General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California lawsuit accusing the automaker of improperly collecting and selling sensitive driver data gathered through its OnStar connected-vehicle system. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement on Friday, alleging GM and OnStar disclosed drivers’ names, contact information, geolocation... Read More »
Jason Derulo has prevailed in the legal fight over authorship rights to one of his biggest hits, with a jury unanimously rejecting claims that session musician Matthew Spatola deserved songwriting credit and royalties for Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat). The verdict, delivered Thursday after an 11-day trial, ends a... Read More »
Q'orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company, alleging that the filmmaker and studio used her facial features without permission as the visual foundation for Neytiri, the central Na’vi character in the blockbuster Avatar franchise. The complaint, filed Tuesday in California, centers on a... Read More »
Taylor Swift’s legal team is taking an aggressive stance against the trademark lawsuit challenging her use of The Life of a Showgirl, arguing in newly filed court papers that the case is fundamentally baseless and driven less by legitimate intellectual property concerns than by an attempt to capitalize on the... Read More »
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind Character.AI, alleging that one of its chatbots falsely posed as a licensed healthcare professional and provided medical advice to users. The lawsuit accuses the AI platform, which is widely used by teens and young adults, of violating Pennsylvania’s... Read More »
Cento Fine Foods is facing a proposed class action lawsuit in California accusing the company of misleading consumers by marketing some of its canned tomato products as “Certified San Marzano” tomatoes without certification from the Italian consortium tied to the protected designation. The lawsuit, filed by two California consumers, alleges... Read More »
A federal appeals court in Atlanta has rejected a Trump administration immigration policy that denied bond hearings to many undocumented immigrants facing deportation proceedings. In a 2-1 ruling issued Wednesday, a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Department of Homeland Security’s interpretation of federal... Read More »
A group of South Texas residents has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, alleging that repeated rocket launches and sonic booms from the company’s Starbase facility damaged nearby homes over the past two years. The 80 plaintiffs, who live near the company’s launch site in Cameron County, accuse Elon Musk’s aerospace... Read More »
A lawsuit filed in San Antonio, Texas, accuses CPS Energy, a municipally owned utility company, of negligence in connection with a home explosion that injured multiple residents. The complaint was filed by homeowners Jose Ochoa and Maytee Terrie Reeves after their home exploded on April 21. It was the second... Read More »
Kodak Black surrendered to authorities in Florida this week after police issued an arrest warrant accusing the rapper of trafficking MDMA in Orange County. According to inmate records, the artist, born Bill Kahan Kapri, was booked into the Orange County jail after turning himself in on May 6. Authorities allege... Read More »
The legal dispute between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over the production of It Ends With Us has officially come to an end, with both actors entering into a settlement just two weeks before the trial was scheduled to begin in New York. Lively agreed to drop her remaining claims... Read More »
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is facing a lawsuit alleging that state troopers wrongfully arrested drivers on DUI charges despite toxicology reports later showing no drugs or alcohol in their systems. Filed as a federal civil rights case, the lawsuit was brought by the HSG Law Group in Nashville on behalf... Read More »
A federal copyright dispute involving Kanye West, now known as Ye, has reached trial in Los Angeles, where a group of musicians is seeking more than $500,000 in damages over the alleged unauthorized use of their work during the rollout of his 2021 album Donda. Opening arguments began Monday in... Read More »
Lizzo says she has no intention of settling the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three of her former backup dancers, signaling that the long-running legal dispute is likely headed toward trial as the pop star continues to deny the allegations. In a televised interview on CBS Mornings with journalist Gayle... Read More »
Britney Spears has resolved her recent driving-under-the-influence case by pleading guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge, avoiding jail time as part of a negotiated agreement with prosecutors in Ventura County, California. According to her attorney, Spears entered a plea of “wet reckless”, a lesser offense involving reckless driving associated with... Read More »
