Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is facing renewed scrutiny over allegations that its browser software claimed commissions for purchases the company did not generate. New reporting based on internal company messages indicates the founders knew about features tied to the practice months before Phia... Read More »
Selena Gomez is pushing back against allegations that she defrauded investors in Wondermind, with her attorney saying the singer plans to ask a federal court to dismiss the claims against her.Attorney Mathew S. Rosengart said Saturday that allegations Gomez participated in fraud or other wrongdoing are “completely meritless, both factually... Read More »
A federal judge in Los Angeles is taking another look at a major copyright ruling that could have broad implications for reggaeton, after attorneys for Bad Bunny, Drake and other prominent artists challenged a decision that could send claims involving roughly 1,800 songs to a jury.During a hearing Friday, U.S.... Read More »
Amazon has changed the legal terms governing its U.S. customers, requiring most future disputes with the company to be resolved through individual binding arbitration and preventing customers from pursuing class actions. The revised Conditions of Use took effect August 14, with Amazon stating that customers accept the changes by continuing... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that prosecutors can use rapper Lil Durk's music video and lyrics for his single "Pissed Me Off" as evidence in his upcoming murder-for-hire trial, handing the government a key pretrial victory just days before jury selection begins in Los Angeles.U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald issued... Read More »
Shein has lost a UK copyright case against rival online marketplace Temu after a High Court judge rejected its attempt to hold the company responsible for copyrighted clothing photographs uploaded by third-party sellers.Mrs Justice Kelyn Bacon ruled on August 13 that Temu had not authorized sellers to infringe Shein's copyright... Read More »
A federal court battle over the rights to the Isley Brothers name has ended in a settlement, closing a dispute that began before Rudolph Isley's death and continued for nearly three and a half years.Attorneys for Ronald Isley and the estate of his late brother Rudolph filed a joint stipulation... Read More »
An Oklahoma couple suing State Farm over a denied roof damage claim is asking a Comanche County judge to make internal company records public and require the insurer’s chief executive to answer questions under oath, arguing the evidence could support allegations that company policies influenced how their loss was handled.Comanche... Read More »
Latin music star Romeo Santos has filed a lawsuit against his former accounting and business management firm, accusing the company of financial errors and mismanagement that he says cost him more than $2 million.The Grammy-nominated bachata singer filed the complaint in federal court in Miami against Morrison Brown Argiz &... Read More »
Live Nation has settled a lawsuit brought by a concertgoer who claimed he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a fight at a Luke Bryan show, ending a case that had been headed for trial after a judge refused to dismiss the negligence claim.Gary Stanhope sued Live Nation in 2024... Read More »
New York City can resume disputed parts of its new pied-à-terre tax rollout after a state appeals judge temporarily lifted restrictions that had stopped the city from acting on thousands of notices sent to homeowners.Associate Justice Phillip Hom of the Appellate Division, Second Department, issued the stay Thursday, August 13,... Read More »
Australian pop star Guy Sebastian has brought an end to his long-running Federal Court dispute with former manager Titus Day, closing a legal saga that stretched across nearly a decade and encompassed a criminal conviction, an appeal, a retrial and years of financial acrimony.In a statement released Wednesday, Day conceded... Read More »
Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey and businesswoman Daniella Pierson have been sued by investors who allege they were misled into putting nearly $1.2 million into Wondermind, the mental health company the three women co-founded, while financial and leadership problems were developing behind the scenes.The federal complaint, filed Wednesday in... Read More »
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has agreed to meet California deadlines for processing concealed carry firearm permits and publicly report its wait times under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Justice Department. The agreement would resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the agency of effectively denying Second Amendment rights through... Read More »
Four adult siblings who accuse Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were children have lost their bid to pursue the allegations in a public trial and must instead take their claims to private arbitration.U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera sided with companies associated with Jackson's estate in a... Read More »
