TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the companies of violating children's privacy laws by collecting and keeping personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.The Justice Department announced the settlement Friday, two years after filing the case... Read More »
Elijah Blue Allman’s wife is asking a Los Angeles judge to reject the professional fiduciary proposed in Cher’s renewed conservatorship case and appoint her instead if the court decides he needs help managing his finances.Marieangela King Allman filed the objection Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, arguing that her... Read More »
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is nearing its final stage after her defense rested Friday and prosecutors called a psychiatrist to challenge claims that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible for killing her three children.Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first degree murder in the deaths... Read More »
Prince Harry, Elton John and five other public figures have been ordered to pay £9.54 million, about $13 million, toward the legal costs of the Daily Mail’s publisher after losing their privacy case against the company.High Court Justice Matthew Nicklin ordered the interim payment to Associated Newspapers by August 28.... Read More »
Meta's AI smart glasses are drawing renewed privacy scrutiny after a woman discovered that an interaction with a man wearing the glasses had been recorded and posted online without her knowledge, while Texas regulators are examining how the devices collect and use personal data.Toluwa Omitowoju said she learned about the... Read More »
A Texas appeals court has cut more than $43 million from the punitive damages Infowars founder Alex Jones was ordered to pay the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, finding that most of the award exceeded limits imposed by state law.The Texas Third Court... Read More »
The Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to continue construction of the White House ballroom, stopping a lower court injunction from taking effect while the justices consider the administration’s emergency request.Chief Justice John Roberts issued the order Friday, hours before restrictions on much of... Read More »
A federal jury in Alabama has awarded former University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears more than $9 million after finding The New York Times liable over a 2023 article that falsely placed him at the scene of a fatal shooting involving people connected to the school's basketball program.The March... Read More »
Dane Cook is revisiting the $12 million embezzlement scheme carried out by his half-brother and former business manager, Darryl McCauley, saying in a new documentary that McCauley “disappeared” after serving his prison sentence and that questions remain about where some of the stolen money went.Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story,... Read More »
Lady Gaga has won dismissal of a trademark lawsuit brought by Lost Surfboards over her use of the name “Mayhem” for her album, tour and merchandise. U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed the company’s claims with prejudice Tuesday, finding that Lost had not plausibly alleged that Gaga’s use of... Read More »
A former neighbor of Hayden Panettiere says she called 911 at least six times over disturbances involving the actress and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson, describing incidents she believed were connected to domestic violence at Panettiere’s West Hollywood home.Mia Terrazzas told Inside Edition that she repeatedly contacted police because... Read More »
California has approved the nation’s first efficiency standards for replacement tires, setting new performance requirements for most tires sold for passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the state beginning in 2029.The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Aug. 17 to adopt the Replacement Tire Efficiency Program. The rules limit how much... Read More »
The family of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian woman fatally stabbed aboard a Charlotte light rail train last year, plans to file a civil lawsuit around the first anniversary of her death as a new state audit details security and fare enforcement problems within the city's transit system.Attorney Lauren Newton,... Read More »
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has sued the City Council to block a new law requiring up to $10,000 in payments to public school paraprofessionals, arguing lawmakers cannot set employee compensation outside the city’s collective bargaining process.The lawsuit, filed Aug. 19 in New York State Supreme Court in... Read More »
Ariana Grande has secured fast-tracked subpoena authority from a Los Angeles judge, allowing her legal team to seek records that could identify the people accused of stealing her unreleased music, photographs, and videos and selling the material on the dark web.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark H. Epstein granted... Read More »
