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fromNew York Post
1 day ago

Strand owner claims ex-assistant stole $600K in Dior, jewels and rare books before his suicide

Nancy Bass Wyden alleges her former personal assistant stole $655,000 in cash, luxury items, books and Amazon points before his 2025 death.
New York Knicks
fromESPN.com
3 days ago

Knicks, Raptors agree to voluntarily dismiss lawsuit

The New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors voluntarily dismissed their 2023 lawsuit over alleged theft of thousands of confidential files, resolving the dispute.
Music
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Kendrick Really Is What The Culture Feeling: Drake Lost The Rap Battle AND The Court Battle - Above the Law

Drake's musical defeats to Kendrick Lamar culminated in public humiliation and prompted Drake to attempt turning the loss into legal action.
#trademark-infringement
fromDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
2 days ago
Coffee

Death Wish Coffee Alleges Trademark Infringement Against Liquid Death

Death Wish Coffee sued Liquid Death for trademark infringement over planned DEATH-branded coffee products, alleging likely consumer confusion and irreparable harm.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago
Music

Neil Young Sued by Chrome Hearts Fashion Brand Over New Band's Name

Neil Young and his backing band called the Chrome Hearts face a trademark suit from Chrome Hearts LLC over use of the name and merchandise.
Tech industry
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 days ago

Elon Musk agrees to settle with fired Twitter execs over severance dispute

Elon Musk and X settled claims by former Twitter executives alleging $128 million in unpaid severance after mass firings following Musk's 2022 acquisition.
#youth-mental-health
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

In Utah, a group that helped prompt the redistricting says it's acting on faith

A lawsuit by Mormon Women for Ethical Government prompted a court-ordered Utah redistricting that boosts Democrats' House chances and drew national partisan reaction.
US politics
fromTruthout
4 days ago

Video Shows ICE Agents Shooting Protesting Pastor With Pepper Ball From Rooftop

A Chicago-area minister was struck in the head by a pepper-ball projectile while praying outside an ICE processing facility during a protest.
#trump
fromTruthout
4 days ago
US politics

Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to Be Put "in Jail"

fromTruthout
4 days ago
US politics

Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to Be Put "in Jail"

Digital life
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Kentucky's AG launches Roblox lawsuit claiming platform isn't safe for kids

Kentucky sued Roblox, alleging inadequate child safety and urging stronger age verification, content filters, and parental notifications to protect children.
Video games
fromGameSpot
4 days ago

Epic Is Suing Fortnite UEFN Devs For Allegedly Using Bots To Inflate Player Counts

Epic is suing two UEFN developers for creating over 20,000 bot accounts to inflate island engagement and fraudulently collect creator payments.
US politics
fromemptywheel
5 days ago

"Do something, bitch!"* Kristi Noem Dressed Russia's Useful Idiot Up to Cosplay CBP - emptywheel

DHS reallocated and zeroed out federal security grant funding for New York City's MTA, allegedly without notice, prompting New York to sue over the cuts.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

Group Black cofounder calls for board's removal, citing 'serious concerns' about its conduct

Cofounder Richelieu Dennis accuses Group Black leadership of mismanagement and seeks removal of the five-member board while legal and financial disputes continue.
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

Truck Driver Roughed Up by Ex-NFL QB Mark Sanchez Sues Him, Fox

Perry Tole, 69, filed the lawsuit in Indiana state court on Monday, seeking an unknown amount in damages and attorneys' fees, the Associated Press reported. Mediaite has reached out to the Fox Corporation for comment. Sanchez's attorneys would not comment when reached by the AP. The former New York Jets quarterback has been employed by Fox as an analyst since 2021.
National Football League
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Illinois and Chicago Sue to Block National Guard Deployment Take Swipe at Trump Admin Over Department of War'

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against the Trump administration objecting to the deployment of federal troops, and included an admonition that the renaming of the Department of Defense was not legally valid. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President
US politics
fromGameSpot
6 days ago

Nintendo Is Suing A Reddit Moderator For $4.5 Million

Nintendo's legal complaint has been posted online (via Oatmeal Dome), and it's asking for $4.5 million because it contends that Williams operated multiple Switch piracy sites, sold hardware hacks, and offered modified Switch consoles with pirated games. It also alleges that he refused to comply when the company sent him a cease-and-desist order. The complaint notes that Williams stopped acknowledging Nintendo's requests, which led to the lawsuit against him.
Video games
US politics
fromTruthout
6 days ago

Illinois Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago

Chicago and Illinois sued to block federal deployment of National Guard troops to the city as unlawful, dangerous, and politically motivated.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Illinois and Chicago sue the Trump administration over National Guard deployment

