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Ukraine Found American Chips in Russian Missiles That Are Killing its Civilians http://dlvr.it/TV3Trn #business #lawsuits #Nvidia

Associated Press: States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children. “Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to […]

Charles Oakley’s case against MSG gets dismissed for third time https://www.allforgardening.com/1932456/charles-oakleys-case-against-msg-gets-dismissed-for-third-time/ #CelebrityLawsuits #CharlesOakley #GardeningNewYork #Lawsuits #MadisonSquareGarden #metro #NBA #NewYork #NewYorkKnicks #sports

Mother Jones: The Tate Brothers’ Lawyer Is on an Aggressive, AI-Riddled Quest to Win Their Release. “[Joseph] McBride, a New York attorney representing both brothers, has launched an aggressive, quixotic, and highly public quest to free the Tates and promote a positive image of the two men. He’s using several tools to do so, including podcasting (both on his own, entitled Judgment Day, and […]

Washington Post: Her childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman’s nightmare.. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated, non-paywalled version of the article. “Jane later learned that her stepfather had created thousands of sexually explicit images of her as a child and traded them online, she said. He manipulated a photo taken when she was about 11, showing her lying on a couch in an […]

Search Engine Journal: Automattic Fires Back At WP Engine’s Motion For Sanctions. “WP Engine is asking the federal court to sanction Matt Mullenweg and Automattic for destroying evidence. Automattic fired back at WP Engine with a late-night blog post that called the request for sanctions “desperate,” explaining that what’s missing is “personal communications with romantic partners” […]

Mamdani won’t fulfill campaign promise to build housing on Elizabeth Street Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1931803/mamdani-wont-fulfill-campaign-promise-to-build-housing-on-elizabeth-street-garden/ #GardeningNewYork #gardens #Lawsuits #LittleItaly #manhattan #metro #NewYork #nolita #UsNews #ZohranMamdani

Buyers sue London's Alison Jacques gallery over cancelled sale of Monica Sjöö paintings https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/14/buyers-sue-alison-jacques-gallery-sale-sjoo-paintings?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Artmarket #Lawsuits

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-strikes-deals-to-ignore-unlawful-credit-discrimination/

Search Engine Land: Judge lets SEO sabotage lawsuit over toxic backlinks move forward. “A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging an auto transport company used toxic backlinks to hurt a competitor’s Google rankings.”

Hamptons art centre sued over large shipping container sculpture https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/13/the-ranch-sculpture-east-hampton-lawsuit?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Lawsuits #TheHamptons

MediaPost: Google Renews Battle With SerpApi Over Scraping. “Renewing its battle with SerpApi, Google this week filed an amended complaint alleging that the Texas-based company — which provides data to other businesses — bypassed attempts to prevent it from scraping search results.”

Associated Press: Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to president’s posts on US policy. “The lawsuit alleges the service offering paying customers sneak peeks of his posts about U.S. policy on war, tariffs and other issues violates the Constitution and that official announcements should be made available to everyone at the same time. The new subscription service […]

Mamdani administration to drop plans to replace New York’s popular Elizabeth Street Garden with affordable housing – The Art Newspaper https://www.allforgardening.com/1929552/mamdani-administration-to-drop-plans-to-replace-new-yorks-popular-elizabeth-street-garden-with-affordable-housing-the-art-newspaper/ #ElizabethStreetGarden #GardeningNewYork #Lawsuits #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NewYorkRealEstate #PublicArt

Spectrum News 1: Ohio looks to file class-action lawsuit against Roblox. “Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson is seeking a lead class-action lawsuit against video game developer Roblox. He filed a motion to lead the case on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.”

Judge orders Postal Service to keep its regime-tainted fingers away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-orders-postal-service-keep-its-regime-tainted-fingers-away-mail

#Boston #elections2026 #lawsuits

Dispute over fruity beverages bubbles into lawsuit by Newton company
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/dispute-over-fruity-beverages-bubbles-lawsuit-newton-company

#Massachusetts #lawsuits

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in San Francisco ruled that thousands of lawsuits targeting Meta Platforms, TikTok and other social media outlets over claims that social media is harmful and addictive can proceed.

If legal precedent is established and social media addiction is determined to be real, Meta and others could face an existential business threat. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-faces-a-raft-of-social-media-addiction-lawsuits/827518/ #SocialMedia #Meta #TikTok #Lawsuits #LegalPrecedent #SocialMediaAddiction #9thCircuitCourt #LegalAppeal #FederalCourt

#SupremeCourt sets date for blockbuster #climate case
Suncor v. Boulder could determine dozens of lawsuits filed by cities and states against #oil and #gas
Trump admin, which is siding with #fossilfuel, has asked for 10 min of argument time.
“Such suits severely interfere with the federal government’s constitutional and statutory responsibilities,” Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris said, noting administration has filed challenges against several climate #lawsuits.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/supreme-court-sets-date-for-blockbuster-climate-case/

The Nevada Independent: Could Nevada’s tech epicenter run out of water? That’s the big question in an ongoing suit. “A bitter legal battle has emerged over water availability in Nevada’s technology epicenter, raising questions about whether companies critical to diversifying the state economy have enough water to survive into the future.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

PetaPixel: Apple Faces $32.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition in iPhone Photos App. “Apple is facing a lawsuit seeking up to $32.5 billion over claims its iPhone Photos app illegally collected users’ biometric information. The iPhone is widely known for using Face ID as a biometric security feature to help protect users’ privacy. However, a class action lawsuit in Illinois alleges […]

Ars Technica: X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge. “Elon Musk’s X is trying to revive a lawsuit against advertisers it’s accusing of illegally boycotting the social media platform, despite previously reaching a settlement to end litigation against an ad-industry trade group.”

The New Mexico First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe just doubled down on Meta ordering the company to pay $567M into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant’s platforms. This second ruling is in addition to a previous ruling ordering Meta to pay a $375M fine. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/new-mexico-court-meta #Meta #SocialMedia #Facebook #Instagram #Fine #Safety #ChildSexualExploitation #Internet #Lawsuits #mentalHealth #NewMexico #ChildSafety

Judge orders #ICE to free an immigrant it had freed earlier on his orders then re-arrested
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-orders-ice-free-immigrant-it-had-freed-earlier-his-orders-then

#Boston #immigrants #lawsuits

Reuters: TikTok settling three teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial. “TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits brought by young people who accuse social media companies of designing their platforms to be addictive and harming their ​mental health, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said Monday.”

Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn’t Violate the CFAA www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026… #AI #lawsuits #Perplexity

Broadcaster Wins Broad U.S. Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don’t Exist Yet

https://torrentfreak.com/broadcaster-wins-broad-u-s-blocking-injunction-covering-pirate-sites-that-dont-exist-yet/

#siteblocking #domainnames #clienthold #Cloudflare #Lawsuits #florida