law."They noted that Musk's giveaway, which requires participants to be registered to vote in order to participate, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-1-million-giveaway-legal-questions-2024-10">may violate laws</a> that forbid paying people to vote, or register to vote.Welch and Blumenthal argued that Musk's giveaway is "explicitly designed to induce people to register to vote.""There is no place for vote buying in our democracy," the senators wrote, adding that "permitting this scheme to proceed without consequences makes a mockery of democracy and the law." They urged Garland to take the "appropriate enforcement action, including prosecution," if Musk's actions are deemed illegal.The billionaire businessman has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/elon-musk-justice-department-letter/index.html">reportedly</a> already been warned about the giveaway by the DOJ.Musk <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-trump-superpac-donations-politics-2024-10">has emerged</a> as Trump's second largest financial backer during this election, spending <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-trump-gop-spending-130-million-2024-10">more than $130 million</a> to support the former president and other Republicans running for the House and Senate.Spokespeople for America PAC and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Read the senators' full letter to the DOJ below:

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>MrBeast and Amazon are facing a class-action lawsuit from contestants on "Beast Games."</li><li>It alleges that contestants on the reality show suffered sexual harassment, pay issues, and more.</li></ul>YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon are facing a class-action lawsuit from contestants on the reality show "Beast Games."The complaint, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MrBeast-Amazon-Beast-Games-Complaint.pdf">a redacted copy of which was obtained by Variety</a>, was filed this week on behalf of five unnamed contestants and alleges a number of causes of action, including sexual harassment, pay issues, and more.The suit says that MrBeast's production company, the independent production company Off One's Base LLC, and Amazon, exploited the labor" of contestants and created a "toxic and hostile" workplace.It says that female contestants "particularly and collectively suffered" and that there was a prevailing "culture of misogyny and sexism" in the work environment.On the sexual harassment allegation, the suit cites a supposed employee handbook called "How to Succeed in MrBeast Production," which it says contains lines such as: "It's okay for the boys to be childish," and "If talent wants to draw a dick on the white board in the video or do something stupid, let them… Really do everything you can to empower the boys when filming and help them make content. Help them be idiots."In a statement, one unnamed female plaintiff said that the women on the show "honestly could not have been respected less—as people, much less employees—if they tried," per Variety."I wanted to join because I was a fan of MrBeast and his videos made me smile during the COVID-19 pandemic. I expected to be challenged, but I didn't think I would be treated like nothing — less than nothing," she said.The suit says that the defendants also failed to pay minimum wages and overtime, failed to give contestants uninterrupted meal breaks or rest breaks, and exposed participants to "dangerous circumstances and conditions."MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has YouTube's most subscribed channel, with 316 million followers.He shot to fame with viral videos of physical challenges and extravagant giveaways.But Donaldson has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/youtuber-mrbeast-embroiled-in-controversy-involving-staff-amazon-show-2024-8">faced increasing backlash in recent months</a> over safety concerns among contestants on "Beast Games" and news that a former employee was accused of inappropriately messaging a minor.The star has seemingly taken some action to try to salvage his reputation, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-jimmy-donaldson-hiring-celebrity-lawyer-wont-help-reputation-experts-2024-8">hiring a $2,000-an-hour attorney</a> who has previously represented Alec Baldwin and Elon Musk.Representatives for MrBeast and Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>JP Morgan analysts criticized American Airlines for what they see as a lack of action to improve financial performance.</li><li>American Airlines reported a 46% decline in profits during the second quarter of 2024.</li></ul>JP Morgan analysts say <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-vs-delta-united-airlines-economy-compared-flight-review-2024-7">American Airlines</a> leadership isn't doing enough to shore up profits, calm anxious investors, and improve stock performance after disappointing second-quarter results."We weren't expecting huge course corrections from American, though we thought they'd at least throw us a bone," JP Morgan airlines analyst Jamie Baker wrote in a note to clients Friday after the airline reported a 46% year-over-year decline in profits, which it blamed on an oversupply of cheap domestic tickets."Management's lack of vigor, absence of really anything that could be characterized '"new," and implied embrace of the status quo are troubling for us," Baker added. He has a bullish price target of $15 for the stock, about 43% above Monday's closing price.American Airlines executives plan to lean on additional earnings from a recently <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-ceo-admits-ticket-sales-strategy-change-mistake-2024-5">revamped ticket distribution strategy</a> as part of a turnaround strategy. Announced in May, the plan unwinds many of the policies implemented by the airline's outgoing chief commercial officer, which gutted American's corporate sales operation and restricted how tickets are sold to customers.The disastrous policies cost the company $750 million in lost revenue during the first half of the year, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said during the earnings call on Thursday.JP Morgan's analysts don't believe they are alone in their assessment of America's lack of action."Several analyst questions (during the earnings call) focused on the lack of any incremental capacity cut, revisions to the order book, or network rebalancing that one might reasonably expect in response to uninspiring returns, so we doubt our disappointment will prove unique," Baker wrote.American Airlines did not respond to a request for comment. <h2 id="f8f34627-2016-4c78-a762-c3622943ffbc">Many airlines are feeling the pressure right now.</h2>In recent months, airlines, especially low-cost carriers struggling to generate revenue, have flooded the market with economy-class seats, leading carriers to<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-united-delta-scrambling-fix-crisis-too-many-cheap-flights-2024-7"> cut prices to fill their planes </a>even as travel demand soars.That's resulted in cheaper flights for consumers but also in depressed earnings across the industry.Second-quarter earnings for American, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-air-lines-ceo-questions-financial-strategy-low-cost-carriers-2024-7">Delta</a>, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-united-delta-scrambling-fix-crisis-too-many-cheap-flights-2024-7">United</a> all fell short of Wall Street expectations.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-united-delta-scrambling-fix-crisis-too-many-cheap-flights-2024-7">United Airlines</a> CEO Scott Kirby said during the company's Q2 earnings call last week that domestic capacity growth across the entire airline industry will decrease by 5% by the fourth quarter of 2024 as airlines work to reign in ticket prices and bolster profitabilityAmerican, too, plans to slow domestic capacity growth to 3.5% in the third quarter of this year, down from around 9% growth in the second quarter.

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