A former Los Angeles film producer has been indicted on federal charges accusing him of defrauding victims of more than $12 million through schemes that prosecutors say involved Ponzi-style tactics, false COVID-19 testing invoices, and misappropriated film production funds. David Raymond Brown, 39, was arrested in South Carolina after a... Read More »
Amazon is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that its Prime Video platform misleads customers into believing they permanently own movies and television shows purchased through the service, when in fact they receive limited licenses that can be revoked. The suit, filed August 21 in the U.S. District Court... Read More »
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and chief executive officer Sam Altman, alleging that the company’s ChatGPT chatbot contributed to their son’s suicide by validating his harmful thoughts and giving detailed guidance on how to act on them. The complaint, filed Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court,... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, concluding that her interim authority expired in early July and that subsequent attempts to keep her in the role were invalid under federal law.... Read More »
Sting is at the center of a new legal battle with his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, who have filed a lawsuit in the London High Court over royalties tied to one of the band’s most famous songs, “Every Breath You Take.” The suit, first reported by... Read More »
Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting personal data from children on YouTube without parental consent and using the information to deliver targeted ads. The proposed settlement, filed Monday in federal court in San Jose, California, must be approved... Read More »
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Key Investment Group and several affiliated companies, accusing them of using unlawful methods to buy hundreds of thousands of tickets to major live events, including Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, and reselling them at higher prices. The complaint was filed Monday in... Read More »
Atlanta rapper Young Thug has scored a legal victory in his long-running YSL case, winning the right to reclaim cash, cars, and jewelry that were seized from him more than two years ago. On Monday, his attorney confirmed that a Fulton County judge granted the return of roughly $145,000 in... Read More »
The Louisiana Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Roblox Corporation, claiming the online gaming company failed to protect children from sexual exploitation and misled parents about the platform’s safety. According to the petition, Roblox has long marketed itself as a safe and family-friendly service while allowing predators to contact... Read More »
The last defendant charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry has agreed to plead guilty, concluding a year-long federal investigation into the actor’s fatal overdose. Jasveen Sangha, 42, admitted Monday that she supplied the ketamine that caused Perry’s death. According to prosecutors, Sangha will plead guilty to five... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani and his agent are the targets of a new lawsuit in Hawaii filed by a developer and real estate broker who allege they were removed from a major resort project after signing Ohtani as its celebrity endorser. The complaint, lodged in Hawaii Circuit Court... Read More »
Twenty states, along with the District of Columbia, have sued the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that new immigration-related conditions on federal crime victim funding are unlawful. The case was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs claim the Justice Department is... Read More »
Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to resolve Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit alleging the network aired false claims that its technology rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The settlement was finalized on Aug. 15 and disclosed in an SEC filing made public Monday. According to the filing, Newsmax... Read More »
Ángel Del Villar, the founder and chief executive of influential música Mexicana label Del Records, was sentenced on Friday to four years in federal prison after being convicted of conducting business with a sanctioned drug trafficker in violation of the U.S. Kingpin Act. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong handed... Read More »
Singer Sean Kingston has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for orchestrating a luxury goods fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked multiple vendors out of more than $1 million. The sentence, handed down Friday by Judge David Leibowitz, comes after Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were convicted... Read More »
