A federal appeals court has cleared the way for more than 3,000 lawsuits accusing Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap of deliberately engineering their platforms to hook young users, dealing the tech giants a significant legal setback as they continue to fight a wave of litigation over the mental health effects... Read More »
Taylor Swift has succeeded in getting her music pulled from a Trump-affiliated TikTok account after her song "August" was used in a video without her permission.The Team Trump account, which was created during the 2024 presidential campaign, posted a clip earlier this week showing Donald and Melania Trump watching fireworks... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered Megan Thee Stallion and Roc Nation to stand trial in a lawsuit brought by a former tour cameraman who alleges he was forced to witness the rapper having sex in a car while working a European tour date in 2022. Judge Gregory H. Woods issued... Read More »
A Virginia woman is seeking more than $10 million from Tesla after alleging she was sent on her first electric vehicle test drive alone in a Model Y that had been set to its high-performance “Insane” acceleration mode without her knowledge.Alemzewd Lawgalet sued Tesla Inc. and two employees over the... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz USA is facing a proposed class action from two California drivers who claim raised metal AMG logos built into the front seats of certain vehicles become hot enough to cause burns after the cars are parked in the sun.Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep “Karina” Bath filed the lawsuit August 5... Read More »
Two of the world's biggest record labels are moving to shut down an unauthorized streaming app that's continued operating in Canada despite being pulled from Apple's App Store. Sony Music Group and Universal Music Group are initiating legal proceedings against the developers of Musi, an app that pulls music directly... Read More »
Three New York City homeowners have sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani and city finance officials over the rollout of a new tax on high-value secondary residences, claiming their primary homes were wrongly included among properties being reviewed for the surcharge.The lawsuit, filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court in Richmond... Read More »
Micah Sykes, the son of acclaimed opera and gospel vocalist Jubilant Sykes, entered a not-guilty plea to charges that he murdered his father during an arraignment Thursday at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old was taken into custody just hours after his father was fatally stabbed... Read More »
A federal judge has declined to throw out a lawsuit accusing Downtown Music of severing ties with a YouTube licensing partner in order to smooth the path for its merger with Universal Music Group, allowing key breach-of-contract claims to move forward toward trial even as he trimmed back other parts... Read More »
A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to halt most aboveground construction of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, ruling that a project of that scale cannot proceed without approval from Congress.The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld... Read More »
Ne-Yo is on the receiving end of a new personal injury lawsuit alleging that a dog belonging to the R&B singer attacked a delivery worker outside his home in the Atlanta suburbs, leaving her with injuries she claims may be permanent.The suit, filed on behalf of Dominique Bridgett, accuses the... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have accused a co-defendant in the NBA gambling case involving Terry Rozier of tampering with witnesses, pointing to social media activity including rat emojis posted to Instagram as evidence of intimidation efforts.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York stated in a court filing Tuesday... Read More »
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday seeking to deny birthright citizenship to children in several defined groups and increase enforcement against foreign visitors who travel to the United States to give birth.The action marks a narrower attempt to limit citizenship at birth after the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s... Read More »
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta Platforms to pay $567 million into a fund addressing youth mental health and child safety harms while requiring changes to Facebook and Instagram for young users in the state.The August 6 ruling by First Judicial District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid follows a separate... Read More »
A Minnesota woman who was hospitalized with sepsis after eating a Chipotle burrito bowl has sued the restaurant chain, claiming contaminated jalapeño peppers caused her illness during a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to 345 cases.Kristen Behne filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.... Read More »
