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  1. Ars Technica: I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.. “Over the last decade, John Deere has become a big target of the ever-growing right-to-repair movement. The company’s high-tech software systems also come equipped with digital locks, which require official, dealer-sanctioned approval to access. If you want to fiddle with a part, or replace […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/15/ars-technica-i-fixed-a-tractor-using-john-deeres-self-repair-service-farmers-arent-sold-on-it/
  2. Ars Technica: I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.. “Over the last decade, John Deere has become a big target of the ever-growing right-to-repair movement. The company’s high-tech software systems also come equipped with digital locks, which require official, dealer-sanctioned approval to access. If you want to fiddle with a part, or replace […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/15/ars-technica-i-fixed-a-tractor-using-john-deeres-self-repair-service-farmers-arent-sold-on-it/
  3. Source New Mexico: New Mexico Department of Justice presents Mark Zuckerberg deposition in state’s Facebook case. “New Mexico Department of Justice attorneys led the second day of the state’s trial against Facebook by showing the jury a video deposition of founder Mark Zuckerberg regarding allegations that his company’s leaders publicly misrepresented how they stored and shared users’ data.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/13/source-new-mexico-new-mexico-department-of-justice-presents-mark-zuckerberg-deposition-in-states-facebook-case/
  4. Source New Mexico: New Mexico Department of Justice presents Mark Zuckerberg deposition in state’s Facebook case. “New Mexico Department of Justice attorneys led the second day of the state’s trial against Facebook by showing the jury a video deposition of founder Mark Zuckerberg regarding allegations that his company’s leaders publicly misrepresented how they stored and shared users’ data.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/13/source-new-mexico-new-mexico-department-of-justice-presents-mark-zuckerberg-deposition-in-states-facebook-case/
  5. #LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" #lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
    LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ #browserextensions, with a judge granting Microsoft subsidiary’s motion to dismiss cases. Users who sued LinkedIn failed to adequately allege they have standing to sue because neither asserted that they “had browser extensions installed that conveyed private information to LinkedIn,” ruled Judge Vince Chhabria in US District Court
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  6. #LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" #lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
    LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ #browserextensions, with a judge granting Microsoft subsidiary’s motion to dismiss cases. Users who sued LinkedIn failed to adequately allege they have standing to sue because neither asserted that they “had browser extensions installed that conveyed private information to LinkedIn,” ruled Judge Vince Chhabria in US District Court
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  7. Ars Technica: LinkedIn beats “BrowserGate” lawsuits over scanning users’ Chrome extensions. “LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary’s motion to dismiss the cases. The users who sued LinkedIn failed to adequately allege that they have standing to sue because neither asserted that they ‘had […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/11/ars-technica-linkedin-beats-browsergate-lawsuits-over-scanning-users-chrome-extensions/
  8. Ars Technica: LinkedIn beats “BrowserGate” lawsuits over scanning users’ Chrome extensions. “LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary’s motion to dismiss the cases. The users who sued LinkedIn failed to adequately allege that they have standing to sue because neither asserted that they ‘had […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/11/ars-technica-linkedin-beats-browsergate-lawsuits-over-scanning-users-chrome-extensions/
  9. Ex-Michigan hockey players claim ‘sadistic’ sexual hazing in lawsuit

    DETROIT — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NHL #Collegehockey #hazing #Lawsuits #MichiganWolverines #Sports
    newsbeep.com/us/843453/

  10. Ex-Michigan hockey players claim ‘sadistic’ sexual hazing in lawsuit

    DETROIT — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NHL #Collegehockey #hazing #Lawsuits #MichiganWolverines #Sports
    newsbeep.com/us/843453/

