Bad Bunny is facing a new lawsuit in Puerto Rico alleging that he and his collaborators used a woman’s recorded voice on two commercially released songs without her consent, seeking at least $16 million in damages. The plaintiff, Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, filed a 32-page complaint on Monday claiming her... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Salt-N-Pepa against Universal Music Group, dealing a significant setback to the pioneering rap duo’s effort to reclaim ownership of their early recordings. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York granted UMG’s motion to dismiss the case,... Read More »
The Supreme Court is expected to rule as soon as Friday, January 9, on whether President Donald Trump had the power to impose sweeping, across-the-board tariffs by invoking a national-emergency statute typically used for sanctions and other economic restrictions. The decision could reshape how future presidents use emergency authorities to... Read More »
A series of New Jersey legal changes took effect at the start of 2026, including a statewide minimum wage increase, a higher gas tax tied to the Transportation Trust Fund, and new toll schedules on major crossings used by commuters in and out of the state. Other changes arriving later... Read More »
A federal judge has agreed to delay Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial by at least three months, granting a request from several of his co-defendants to allow additional time to prepare their cases. Durk, born Durk Banks, appeared in a Los Angeles federal courtroom on Wednesday as U.S. District Judge Michael... Read More »
Several new New York State laws took effect January 1, 2026, including scheduled minimum wage increases, new insurance coverage mandates aimed at lowering out-of-pocket health costs, environmental restrictions on foam cold-storage containers and small hotel toiletry bottles, and a change to who can authorize organ and tissue donations when a... Read More »
A small but noticeable set of Florida laws took effect January 1, 2026, covering animal-cruelty enforcement, pet insurance, state employee health benefits, medical billing refunds, and insurer “clawback” timelines for certain mental health providers. A separate condo-records transparency requirement also arrives with a January 1 deadline that affects many condominium... Read More »
A federal grand jury in New York has issued a sweeping indictment accusing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his inner circle of leading a decades-long narco-terrorism conspiracy that allegedly sent massive quantities of cocaine into the United States. The superseding indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court... Read More »
A broad package of California laws took effect January 1, 2026, with changes that touch everyday life in ways that are likely to show up quickly: what landlords must provide in many rentals, how much patients may pay out of pocket for insulin under certain health plans, how fast counties... Read More »
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling striking down two state abortion laws, concluding that a total abortion ban and a separate prohibition on abortion pills violated the Wyoming Constitution. The challenged statutes were enacted in 2022 following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v.... Read More »
