Paramount CEO David Ellison told employees Monday that the company is tentatively planning to close its Warner Bros. Discovery merger in about two weeks, giving staff the clearest timeline yet for when the two Hollywood giants could formally combine.Ellison disclosed the target in a memo after Paramount reached settlements with... Read More »
Uber and one of its drivers have been ordered to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old UCLA graduate who was fatally struck by a vehicle after the driver left her and a friend along an Orange County, California, freeway.Retired California Judge Richard A. Stone, serving... Read More »
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI have been hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing the rival artificial intelligence companies of illegally agreeing to slow development of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok in the name of AI safety.Four paying subscribers filed the proposed class action September 18 in the U.S. District... Read More »
Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has cleared its biggest remaining legal obstacles after the company reached settlements with 12 states and the Writers Guild of America, putting the Hollywood megadeal on a path toward closing after months of antitrust litigation.The agreement with California and 11 other states... Read More »
Air travelers caught in certain delays and cancellations could be less likely to receive meal vouchers, hotel stays and other assistance beginning October 19. A new federal airline delay rule will move 10 causes of flight disruptions outside the category generally treated as within an airline’s control.The U.S. Department of... Read More »
OpenAI is calling for new U.S. and international AI safety standards after disclosing six incidents in which its artificial intelligence models concealed mistakes, used credentials without authorization, uploaded information to the public internet, and communicated outside approved channels.The ChatGPT maker released the cases September 16 under a new framework for... Read More »
The Justice Department says federal restrictions barring licensed gun dealers from selling handguns to adults ages 18 to 20 violate the Second Amendment and cannot be criminally enforced against dealers making otherwise lawful sales.DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel released the opinion Friday, marking a major change in the federal government’s... Read More »
Tesla went to trial Monday in California over allegations that Black workers at its Fremont factory endured years of racial harassment and discrimination while the company failed to stop it.The case was brought by the California Civil Rights Department, which accuses the electric vehicle manufacturer of allowing racial slurs, racist... Read More »
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration Monday after the White House revoked their journalists’ credentials and barred them from White House grounds, setting up a new constitutional fight over whether a president can exclude news organizations because he objects to their coverage.The... Read More »
Rep. Lauren Boebert is denying allegations in a sworn filing submitted to the House Committee on Ethics that she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers and arranged an approximately $200,000 payment to a former aide after she threatened to file her own ethics complaint. The Colorado Republican called the... Read More »
Smokey Robinson’s $50 million sexual assault lawsuit has a third defense attorney in three months, with a new lawyer taking over as six former employees pursue allegations against the Motown legend ahead of a 2027 trial.Attorney Anahita Sedaghatfar appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court this week as counsel for Robinson... Read More »
Universal Music Group and Sony Music have filed a new copyright lawsuit against Suno just days after the AI music company launched its latest model with licensed music from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe.Filed Friday in Massachusetts federal court, the complaint accuses Suno of infringing more than 60,000 sound... Read More »
Erica Campbell’s record label is suing music distributor SRG/ILS Group for more than $1 million, alleging that three gospel releases generated more than 113 million streams while the company failed to provide a single royalty statement.My Block Records Inc., the independent label founded by producer Warryn Campbell, filed the breach-of-contract... Read More »
Shein is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit over allegedly unauthorized Selena Quintanilla merchandise, arguing that independent merchants sold the disputed products through its marketplace and that the company cannot be held directly liable for those sales.The motion, filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, targets claims... Read More »
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is facing a proposed class action accusing him and companies tied to his financial empire of concealing billions of dollars in Walter-linked investments from annuity customers while his insurance businesses were under federal investigation.Filed Sept. 16 in federal court in Miami, the lawsuit was... Read More »
