#law-suits — Public Fediverse posts

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
https://www.newsbeep.com/723190/

IDScan Class Action Lawsuits Filed After Driver’s License Data Breach Claims - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/multiple-class-action-lawsuits-filed-against-idscan/

#threatintel #IDScan.net #Lawsuits #Data_breach

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 […]

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.”

Lawsuit claims missed red flags before San Diego mosque mass shooting

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just days before two teenagers carried out a mass shooting at a San Diego…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CalebVazquez #California #Crime #Generalnews #Gunviolence #Lawsuits #Legalproceedings #Mentalhealth #Raceandethnicity #Religion #SanDiego #Schoolshootings #Shootings #Teens #U.S.FederalBureauofInvestigation #U.S.news #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Violence
https://www.newsbeep.com/721024/

Sinema faces lawsuit under North Carolina ‘homewrecker’ law

PHOENIX (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina’s homewrecker law over her…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #arizona #AZStateWire #DavidA.Bragdon #DomesticNews #Generalnews #HeatherAmmel #KyrstenSinema #Lawsuits #MatthewAmmel #NCStateWire #NorthCarolina #Politics #StevenEpstein #U.S.news #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Washingtonnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/719704/

The Guardian: It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta. “Ushering in hope for the future of technology requires changing Meta’s leadership now, so that the future is collectively imagined and built upon a new reputation and commitment. Zuckerberg does not deserve another chance simply because he can afford it. We as a society ultimately pay for his mistakes. Now is the time for […]

Judge extends block on Trump order aiming to limit mail voting

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing Presiden…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BarackObama #Courts #DonaldTrump #Elections #Executiveorders #Generalnews #Governmentpolicy #IndiraTalwani #Lawsuits #Massachusetts #MidtermElections #NorthCarolina #Politics #U.S.news #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesgovernment #Us #USA #Voting #VotingRights #Washingtonnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/718932/

Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts

This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like this one: Upon accessing the portal (which doesn’t seem to have a formal name, so I’ll call it the “disgreement portal”), many of those authors made an unwelcome discovery: their publishers are making claims on their allocations Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/anthropic-copyright-settlement-publishers-are-making-incorrect-claims-on-authors-payouts

#Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits

U.S. Department of Justice Files Legal Brief Urging Court to Find AI Training to Be Fair Use

In a 20-page 'Statement of Interest," lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice told the judge presiding over a closely-watched lawsuit that requiring "paid licensing" would "put U.S. AI companies at a competitive disadvantage."
The post U.S. Department of Justice Files Legal Brief Urging Court to Find AI Training to Be Fair Use appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/09/u-s-department-of-justice-files-legal-brief-urging-court-to-find-ai-training-to-be-fair-use/

#AI #AIlicensing #Copyright #FairUse #lawsuits

Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific ‘John Doe’ Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive

https://torrentfreak.com/adult-film-producer-unmasks-prolific-john-doe-torrent-pirate-as-meta-executive/

#strike3holdings #Lawsuits #strike3 #Meta

OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting

Edelson PC, the law firm that filed seven lawsuits against OpenAI in April on behalf of victims and…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ChrisLehane #Lawsuits #massshooting #OpenAI #TumblerRidge #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/717914/

Louisiana judge rules against NCAA in eligibility case

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Lane Ki…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #BlakeCotton #CollegeFootball #CollegeSports #Courts #DaeQuanWright #football #Generalnews #gregsankey #Headlines #JeffLandry #JocelynOllivierre #LAStateWire #LaneKiffin #Lawsuits #LizMurrill #Louisiana #NationalFootballLeague #nfl #SoutheasternConference #Sports #TonyClayton #TopStories #U.S.news #WadeRousse #WilliamJorden #ZxavianHarris
https://www.newsbeep.com/717826/

Town that just wishes the rest of the world would leave it the hell alone wins legal battle against proposed Northeastern marine research facility
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/town-just-wishes-rest-world-would-leave-it-hell-alone-wins-legal

#Nahant #Northeastern #lawsuits

NiemanLab: Trump administration says a New York Times win in OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms. “On Wednesday, the Trump administration threw its support behind OpenAI, backing the AI giant in its ongoing litigation with The New York Times. The Department of Justice voiced its support through a statement of interest (SOI) filed with the Manhattan […]

Federal judge blocks Trump’s latest attempt to end birthright citizenship

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #citizenship #Courts #DeborahL.Boardman #DonaldTrump #Executiveorders #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #Immigration #JoeBiden #Lawsuits #Maryland #MDStateWire #Politics #ShanaKhader #SupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates #U.S.news #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Washingtonnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/716732/

Ars Technica: Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says. “xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested.”

