The FBI is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information that helps identify or lead to the arrest of whoever is responsible for leaving a deceased newborn inside a portable toilet at a Michigan music festival last month.Michigan State Police announced the reward in a statement shared Monday,... Read More »
Insomniac Events has put an end to a bitter legal dispute with a trio of Miami nightlife operators, striking a settlement that keeps the dance music giant tied to two of the city's marquee venues, Club Space and Factory Town.In a joint statement released on Friday, representatives for Insomniac and... Read More »
A California couple has sued Bay Club after alleging that a worker at its El Segundo childcare center dropped their 23-month-old son, causing a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss, then gave the family a false account of what happened.Matthew and Elena Kittle filed the lawsuit July 2 in Los... Read More »
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was filed for an improper purpose, finding that the president and the agencies he sued lacked the opposing interests required for a federal court case.U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams imposed nonmonetary sanctions, referred... Read More »
California and 11 other states sued Monday to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal would reduce competition across major parts of the film and television business.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims the... Read More »
Apple has sued OpenAI and two former employees, accusing the artificial intelligence company of using stolen trade secrets to speed the development of its first consumer hardware product.The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims OpenAI encouraged Apple workers it was recruiting... Read More »
DJ Quik gave a rare, direct update on his son's legal situation during a recent appearance on TSR Live, addressing a question that has followed him in interviews since his son was convicted of murder last year.The Compton-born producer and rapper, whose career producing and recording dates back to the... Read More »
A federal judge in California has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Google of quietly monitoring users' private emails, chats, and video calls through its Gemini AI assistant, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to spell out what information Google actually accessed or what concrete harm they suffered as a result.... Read More »
A London-based businessman has become the first person in the United Kingdom to be convicted under the country's post-invasion sanctions regime governing shipments to Russia, after he attempted to send four paintings out of Heathrow Airport bound for the country.Jonathan Hornby entered a guilty plea at Westminster Magistrates' Court on... Read More »
Sam Smith and Normani are pushing a federal judge to rule in their favor in a long-running copyright dispute over their 2019 hit "Dancing With a Stranger," arguing that the songwriters who accuse them of copying an earlier track have never been able to show how the pair could have... Read More »
Justin Baldoni has spoken publicly for the first time in almost two years, addressing the fallout from his legal battle with Blake Lively over their film "It Ends With Us" now that the case has ended in a settlement.Baldoni appeared in a video posted to social media on Wednesday alongside... Read More »
A federal judge has delivered a mixed ruling in a lawsuit brought by actress Catherine Corcoran against the team behind the 2016 independent horror hit "Terrifier," dismissing her claims that nude images of her were illegally leaked while allowing her core financial and contractual grievances to move forward toward trial.U.S.... Read More »
The criminal case against a woman charged with felony stalking of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has been put on hold after a Los Angeles judge ordered her to undergo a formal mental health evaluation. The ruling, handed down Tuesday, will determine whether 55-year-old Michelle Dick is competent to stand trial... Read More »
Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri has filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, accusing the label of systematically underpaying him and hiding royalties earned from his work with some of the biggest names in music, including Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Xscape, Bow Wow, and Da Brat. Filed in federal court in... Read More »
An insurer has gone to federal court in California to argue that it bears no responsibility for defending or paying out claims against Sama, the data annotation company accused of using recordings captured by Meta's smart glasses to help train artificial intelligence systems. In a complaint filed Monday, the insurer contends... Read More »