Illinois and Chicago sued to block federalization and interstate deployment of the Illinois National Guard authorized by the Trump administration.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Laugh, muchachos': Spitting Image studio sued after Paddington Bear episode

StudioCanal and Michael Bond's estate are suing Avalon over a satirical Spitting Image depiction of Paddington that portrays him as drug-taking and profane.
#uber
fromStreetsblog
1 week ago
Miscellaneous

Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

fromStreetsblog
1 week ago
Miscellaneous

Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

#h-1b-visas
fromFortune
1 week ago
US politics

Trump sued over $100k H-1B visa fee that has 'thrown employers, workers and federal agencies into chaos' | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
US politics

Trump sued over $100k H-1B visa fee that has 'thrown employers, workers and federal agencies into chaos' | Fortune

New York City
fromNew York Post
1 week ago

Exclusive | NYC granny loses life savings to online scam - and she's placing the blame on banks: lawsuit

An 86-year-old Upper East Side woman lost approximately $700,000 to online scammers and is suing her banks for failing to prevent or flag the fraud.
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee challenged in lawsuit

A coalition of unions, nonprofits, religious organizations, and a healthcare staffing firm, among others, is suing the Trump administration over its $100,000 H-1B visa fee, marking what appears to be the first major legal challenge against the proclamation to land in federal court. In a lawsuit filed on Friday in the US District Court in Northern California, plaintiffs said President Donald Trump doesn't have the authority to 'unilaterally impose fees,' calling it 'extortionate,' 'draconian,' and an impediment to innovation.
US politics
fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

San Jose group's clients sue Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee described as 'extortion'

The government failed to consider how extorting exorbitant fees will stifle innovation,
US politics
Soccer (FIFA)
fromESPN.com
1 week ago

Wave owners file lawsuit against ex-pres Jill Ellis

San Diego Wave owners sued former team president Jill Ellis for allegedly misleading them by promising to stay after sale but resigning two days later.
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Ex-Capcom Dev Has Absurd Take On Palworld Lawsuit

With strikingly similar aesthetics and game mechanics to Pokémon, the game has been accused of plagiarism by fans and lawyers alike. And according to ex-Capcom dev Yoshiki Okamoto ( Monster Strike, Folklore), you-yes you-shouldn't even be playing until and unless the lawsuit is settled in Pocketpair's favor. "I don't want the world to think [ Palworld] is acceptable," Okamoto said, urging folks not to play the game.
Video games
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 week ago

Woman beaten unconscious at Rose Bowl concert in Southern California sues venue, suspect

A woman assaulted at a Rufus Du Sol Rose Bowl concert is suing the venue and her attacker for injuries and alleged inadequate security.
#defamation
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Former FBI operative James Keene, whose memoir was made into Apple TV+ series Black Bird, claims Google's AI chatbot called him a killer

fromPoynter
3 weeks ago
US politics

Legal experts doubt Trump's chances in his $15B defamation suit against The New York Times - Poynter

fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Former FBI operative James Keene, whose memoir was made into Apple TV+ series Black Bird, claims Google's AI chatbot called him a killer

fromPoynter
3 weeks ago
US politics

Legal experts doubt Trump's chances in his $15B defamation suit against The New York Times - Poynter

#meta
#sexual-assault
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago
New York City

J.P. Morgan employee reported being sexually assaulted at Saint Thomas Church in Midtown, then the diocese retaliated, lawsuit claims | amNewYork

fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago
New York City

J.P. Morgan employee reported being sexually assaulted at Saint Thomas Church in Midtown, then the diocese retaliated, lawsuit claims | amNewYork

US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Trump to deploy 200 National Guard troops to Oregon as state leaders sue

Oregon filed a federal suit after the Defense Secretary ordered 200 National Guard troops into federal service for potential deployment amid Portland unrest.
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

He was body-slammed by immigration agents. Now a car wash owner has filed a $50-million claim against DHS

79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner files $50 million claim alleging federal immigration agents used excessive force and ignored his medical pleas.
Artificial intelligence
fromTESLARATI
2 weeks ago

Tesla Model Y makes dramatic comeback in Sweden with 492% rise in registrations

xAI sued OpenAI alleging systematic theft of trade secrets, employee poaching, and misappropriation of source code, business plans, and data center details.
Music
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Priscilla Presley Describes the Night Lisa Marie Died in Memoir

Lisa Marie was taken off life support after doctors said no quality of life; Priscilla Presley denies claims she acted to seize Elvis's estate.
#copyright-infringement
fromApp Developer Magazine
9 months ago
Intellectual property law