New York Times: How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together. “The settlement, one of the largest agreements between a company and a group of states embroiled in litigation, was announced on Wednesday. This account of how it came together is based on a dozen interviews with state leaders, former and current Meta executives, court documents and trial testimony.”

OpenAI slapped with 30 additional lawsuits bringing the total to 37 filed on behalf of victims of the Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia mass shooting.

OpenAI's safety team flagged the shooter’s account to executives eight months before the attack and OpenAI banned her account, but she was able to quickly create a new one, the suits claim. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/openai-lawsuits-tumbler-ridge-mass-shooting #OpenAI #Lawsuits #Canada #TumblerRidge #MassShooting #AISafety #Safety #SocialMedia #AI

Stereogum: Jason Isbell, David Lowery, & More Sue Suno For Violating Rights Of Publicity. “Everyone hates Suno, except Mary J. Blige for some reason. Jason Isbell, David Lowery, and more musicians are now suing the AI music platform. The legal complaint was filed on Monday (Aug. 31). The class action lawsuit emphasizes that its claims don’t depend on copyright infringement, but that Sono’s […]

RCN Urges Judge to Toss the Major Labels’ ‘Last’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

https://torrentfreak.com/rcn-urges-judge-to-toss-the-major-labels-last-piracy-liability-lawsuit/

#CoxCommunications #RepeatInfringer #repeatinfringer #Lawsuits #cox #rcn

Cambridge minister makes federal case out of Red Line delays; sues the T
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/cambridge-minister-makes-federal-case-out-red-line-delays-sues-t

#MBTA #lawsuits

Los Angeles Times: Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools. “Google executives have approached representatives at Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and other studios about licensing intellectual property to be used in AI models, according to three people familiar with the conversations who were not authorized to speak publicly about them. […]

Freedom Fuel stations sold gas a distributor says went unpaid for

A Freedom Fuel Network gas station in Dresher, Pa., on Friday, July 10, 2026. Matt Rourke | AP…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #BreakingNews:Business #BreakingNews:Politics #businessnews #Courtdecisions #DonaldJ.Trump #donaldtrump #energy #Laws #Lawsuits #politics #Retailindustry
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/831309/

Freedom Fuel stations sold gas a distributor says went unpaid for

A Freedom Fuel Network gas station in Dresher, Pa., on Friday, July 10, 2026. Matt Rourke | AP…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #BreakingNews:Business #BreakingNews:Politics #Business #businessnews #Courtdecisions #DonaldTrump #donald-j-trump #Energy #Headlines #Laws #Lawsuits #Politics #Retailindustry #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/712098/

Planet Detroit: Gibraltar faces data center developer lawsuit after city passes moratorium. “The developers of a proposed 100-megawatt data center on the former McLouth Steel property in Gibraltar are suing the city over its one-year data center moratorium.”

Reuters: Judge in Google privacy class action awards lawyers $147 million in legal fees. “A U.S. judge on Friday awarded nearly $147 million in legal fees to plaintiffs’ lawyers who won a $425 million jury verdict against Alphabet’s Google in a data privacy ​trial last year, while denying the company’s bid for an order rejecting the ‌jury’s verdict.”

CityAM: Google to pay £260m to settle ‘unfair’ pricing class action lawsuit. “The case, brought to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) by competition law professor Barry Rodger on behalf of UK app developers, claimed Google abused its dominant market position by charging excessive commissions for transactions made through its Play Store to Android customers. The hearing was due to be […]

Politico: Stars and Stripes journalists facing firing get one-week reprieve. “The Pentagon gave a one-week reprieve Friday to three staff members at Stars and Stripes facing imminent dismissal for speaking out about threats to editorial independence at a military news outlet that receives partial government funding. The delay was announced during a hastily-called hearing Friday in federal court […]