#lawsuitsettlements — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lawsuitsettlements, aggregated by home.social.
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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/ -
Courthouse News: Authors, publishers near final approval of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement. “A $1.5 billion settlement over claims AI developer Anthropic pirated hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books to train its large language models inched toward final approval Thursday.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/courthouse-news-authors-publishers-near-final-approval-of-1-5-billion-anthropic-copyright-settlement/ -
ABC4: Utah-led coalition finalizes $700 million settlement with Google; consumers to receive settlement funds. “A Utah-led coalition involving attorneys general for all U.S. states announced today that they have reached the final steps in a $700 million settlement with Google, with the majority of funds going to impacted consumers.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/abc4-utah-led-coalition-finalizes-700-million-settlement-with-google-consumers-to-receive-settlement-funds/ -
Engadget: Google reportedly muzzles Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney until 2032. “Epic Games’ courtroom battle with Google is over, but it’s reportedly going to affect how its CEO can speak about the tech giant for years for years to come. According to The Verge, part of the settlement terms Epic had signed has a clause stating that Epic and Sweeney will have to speak positively about Google’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/engadget-google-reportedly-muzzles-epic-games-ceo-tim-sweeney-until-2032/ -
Courthouse News: Stand-up comedians settle copyright infringement lawsuit against Pandora. “A group of stand-up comedians, including Bill Engvall, Lewis Black, and the estates of the late George Carlin and Robin Williams, agreed to settle a consolidated copyright infringement lawsuit against Pandora Media for streaming their routines without a proper license for the underlying literary works.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/04/courthouse-news-stand-up-comedians-settle-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-against-pandora/ -
Ars Technica: ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users . “Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections of broadband users accused of piracy. Universal, Sony, and Warner sued Frontier in 2021. In a notice of settlement filed last week in US District Court for […]