Chance the Rapper has won another court ruling against his former manager, Pat Corcoran, who must surrender undisclosed commissions collected from the rapper's merchandise vendors and forfeit management fees that could total $1.5 million. Cook County Circuit Court Judge James E. Hanlon Jr. ruled October 13, 2026, that Corcoran breached... Read More »

A coalition of 17 state attorneys general is urging Congress to pass a new Epstein files law that would let states, survivors and lawmakers sue the Justice Department over records they say were withheld, delayed or heavily redacted.New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the push on October 15, 2026,... Read More »

Universal Music Group and Sony Music are asking a federal judge to force DistroKid to disclose how many AI-generated songs pass through its distribution service each month, arguing that the data could help establish market harm in their copyright lawsuit against AI music company Suno. The October 14, 2026, filing... Read More »

The Justice Department has sued a California ticket broker and three of its executives, accusing them of bypassing online purchase limits to acquire more than 18.5 million tickets and generate at least $120.8 million in resale profits. The October 15, 2026, lawsuit alleges that REPS & Company used thousands of... Read More »

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been transferred from a New Jersey federal prison to a low-security facility in Pennsylvania following allegations that he obtained contraband, received special treatment from other inmates, and suffered a head injury while in custody. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the October 16, 2026, move but declined... Read More »

Pop star Dua Lipa is fighting Samsung's attempt to dismiss her $15 million federal lawsuit over the use of her photograph on television packaging, arguing in an October 16, 2026, court filing that the electronics giant exploited her likeness without permission and falsely suggested she endorsed its products.In her response... Read More »

Galderma, the Swiss dermatology company behind Cetaphil and Alastin, has agreed to buy ZO Skin Health for $1.5 billion in cash, giving the company a much larger position in physician-dispensed skincare sold through dermatologists, plastic surgeons and medical spas.The acquisition, announced October 14, 2026, would give Galderma 100% ownership of... Read More »

A federal lawsuit seeks to block Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, from serving as a top U.S. diplomatic envoy, alleging that he has exercised government authority without Senate confirmation while maintaining billions of dollars in foreign-backed investments.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed the 45-page complaint on... Read More »

Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila has lost its bid to end a proposed consumer class action brought by buyers who say they paid premium prices for bottles labeled “100% agave” after laboratory testing allegedly detected alcohol from other sources.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly ruled October 7, 2026, that the consumers had... Read More »

President Donald Trump has canceled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.In an October 15, 2026, Truth Social post, Trump said Hasan would still be executed by... Read More »

The owners of the Golden Globe Awards are suing the nonprofit foundation created as part of the deal that sold the Hollywood awards show, accusing the charity of illegally using the Golden Globe name for fundraising, events, and merchandise.Golden Globes LLC and Eldridge Globes LLC filed the trademark infringement lawsuit... Read More »

Kanye West has been ordered to pay another $181,433.93 in attorneys' fees and court costs after losing a lawsuit brought by a former worker at his $57 million Malibu mansion, bringing the total awarded in the case to more than $321,000.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brock Hammond issued the... Read More »

Disney accused the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission of using its power over ABC's broadcast licenses to punish the network for its programming, arguing in an October 12, 2026, court filing that the agency deliberately chose a regulatory process intended to pressure the company while avoiding immediate judicial review.The allegation... Read More »

A California engineer caught on hidden camera poisoning his coworker's water with a toxic heavy metal has had his felony conviction dismissed after receiving two years of probation instead of a potential life sentence. An Alameda County Superior Court judge granted David Xu's request on October 12, 2026, despite objections... Read More »

OpenAI is facing a proposed nationwide class action accusing the company of using children's private ChatGPT conversations to train artificial intelligence models without valid parental consent. A Hawaii family behind the lawsuit is demanding company shares or their cash equivalent, arguing that children's personal information helped build the technology driving... Read More »