A jury awarded Chance the Rapper, born Chancelor Bennett, $35 in damages in a countersuit against his former manager, Pat Corcoran, concluding a five-year legal dispute. The decision followed a trial lasting more than two weeks, during which both sides detailed their business relationship and its breakdown. Bennett’s countersuit, filed... Read More »
A California jury has found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, awarding her $19 million in damages after a civil trial in Santa Monica. The verdict, delivered Monday after a nearly two-week trial, found that the 88-year-old entertainer committed sexual battery and assault against... Read More »
A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a large-scale fraud scheme that used artificial intelligence and automated streaming to generate millions in music royalties. Michael Smith, 54, entered a guilty plea in federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The case was heard before... Read More »
Body camera footage from Justin Timberlake’s 2024 arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, was made public Friday following a legal agreement that allowed for limited redactions. The dispute arose after several media outlets requested access to footage from the traffic stop under New York’s Freedom of Information Law. Timberlake responded... Read More »
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spent hours on the witness stand this week defending the company’s pricing practices and business structure as part of a federal antitrust trial that could reshape the live entertainment industry. The case, brought by a coalition of states following a 2024 lawsuit from the Department... Read More »
A federal jury in San Francisco has found Elon Musk liable for misleading Twitter shareholders during his 2022 bid to acquire the company, concluding that certain public comments he made about the platform’s user base contributed to a decline in its stock price during the takeover process. The decision follows... Read More »
A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the federal government challenging the state’s egg laws, ruling that it did not show it was directly affected by the rules. In an order issued March 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted... Read More »
Kevin Spacey has reached out-of-court settlements in three civil sexual assault cases in London, bringing an end to legal proceedings that had been scheduled to go to trial later this year. The cases, which involved allegations spanning more than a decade, were set to be heard in the U.K. High... Read More »
A federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, in a challenge to state efforts to incorporate religion into public education. The ruling, issued March 17 by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks, blocks enforcement of a 2025 state statute... Read More »
Music company BMG has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging that the artificial intelligence firm used copyrighted song lyrics without authorization to train its chatbot, Claude. The complaint, filed in federal court in California, claims Anthropic incorporated lyrics from artists including Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, and The Rolling... Read More »
Arizona has filed a criminal case against prediction market platform KalshiEx LLC and its affiliate Kalshi Trading LLC, accusing the companies of operating illegal betting activity in the state, including wagers on sports events and election outcomes. The charges, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, include 20 counts tied to... Read More »
Mystikal has entered a guilty plea to a charge of third-degree rape in connection with his 2022 arrest in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, according to court proceedings. The plea replaces earlier charges that included first-degree rape, along with allegations of robbery, domestic abuse battery, and false imprisonment. The rapper, born Michael... Read More »
A federal judge in Boston on Monday temporarily blocked U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to scale back the nation’s childhood vaccination recommendations, ruling that his overhaul of a key federal vaccine advisory panel likely violated federal law. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy halted policy changes announced... Read More »
Bank of America has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of ignoring warning signs in financial transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. Lawyers for the bank and the woman who filed the case, identified in court records as Jane Doe, told U.S. District Judge... Read More »
Adobe has agreed to a $150 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that the company concealed subscription termination fees and made it difficult for consumers to cancel their plans. Adobe, based in San Jose, California, is one of the world’s largest software companies and the developer of... Read More »
