Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri has filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, accusing the label of systematically underpaying him and hiding royalties earned from his work with some of the biggest names in music, including Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Xscape, Bow Wow, and Da Brat. Filed in federal court in... Read More »
An insurer has gone to federal court in California to argue that it bears no responsibility for defending or paying out claims against Sama, the data annotation company accused of using recordings captured by Meta's smart glasses to help train artificial intelligence systems. In a complaint filed Monday, the insurer contends... Read More »
Massachusetts-based movie content website Screendollars has taken Sirius XM Radio to court, accusing the satellite radio company and its advertising unit, Pandora Media, of infringing on its trademarked logo, a stylized design featuring a five-pointed star centered inside the letter "S." Screendollars LLC filed the trademark infringement and unfair competition... Read More »
Apple Inc. is facing a proposed class action in federal court in Illinois over claims that its Face ID system secretly captures detailed scans of users' irises and retinas without the written consent required under the state's biometric privacy law.The complaint, filed Saturday, was brought by Samantha Mettler, an Illinois... Read More »
The creative history behind one of the toy industry's most famous brands is now the subject of a federal lawsuit, with a graphic designer and former licensing executive arguing that he, not Xavier Roberts, the man long credited as the creator of Cabbage Patch Kids, is responsible for turning a... Read More »
A federal judge in New York has ruled that an exhibition bout between former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and kickboxer Mike Zambidis can move forward, rejecting a broadcasting company's argument that the fight violated Mayweather's contractual commitments tied to an upcoming match against Mike Tyson. In a ruling issued last... Read More »
Live Nation is doubling down on its effort to reverse a jury verdict that found the company had monopolized significant portions of the live entertainment business, arguing in new court filings this week that state enforcers never proved the kind of harm antitrust law actually requires. In a filing submitted last... Read More »
Meta is fighting back against what it calls an extraordinary and unjustified demand for damages ahead of a high-stakes trial over allegations that its platforms were built to hook young users. In a filing submitted Monday, the company argued that four states, California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, are pursuing more... Read More »
United Airlines must face a proposed class action in California federal court over claims that it charged passengers extra for seats labeled as window seats even though some allegedly had no windows, a federal judge ruled.U.S. District Judge James Donato denied the airline’s request to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing breach... Read More »
A federal judge’s ruling in United States v. Heppner has become an early warning for lawyers, clients, and companies using generative artificial intelligence in legal matters: conversations with public AI chatbots may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine.The February 17 decision by U.S. District Judge... Read More »
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle federal allegations that it denied identity theft victims access to business records they needed to investigate fraudulent transactions made with their personal information.The Justice Department filed the case June 29 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after... Read More »
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a $25 million copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift by an amateur poet, marking the second time the same plaintiff has had nearly identical claims thrown out of court.U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled Monday that Kimberly Marasco, who filed the complaint without... Read More »
Prince Harry and six other public figures have lost their High Court privacy battle against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, after a judge ruled they had not produced sufficient evidence to back up their claims of unlawful newsgathering.Justice Nicklin, who presided over the... Read More »
Apple is asking a federal judge in California to shut down a proposed class action accusing the company of dodging a court order meant to let app developers steer customers toward cheaper, outside payment options, arguing the developers behind the case already gave up this exact fight once before.The company... Read More »
Entertainment agency Roc Nation has asked a federal judge in New York to strike portions of a legal brief filed by Terrance Dixon in an ongoing sanctions dispute, alleging that the filing relies on fabricated quotations that appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence rather than pulled from actual... Read More »
