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fromFuturism
3 days ago

Attention Writers: Anthropic Might Owe You $3000 (or More!) If It Was Trained Using Your Work

Per a press release from the plaintiffs, Anthropic is supposed to fork over $3,000 for each work covered in the settlement, of which there are something like 500,000. If over 500,000 works' owners file, they'll pay those, too. If under 500,000 works are filed for, their authors could get more for them. All in, the settlement is about $1.5 billion, plus interest.
Intellectual property law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

L.A. filmmaker settles police brutality lawsuit after confrontation with livestreamer

Contreras said Singh was so shaken by the encounter that his attorneys pushed the judge to declare a mistrial on the grounds that Morales was trying to intimidate a party to the case. After the judge declined to grant their motion, the two sides agreed to settle for an unspecified amount of money, Contreras said. Larger settlements require a final sign-off from the City Council.
Law
Cars
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Tesla rejected $60 settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount

Tesla declined a $60 million settlement in a 2019 Autopilot wrongful-death case that ultimately resulted in $243 million in damages against the company.
Film
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Disney settles the Elon Musk-funded Gina Carano lawsuit

Gina Carano settled her lawsuit with Disney and Lucasfilm after being fired for controversial comments.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy

Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit regarding Facebook's handling of privacy violations.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

San Francisco-based hedge fund settles harassment, misogyny lawsuit on eve of trial

Woodline Partners settled a lawsuit involving sexual harassment claims against co-founder Karl Kroeker.
Education
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Barnard pledges to tackle antisemitism, discrimination in lawsuit settlement | amNewYork

Barnard College settled a lawsuit addressing antisemitism, committing to reforms in protest rules and discrimination management.
Boston food
fromBoston.com
3 months ago

Family of man dragged to death by Red Line train settles with MBTA for $5 million

The MBTA settled a lawsuit for $5 million with Robinson Lalin's family after a tragic incident where he was dragged by a Red Line train.
LGBT
fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Psychiatrist who criticized child gender therapy receives over $1M after university firing

The University of Louisville agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit regarding free speech related to transgender treatment critiques.
Media industry
fromVulture
4 months ago

CBS Settles Writer Discrimination Lawsuit

Paramount+ settled a lawsuit alleging discrimination against a script coordinator stemming from their DEI policies.
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