Disney sues AI firm MiniMax with Warner Bros Discovery and NBCU

Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery sued MiniMax alleging its Hailuo AI generated and used copyrighted characters without authorization to promote a subscription service.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Warner Bros. sues Midjourney to stop AI knockoffs of Batman, Scooby-Doo

Warner Bros. sued Midjourney, alleging the AI service infringes copyrights by generating images of iconic characters and seeks profits plus a permanent injunction.
Higher education
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Colleges pull back as Trump cuts programs that help migrant students

Federal halting of CAMP funding led to staff layoffs, canceled student supports, and legal action from participating colleges seeking restored appropriations.
Fashion & style
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Primark nears an end to copycat row with owner of UGG boot brand in America

Primark's US arm, Penneys, is near settling a US lawsuit over allegedly copying UGG boots after Australian UGG-style makers changed name following litigation.
Video games
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

The complicated Subnautica 2 lawsuit just took a bizarre twist

Krafton denies that Subnautica 2 leadership firings related to the game's readiness, shifting focus to claims of abandonment and deception.
Video games
fromGameSpot
3 weeks ago

Subnautica 2 Lawsuit Gets Muddled As Justification For Firing Studio Founders Is Changed

Krafton and Unknown Worlds founders are litigating over a disputed $250 million performance bonus after founders were ousted and legal arguments shifted.
US news
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

American Airlines sued by 16 passengers over Denver engine fire

Sixteen passengers are suing American Airlines after Flight 1006 experienced engine vibration, diverted, caught fire during taxiing, and caused evacuation and injuries.
#copyright
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic Settles Books Copyright Case for Billions | Entrepreneur

Anthropic agreed to settle a class-action copyright suit for at least $1.5 billion after downloading pirated books to train its AI models.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit

Anthropic will pay $1.5bn to settle authors' claims that pirated books were used to train its chatbot, offering about $3,000 per affected book.
fromwww.pressenterprise.com
3 weeks ago

Lawsuits accuse former pastor of California megachurch of child sex abuse in Romania

A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in California. The complaints, filed Tuesday by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, said former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor and missionary Paul Havsgaard severely abused them and dozens of other children at the shelter over eight years.
US news
Law
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Air India crash victims' families sue Boeing and Honeywell - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Honeywell and Boeing face a US negligence lawsuit alleging a 787 design defect caused fuel cutoff and loss of thrust that led to a crash killing 260 people.
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Liquidator sues cannabis farm in pursuit of millions transferred from private hospital company

Saga rooted in dispute between doctor and Larry Goodman over control of Blackrock Clinic
Miscellaneous
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

The billion-dollar rivalry over 'ChatGPT for doctors' just got nastier with dueling lawsuits

Two major healthcare AI companies, Doximity and OpenEvidence, are engaged in escalating lawsuits over alleged impersonation, prompt-injection attacks, trade-secret theft, and reputational harm.
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

AI Chatbots Are Leaving a Trail of Dead Teens

A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging that its chatbot drove their teen child to commit suicide. As the Washington Post reports, the parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI, saying the company's chatbot had persuaded her that it was "better than human friends" and that it isolated from her family and friends, discouraging her from seeking help.
Mental health
fromEater
3 weeks ago

Jerry Greenfield Has Resigned from Ben & Jerry's

The news was announced in an open letter published early on Wednesday to co-founder Ben Cohen's social media channels. It read in part: "It's with a broken heart that I've decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry's. I am resigning from the company Ben and I started back in 1978. This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made."
Business
Marketing tech
fromTipRanks Financial
3 weeks ago

Google (GOOGL) Does Not Believe in an 'Open Web' Claims Magnite in Advertising Lawsuit - TipRanks.com

Magnite sued Google's ad unit alleging an exclusionary monopoly in open-web advertising that harmed Magnite, publishers, advertisers, and competition.
New York City
fromGothamist
3 weeks ago

Rikers death lawsuit says NYC ignored mental health warnings before man's suicide

Corrections officers allegedly ignored explicit mental-health warnings, leaving Jimmy Avila unmonitored in a cell, leading to his suicide and prompting a lawsuit.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Nurse Who 'Loved' Charlie Kirk Claims She Was 'Mind-Blown' By Sick Doctor Celebrating His Death

A New Jersey nurse told Fox News she was mind-blown when she witnessed a doctor she said was openly celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk last week leading her to call the doc out on her Instagram account, which was a move that resulted in her being suspended without pay, she claims. Lexi Kuenzle shared the wild story during an appearance on Fox & Friends on Monday morning.
US politics
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
3 weeks ago

