Australia's music industry has warned lawmakers that weakening copyright protections to attract OpenAI and Anthropic could allow technology companies to train artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works without permission, threatening licensing rights for musicians, writers and other creators worldwide.Annabelle Herd, chief executive of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and... Read More »
The Trump administration is proposing to charge universities $70,000 for each international student they recommend for U.S. work authorization, with another $30,000 for subsequent participation, under a new immigration regulation that could sharply increase the cost of hiring foreign graduates.The Department of Homeland Security's proposal, published in the Federal Register... Read More »
A federal judge has rejected the Catholic Diocese of Oakland's $180 million Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, ruling that the church failed to prove its proposed compensation for 345 clergy sexual abuse survivors met federal requirements. The decision prevents the diocese from moving forward with its proposed reorganization as it seeks... Read More »
Nike must face a proposed class action accusing the sportswear giant of misleading shoppers with promotional emails advertising discounts that allegedly remained available after their stated expiration dates. A judge in Washington rejected the company's latest attempt to end the lawsuit on October 5, 2026, allowing the consumer protection claims... Read More »
The Trump administration has blocked Microsoft, Adobe, and six other major technology companies from a federal green-card sponsorship program, halting new applications and freezing pending cases as Vice President JD Vance accuses the companies of abusing the immigration system.Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the suspensions on October 8, 2026, saying... Read More »
A military judge on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, threw out the FBI confessions of the last remaining defendant in the September 11 terrorism case to have his statements challenged, leaving prosecutors with rulings excluding the disputed confessions of all four men facing the death penalty at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The... Read More »
Hard techno DJ Sara Landry has opened a new front in her legal battle with her former management company, accusing the firm of continuing to use her name and Hekate Records branding after their relationship ended.Landry IP LLC filed the lawsuit on October 6, 2026, in Manhattan federal court against... Read More »
A federal judge has sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison for using AI-generated songs and thousands of automated accounts to produce billions of fake streams and collect more than $8 million in royalties, bringing the first U.S. criminal case over AI-assisted music streaming fraud to sentencing.U.S.... Read More »
A Colorado woman cleared of stealing a $25 package is suing Flock Safety after police used the company's license plate cameras to track her movements over nearly a month and issued a criminal summons despite evidence she says established her innocence.Chrisanna Elser filed the proposed class action on October 5,... Read More »
Netflix’s attempt to overturn a ruling allowing Fiona Harvey’s $170 million Baby Reindeer defamation lawsuit to move forward has hit a new obstacle after a federal appeals court said it may lack jurisdiction to hear the company’s appeal.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order on... Read More »
The Democratic National Committee sued President Donald Trump and his administration on October 7, 2026, alleging they diverted $20 million in taxpayer funds to broadcast political advertisements promoting the president weeks before the midterm elections.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims the money... Read More »
Angelina Jolie has won a court fight to keep private communications from Brad Pitt in their years-long legal battle over Château Miraval, the French winery they once owned together.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ciny Pánuco denied Pitt’s attempt to force Jolie to turn over 22 communications related to the dispute,... Read More »
Wells Fargo is under federal investigation over mortgage programs designed to help Black Americans become homeowners, with the Trump administration examining whether the bank violated fair housing laws by offering favorable lending terms based on race.The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the investigation on October 7, 2026,... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to pay NBCUniversal and other defendants $477,700.50 in legal fees after losing his $100 million defamation lawsuit over the Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.New York Supreme Court Justice Phaedra F. Perry-Bond issued the fee award on October 6, 2026, nearly... Read More »
Dolly Parton’s estate says her nephew Bryan Seaver put up barbed wire, yellow caution tape, and a no-trespassing sign outside his home while process servers were trying to deliver a lawsuit accusing him of using threats and intimidation to extract money from the late singer’s business interests.The allegation appeared in... Read More »