  11. Fightful: Ric Flair Suing FAM Networks, Claims He Was Duped By Influencer Talent Agency. “Ric Flair is suing FAM Networks, an influencer talent agency that Flair claims duped him into signing away the rights to his own image and likeness while promising him a six-figure monthly revenue stream that allegedly never materialized.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/fightful-ric-flair-suing-fam-networks-claims-he-was-duped-by-influencer-talent-agency/
  12. Fightful: Ric Flair Suing FAM Networks, Claims He Was Duped By Influencer Talent Agency. “Ric Flair is suing FAM Networks, an influencer talent agency that Flair claims duped him into signing away the rights to his own image and likeness while promising him a six-figure monthly revenue stream that allegedly never materialized.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/10/fightful-ric-flair-suing-fam-networks-claims-he-was-duped-by-influencer-talent-agency/
  13. The Guardian: Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status. “Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of users in the UK who allege that the US dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/the-guardian-grindr-pays-26m-to-settle-uk-lawsuit-over-allegedly-sharing-users-hiv-status/
  14. The Guardian: Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status. “Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of users in the UK who allege that the US dating app shared highly sensitive personal information, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/the-guardian-grindr-pays-26m-to-settle-uk-lawsuit-over-allegedly-sharing-users-hiv-status/
  15. Colorado Sun: New evidence shows Boulder climate lab was dismantled in act of political reprisal, lawsuit alleges. “New evidence shows overt political retaliation against Colorado is behind the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research lab in Boulder, according to new filings in a lawsuit by the lab’s university consortium managers.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/colorado-sun-new-evidence-shows-boulder-climate-lab-was-dismantled-in-act-of-political-reprisal-lawsuit-alleges/
  16. Colorado Sun: New evidence shows Boulder climate lab was dismantled in act of political reprisal, lawsuit alleges. “New evidence shows overt political retaliation against Colorado is behind the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research lab in Boulder, according to new filings in a lawsuit by the lab’s university consortium managers.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/colorado-sun-new-evidence-shows-boulder-climate-lab-was-dismantled-in-act-of-political-reprisal-lawsuit-alleges/
  17. US government argues that fair use applies to OpenAI’s training of LLMs in key copyright case

    Historically, legislation and court decisions have always lagged behind technological change. But the gap between the two is even starker in the world of generative AI. The large language model (LLM) that kicked things off, ChatGPT, was only released in November 2022; the pace of development since then has been dizzying. Meanwhile, nearly 200 lawsuits have been brought against AI companies, […]

    #andresGuadamuz #ani #chatgpt #competition #delhi #eff #eu #fairUse #genai #india #injunction #judge #law #lawsuits #licensing #llms #marketDilution #nationalSecurity #newYorkTimes #oligopoly #openai #privateUse #technollama #usConstitution #usDepartmentOfJustice walledculture.org/us-governmen
  18. US government argues that fair use applies to OpenAI’s training of LLMs in key copyright case

    Historically, legislation and court decisions have always lagged behind technological change. But the gap between the two is even starker in the world of generative AI. The large language model (LLM) that kicked things off, ChatGPT, was only released in November 2022; the pace of development since then has been dizzying. Meanwhile, nearly 200 lawsuits have been brought against AI companies, […]

    #andresGuadamuz #ani #chatgpt #competition #delhi #eff #eu #fairUse #genai #india #injunction #judge #law #lawsuits #licensing #llms #marketDilution #nationalSecurity #newYorkTimes #oligopoly #openai #privateUse #technollama #usConstitution #usDepartmentOfJustice walledculture.org/us-governmen
  19. House lawmaker sues to reverse Missouri Supreme Court decision to block GOP-friendly congressional map

    Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.) is leading a lawsuit aimed at reversing the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision last week…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Gerrymandering #Headlines #Lawsuits #MidtermElections(2026) #Missouri #Politics #SupremeCourt #TopStories #USNews #us-house-of-representatives
    newsbeep.com/723190/

  20. Engadget: ‘Reasonable’ consumers know they don’t own digital downloads, Sony says. “As PlayStation players prepare for an all-digital future after January 2028, Sony is making no apologies to anyone confused about what that means for game ownership (or lack of it). In fact, the company has told a Californian court that no ‘reasonable’ consumer would be silly enough to think that purchasing a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/engadget-reasonable-consumers-know-they-dont-own-digital-downloads-sony-says/
  21. Investing.com: Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI training. “The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges the companies scraped content from the newspapers’ websites, including articles behind paywalls, and incorporated the material into datasets used to train and operate AI products.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/investing-com-seattle-times-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-over-ai-training/