Seven companies that own or operate rent-stabilized buildings in New York City have sued to block a rent freeze for nearly 1 million apartments, arguing that the city’s Rent Guidelines Board failed to independently carry out its legal duties and instead reached an outcome Mayor Zohran Mamdani had promoted during... Read More »
A New York settlement will require 1-800-Flowers to pay $375,000 and refund eligible customers after state investigators found that some consumers were enrolled in automatically renewing subscriptions without clearly understanding the recurring charges.The agreement involves Celebrations Passport, an annual membership offered across 1-800-Flowers brands, including Harry & David, Cheryl’s Cookies... Read More »
Novo Nordisk has sued Eli Lilly over national advertising campaigns for the companies' competing weight loss and diabetes drugs, alleging that Lilly is misleading consumers by using older clinical trials to claim its treatments are more effective.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, challenges advertisements comparing... Read More »
A Marin County judge is expected to decide next month whether a teenage driver charged in a crash that killed four of her friends should enter a diversion program or face a juvenile trial.Relatives of the teenagers who died gave sharply different recommendations during an emotional court hearing on Wednesday,... Read More »
A Huntington Beach man has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter after prosecutors said he drove onto Pacific Coast Highway at about 50 mph while his friend held onto the pickup truck from an electric bicycle.The Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged 21-year-old Brandon Scott Soleau on July 17 with... Read More »
The widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Dr. Tenisha Warner, has filed a lawsuit against her late husband's mother, Pamela Warner, alleging she is owed more than $1.2 million under a prenuptial agreement the couple signed before their 2017 marriage. The suit, filed Monday in DeKalb County Superior Court, lands on... Read More »
A federal judge has denied Cher's request to force Sonny Bono's widow, Mary Bono, to reimburse more than $1 million in legal fees the singer racked up while successfully defending her royalty rights to hits like "I Got You Babe." The ruling, issued Monday, closes out a contentious fee dispute... Read More »
Wendy Williams' court-appointed guardian has reached a settlement in the lawsuit filed over Lifetime's controversial 2024 documentary "Where Is Wendy Williams?", closing out a legal fight that began before the two-part series even aired. Court documents show that Sabrina Morrissey, who serves as Williams' guardian, joined with the defendants, including... Read More »
23andMe has reached an $18 million settlement with 41 states and the District of Columbia over claims that cybersecurity failures allowed hackers to access information tied to 6.9 million customers in a 2023 data breach.The agreement resolves government claims against the former parent company of 23andMe, now known as Chrome... Read More »
A California appeals court has ordered the return of more than $380,000 seized from a woman’s bank and retirement accounts to satisfy debts owed by a man who married her while he was still legally married to his first wife.The Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled May 20 that the... Read More »
A federal judge in San Francisco has granted final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers whose copyrighted books were downloaded from pirate libraries as the artificial intelligence company built the systems behind its Claude chatbot.U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved the agreement Monday, resolving class claims... Read More »
Television personality and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is facing a defamation lawsuit after publicly accusing critics of his proposed artificial intelligence data center project in Utah of having ties to China. The lawsuit, filed last Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, alleges that O’Leary made false... Read More »
Prosecutors opened a closely watched preliminary hearing in the murder case against musician D4vd on Tuesday by presenting graphic photographic evidence of the dismembered remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The proceeding marked the first major courtroom presentation of evidence since the singer's arrest earlier this year.David Anthony Burke, the... Read More »
Zelle must face a New York lawsuit accusing its operator of allowing widespread fraud while promoting the payment service as safe and secure, after a Manhattan judge rejected the company's bid to dismiss the case.New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Early Warning Services, which operates Zelle,... Read More »
Nicki Minaj is fighting to remove herself personally from a lawsuit alleging she owes $275,000 to a concert production company, with her attorneys arguing the case amounts to little more than an attempt to target a celebrity with deep pockets.24/7 Productions filed suit against Minaj and her company, Pink Friday... Read More »