Alphabet's Verily covered up HIPAA violations, whistleblower says in lawsuit - DataBreaches.Net

Verily allegedly used health data from over 25,000 patients without authorization and covered up HIPAA breaches, triggering a whistleblower lawsuit.
fromwww.dailynews.com
3 weeks ago

Dodgers star Ohtani's lawyers claim he was victim of likeness misuse in real estate deal, move to dismiss lawsuit

In papers filed on Sunday, lawyers for Ohtani and Balelo said Hayes and Matsumoto in 2023 acquired rights for a joint venture in which they owned a minority percentage to use Ohtani's name, image and likeness under an endorsement agreement to market the venture's real estate development at the Mauna Kea Resort. The lawyers said Ohtani was a victim of NIL violations.
US news
E-Commerce
fromAol
1 month ago

Did Amazon Intentionally Kill Toys R Us? A Look Back at Their Doomed Partnership

Outsourcing Toys "R" Us's online sales to Amazon enabled Amazon to capture customer data and become a direct competitor, contributing to Toys "R" Us's decline.
E-Commerce
fromAol
1 month ago

Did Amazon Intentionally Kill Toys R Us? A Look Back at Their Doomed Partnership

Toys 'R' Us's 2000 exclusive online partnership with Amazon ceded customer data and sales control, enabling Amazon to outcompete and hastening Toys 'R' Us's decline.
Social media marketing
fromGadget Review
1 month ago

Indiana Lawyer Mark Zuckerberg Sues Mark Zuckerberg Over Repeated Account Bans

Meta's automated moderation repeatedly and mistakenly suspended a veteran Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney's Facebook accounts, causing months-long outages, wasted ad spend, lost business, and legal action.
fromTruthout
1 month ago

This Back-to-School Season, Teachers and Parents Are Fighting Back Against ICE

When Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 38-year-old chiropractor while he was dropping his daughter off, they reportedly smashed out the windows of his car. The arrest, which happened on July 15, took place outside the child's pre-school in South Beaverton, Oregon. The father, originally from Iran, is married to a U.S. citizen who said he has applied for a green card to remain in the United States legally, according to Oregon Public Media.
US politics
fromNature
1 month ago

Trump team disbands controversial US climate panel

Faced with a lawsuit, the administration of US President Donald Trump has disbanded a panel of five well-known critics of climate science who issued a controversial draft report questioning the evidence underlying global warming. US energy secretary Chris Wright asserted that the group had accomplished its goal in publishing the first draft, which the Department of Energy (DoE) has declined to withdraw. Two of the panel's members told Nature they plan to continue the work independently.
US politics
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Perry Farrell Says Dave Navarro Has "Unclean Hands" in Response to Jane's Addiction Lawsuit

Perry Farrell denies all allegations, asserts 35 defenses including that Dave Navarro has "unclean hands," and faces a separate $10 million lawsuit from former bandmates.
Mental health
fromTruthout
1 month ago

People in NY Prison's Mental Health Unit Kept in Solitary Confinement, Suit Says

People in Marcy Correctional Facility's Residential Mental Health Unit are confined to cells 24 hours daily and denied mandated out-of-cell programming and mental health services.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Sam Altman said he used to see Elon Musk as a 'great jewel for humanity,' but not anymore

For a long time, I looked up to him as an incredible hero, a great jewel for humanity. I have different feelings now,
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Fired FBI officials sue Trump administration for illegal retribution'

The complaint asserts that FBI Director Kash Patel indicated directly to one of the ousted agents, Brian Driscoll, that he knew the firings were likely illegal but was powerless to stop them because the White House and the Justice Department were determined to remove all agents who had helped in investigations surrounding Trump.
US politics
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Degrassi's Co-Creator Doesn't Want Us to See the Degrassi Documentary

Linda Schuyler is suing to block the Degrassi documentary, alleging misrepresentation of cast pay and false implications about stolen storylines.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago

Actor Derek Dixon details Tyler Perry sexual assault allegations

Dixon, who appeared in Perry's long-running political drama The Oval and its spin-off Ruthless, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles back in June, in which he claimed Perry used his "success and power [and] considerable influence in the entertainment industry to create a coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic". In the complaint, Dixon said he was promised "career advancements" by Perry only to "subject him to escalating sexual harassment, assault and battery, and professional retaliation when Mr Dixon did not reciprocate Mr Perry's unwanted advances".
Television
Music
fromJezebel
1 month ago

Lizzo Thinks She Pioneered the Body Positivity 'Trend'

Lizzo defends her body-positive persona, appeals dancers' lawsuit as an attack on her free speech, denies wrongdoing, and resists taking responsibility.
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Tyler Perry faces ABC News report on actor's sexual assault allegations

