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#lawsuits — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lawsuits, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 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/
  2. 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/
  3. 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
    newsbeep.com/721024/

  4. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-resign-from-meta/
  5. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-resign-from-meta/
  6. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-resign-from-meta/
  7. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-resign-from-meta/
  8. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-resign-from-meta/
  9. Former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is sued by investor over wind farm project

    NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NFL #Business #Football #Generalnews #Lawsuits #NFLfootball #Sports #U.S.news
    newsbeep.com/us/837217/

  10. Former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith is sued by investor over wind farm project

    NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NFL #Business #Football #Generalnews #Lawsuits #NFLfootball #Sports #U.S.news
    newsbeep.com/us/837217/

  11. 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
    The post Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts appeared first on Writer Beware.
    writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a

    #Copyright #Anthropicsettlement #ArtificialIntelligence #Lawsuits

  12. 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.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #AI #AIlicensing #Copyright #FairUse #lawsuits

  13. 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.
    publishingperspectives.com/202

    #AI #AIlicensing #Copyright #FairUse #lawsuits

  14. 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
    newsbeep.com/717914/

  15. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/02/new-york-times-how-metas-17-1-billion-social-media-settlement-came-together/
  16. 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. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep #OpenAI #Lawsuits #Canada #TumblerRidge #MassShooting #AISafety #Safety #SocialMedia #AI

  17. 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
    newsbeep.com/712098/

  18. The Guardian: Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers. “The star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to young users. ‘The limitations that are in the agreement are the equivalent of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/the-guardian-key-witness-in-meta-trial-says-terms-of-settlement-insufficient-to-halt-apps-harms-to-teenagers/
  19. 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 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/13/associated-press-lawsuit-seeks-to-ban-trump-media-from-charging-for-early-access-to-presidents-posts-on-us-policy/
  20. New York Times: A TV Judge and an R&B Singer Fought Online Trolls. They Didn’t Get Far.. “The attention economy, the Lattimores found, is structured to reward the most eye-catching claims, allowing sensationalist but baseless narratives to spread and perpetually resurrect with little resistance from social media platforms. Their grueling, 16-month lesson in modern disinformation underscored […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/new-york-times-a-tv-judge-and-an-rb-singer-fought-online-trolls-they-didnt-get-far/
  21. TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/31/techspot-meta-is-bragging-about-how-its-ai-keeps-people-on-instagram-while-facing-lawsuits-over-addiction/
  22. Knoxville News-Sentinel: Why the University of Tennessee is suing Claude AI creator Anthropic. “The University of Tennessee System’s nonprofit research arm is suing Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company it says violated two UT patents related to neural networks inspired by the human brain.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/knoxville-news-sentinel-why-the-university-of-tennessee-is-suing-claude-ai-creator-anthropic/
  23. Courthouse News: Kevin O’Leary, Fox News sued over claims data center critics had China ties. “A Utah nonprofit and a political consulting firm sued Canadian businessman and TV personality Kevin O’Leary and Fox News Media over since-corrected claims O’Leary made that they were working for the Chinese Communist Party in opposing a data center he wants to build in Utah.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/courthouse-news-kevin-oleary-fox-news-sued-over-claims-data-center-critics-had-china-ties/
  24. Crucial court decision: 500+ lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue, linking the painkiller to autism and ADHD, revived by a federal appeals court. Expert testimony previously excluded is now allowed. President Trump has also suggested a link. The cases return to district court.
    cnbc.com/2026/07/13/us-appeals #Tylenol #Autism #ADHD #Kenvue #Lawsuits

  25. The Register: Startup sues Palo Alto Networks’ Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage. “The legal complaint filed against Koi Security, its researchers, and Palo Alto Networks alleges that Koi used an LLM to generate the threat report, the AI system hallucinated findings about MeetingTV, and the security shop then published those as facts in a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/the-register-startup-sues-palo-alto-networks-koi-security-saying-an-ai-hallucinated-report-falsely-linked-it-to-chinese-espionage/
  26. Courthouse News Service: Yelp argues Google’s dominance in search market continues for now. “Yelp argued in a motion for partial summary judgment that it should be given in its favor based on issue preclusion from a September 2025 ruling. In that Washington, D.C., ruling from United States v. Google, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee, said Google must share its search […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/10/courthouse-news-service-yelp-argues-googles-dominance-in-search-market-continues-for-now/
  27. Courthouse News Service: Meta can’t duck majority of Android advertising tracking claims. “A federal judge ruled Monday that Meta must face claims brought by Android users who say the tech giant exploited vulnerabilities in Android smartphones to match users’ browsing activity to their Meta social media accounts in an attempt to create more detailed advertising profiles.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/courthouse-news-service-meta-cant-duck-majority-of-android-advertising-tracking-claims/
  28. Arkansas Advocate: Federal judge blocks reworked Arkansas law restricting minors’ social media. “A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law set to take effect Tuesday that would have restricted minors’ social media access. Tech industry trade group NetChoice in January filed a lawsuit challenging Act 900 of 2025, which sought to amend a 2023 law found to be unconstitutional.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/25/arkansas-advocate-federal-judge-blocks-reworked-arkansas-law-restricting-minors-social-media/
  29. Arkansas Times: Saline County sheriff hopeful sues over lurid Facebook accusations. “Richard Friend, who is the chief of police in England, is in a runoff for the Saline County sheriff’s position. He filed suit on March 10 in Saline County Circuit Court against Kevin Cooper, Rick Cross and ‘John Does 1-5,’ saying they falsely accused him of corruption, theft and abuse of authority, among […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/arkansas-times-saline-county-sheriff-hopeful-sues-over-lurid-facebook-accusations/