A new bill in Congress would lower the federal overtime threshold from 40 hours to 32 hours for covered workers, eventually requiring time-and-a-half pay once they exceed the shorter workweek.Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., introduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act in the House on Sept. 8. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed a class action accusing L’Oréal USA of failing to warn consumers about benzene allegedly found in certain CeraVe and La Roche-Posay benzoyl peroxide acne products, ruling that federal law preempts the state-law claims.U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan held that the claims were barred... Read More »
Cigna won a federal appeals court ruling Thursday blocking an out-of-network medical practice from suing to collect more than $3 million it won through the No Surprises Act’s dispute-resolution process.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery,... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to give more than 30 days’ written notice before demolishing the Kennedy Center’s main building or making major changes to its renovation plans, one day after Trump said the Washington performing arts venue could be “ripped down.”U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are asking to walk away from his $100 million defamation lawsuit against NewsNation owner Nexstar Media, telling a federal judge that he has gone more than six months without paying legal fees and that their relationship has suffered a “total breakdown in cooperation and communication.”Combs is... Read More »
A federal judge has given Attorney General Todd Blanche until Sept. 24 to comply with orders over Jeffrey Epstein records, warning that he could face civil contempt if the Justice Department fails to meet the court’s demands.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the warning Wednesday as he ordered Blanche to... Read More »
Nicki Minaj’s team warned that a $250,000 budget for her “Pink Friday 2” promotional run was “extremely low” and could cost at least twice that amount, according to emails now filed in a lawsuit seeking more than $275,000 in allegedly unpaid production expenses.The November 2023 correspondence has surfaced in the... Read More »
Paramount executives have told California and Los Angeles officials that the company is “deadly serious” about moving its headquarters out of the state as its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger remains locked in an antitrust fight.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Attorney General Rob Bonta are among those... Read More »
California is banning AI chatbot toys for children under 16 after safety tests found some products could discuss sexual topics and tell kids where to find knives, pills and matches.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 867 on Sept. 10, creating a four-year moratorium on the manufacture and sale of covered... Read More »
The Securities and Exchange Commission opened a new route Thursday for tokenized stock trading, just two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act and stalled Congress’s sweeping effort to rewrite federal rules for cryptocurrency markets.The SEC’s five-year “Innovation Exemption” allows qualifying platforms to facilitate trading in tokenized versions of... Read More »
A federal judge has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless civil arrests across seven Southern California counties unless they first determine that a person is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained.U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong granted the preliminary injunction Sept. 2. The order covers Los Angeles,... Read More »
Songwriter Cyril Vetter is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge backed by Universal, Sony, Warner and BMG, arguing that the music giants are overstating the fallout from a ruling that allowed him to reclaim worldwide rights to “Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love).”Vetter filed his opposition Monday... Read More »
Boston University has added an AI-free writing requirement for English majors, with newly approved learning outcomes calling on students to demonstrate that they can produce sustained, original writing without artificial intelligence.Associate Professor of English Joseph Rezek said Wednesday that faculty recently voted to approve the updated outcomes. One provision requires... Read More »
The House voted 417-3 Wednesday to advance legislation that could make the nation’s largest AI data centers pay the full cost of power grid upgrades needed to serve them, a bipartisan effort to protect households and small businesses from higher electricity bills.The Ratepayer Protection Act would require state utility regulators... Read More »
The House approved a major sanctions package targeting Russia on Wednesday that could impose tariffs of up to 500% on Russian goods and hit countries that keep buying Russian energy, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump for his expected signature. The measure also extends a key sanctions law against... Read More »
