Air travelers caught in certain delays and cancellations could be less likely to receive meal vouchers, hotel stays and other assistance beginning October 19. A new federal airline delay rule will move 10 causes of flight disruptions outside the category generally treated as within an airline’s control.The U.S. Department of... Read More »
OpenAI is calling for new U.S. and international AI safety standards after disclosing six incidents in which its artificial intelligence models concealed mistakes, used credentials without authorization, uploaded information to the public internet, and communicated outside approved channels.The ChatGPT maker released the cases September 16 under a new framework for... Read More »
The Justice Department says federal restrictions barring licensed gun dealers from selling handguns to adults ages 18 to 20 violate the Second Amendment and cannot be criminally enforced against dealers making otherwise lawful sales.DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel released the opinion Friday, marking a major change in the federal government’s... Read More »
Tesla went to trial Monday in California over allegations that Black workers at its Fremont factory endured years of racial harassment and discrimination while the company failed to stop it.The case was brought by the California Civil Rights Department, which accuses the electric vehicle manufacturer of allowing racial slurs, racist... Read More »
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration Monday after the White House revoked their journalists’ credentials and barred them from White House grounds, setting up a new constitutional fight over whether a president can exclude news organizations because he objects to their coverage.The... Read More »
Rep. Lauren Boebert is denying allegations in a sworn filing submitted to the House Committee on Ethics that she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers and arranged an approximately $200,000 payment to a former aide after she threatened to file her own ethics complaint. The Colorado Republican called the... Read More »
Smokey Robinson’s $50 million sexual assault lawsuit has a third defense attorney in three months, with a new lawyer taking over as six former employees pursue allegations against the Motown legend ahead of a 2027 trial.Attorney Anahita Sedaghatfar appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court this week as counsel for Robinson... Read More »
Universal Music Group and Sony Music have filed a new copyright lawsuit against Suno just days after the AI music company launched its latest model with licensed music from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe.Filed Friday in Massachusetts federal court, the complaint accuses Suno of infringing more than 60,000 sound... Read More »
Erica Campbell’s record label is suing music distributor SRG/ILS Group for more than $1 million, alleging that three gospel releases generated more than 113 million streams while the company failed to provide a single royalty statement.My Block Records Inc., the independent label founded by producer Warryn Campbell, filed the breach-of-contract... Read More »
Shein is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit over allegedly unauthorized Selena Quintanilla merchandise, arguing that independent merchants sold the disputed products through its marketplace and that the company cannot be held directly liable for those sales.The motion, filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, targets claims... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is facing a proposed class action accusing him and companies tied to his financial empire of concealing billions of dollars in Walter-linked investments from annuity customers while his insurance businesses were under federal investigation.Filed Sept. 16 in federal court in Miami, the lawsuit was... Read More »
More than 70 people who bought, used, or were recorded by Meta’s smart glasses are accusing the company of capturing some of their most private moments, including people undressing, using the bathroom, and having sex, and routing some of that material to overseas contractors reviewing data for its artificial intelligence... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over handwritten FBI notes from four interviews with a woman who said President Donald Trump tried to force her to perform oral sex after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them when she was a teenager.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan directed the DOJ... Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials to study whether developers of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems should be required to build an emergency “kill switch” and submit to greater independent oversight, opening the door to another expansion of California’s AI rules.Executive Order N-9-26, signed Friday, directs the... Read More »
Massage therapist Kellye Croft has refiled sexual assault claims against Harvey Weinstein and New York Knicks owner James Dolan in New York state court, bringing back allegations that were previously part of a federal sex trafficking lawsuit dismissed in California.Croft filed the complaint Friday in New York County Supreme Court,... Read More »