Derek Dixon accused Tyler Perry of sexual harassment and filed a $260 million lawsuit alleging Perry exploited and harassed male actors using his industry power.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Trump's alleged, suggestive letter to Epstein released by Democrats

House Democrats released a purported 2003 letter and drawing from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein; Trump denies authorship and sued a newspaper for $10bn.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Deaths and 'humanitarian crisis' in L.A. County jails prompt lawsuit by state attorney general

California will sue the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department over unsafe jail conditions causing deaths, overcrowding, vermin infestations, and denial of basic necessities.
#broadway
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Tenderloin residents sue SF in effort to stop distribution of harm reduction kits

Tenderloin residents and businesses seek court orders to stop distribution of drug paraphernalia, blaming it for fentanyl-driven neighborhood decay, public drug use, and safety hazards.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Woman who was allegedly filmed in the shower at URI is suing the school

The woman, referred to in court documents as "Jane Doe," also alleged the university was negligent, failed to take adequate security measures, and "placed her in an unusually vulnerable position." URI "knew, or through the exercise of reasonable care should have known, that its specific design of unisex restrooms which lacked reasonable privacy or safeguards created an unreasonable risk of harm to the Plaintiff and other students," the complaint argues.
US news
Business
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Lawsuit against a top ad agency says it made big DEI claims but discriminated against Black execs

Two Black employees sued Horizon Media, alleging systemic race- and gender-based discrimination despite the agency's public DEI commitments.
Privacy professionals
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Mark Zuckerberg, Esq, Sues Meta For Disabling Paid Accounts | Entrepreneur

An Indianapolis bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg faces repeated Facebook page removals and business harm due to confusion with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

"Worst sanctuary offenders": Trump DOJ sues Boston over immigration policies

Federal government filed suit against Boston, accusing city officials of sanctuary policies that released "dangerous criminals" by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
#trade-secrets
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers | TechCrunch

Law
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg | TechCrunch

An Indiana bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg sued Meta after his Facebook business page was repeatedly disabled for allegedly impersonating Meta's CEO, costing him advertising fees.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

3 L.A. County deputies relieved of duty after alleged off-duty beating of man at bar

Parker Seitz was violently attacked by off-duty Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies, under the watchful eye of security guards contracted by a local business,
US news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Google told to pay $425m for breaching millions of users' privacy

Google has been told by a US jury to pay $425m for violating the privacy of tens of millions of users who opted out of a feature tracking app use. The jury in San Francisco handed down the verdict on Wednesday after a group of Google users accused the tech giant of continuing to collect data from third-party apps even when they changed their account settings to prevent the practice.
Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Scale AI still exists and it's suing an ex-employee over corporate espionage

Now the latest development is a lawsuit over corporate espionage in the AI industry. The AI data labeling company, which has provided training data to fuel many of the industry's leading AI models, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a former employee, Eugene Ling, and his current employer, Mercor, which is one of Scale's key competitors. Scale alleged that Ling, who was its head of engagement management, stole more than 100 confidential documents that contained proprietary information and company strategies for managing customers.
Artificial intelligence
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Cardi B Beats $24M Assault Lawsuit - Above the Law

Some background for starters: Cardi B was sued by a former security guard for $24M who alleged Cardi scratched her face with her fingernail and spat on her. While many celebrities would rather keep things hush and settle out of court, Cardi B had the time to fight the case. The accusations were taken to trial and produced some very memorable moments ranging from hair care inquiry to a very colorful descriptions of the security guard during her time at the stand:
Music
fromAxios
1 month ago

Trump admin agrees to restore public health webpages

The action prompted a lawsuit from nine medical groups who alleged the administration's actions were arbitrary, illegal and threatened public health. Driving the news: Under the agreement, the Health and Human Services Department will reinstate the webpages in question to reflect how they appeared online as of January 29, 2025. Once that happens, the case will then dismissed, according to AcademyHealth, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Public health
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Judge Blocks Attempt by Trump Administration to Deport 600 Guatemalan Kids

The administration attempted to deport over 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children aged 10–17, but a federal judge temporarily halted the removals after a NILC lawsuit.
#ai-safety
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Mental health

ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine's suicidal thoughts. His family's lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken

Months-long ChatGPT conversations allegedly encouraged a 16-year-old's emotional decline and suicide, prompting his family to sue OpenAI over GPT-4o design choices.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

OpenAI introduced stronger ChatGPT mental-health and parental safeguards, expanded affordable ChatGPT Go in India, faces legal challenges, and retains multiple GPT models amid app revenue.
#federal-reserve
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