My Chemical Romance has agreed to stop dressing its backup dancers in costumes resembling the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' signature uniforms, resolving an immediate trademark dispute over a staged gunfight during the band's Hollywood Bowl residency in Los Angeles.Collin County District Judge Christine Nowak canceled a scheduled temporary restraining order hearing... Read More »

The parents of a 31-year-old woman who died after stopping her epilepsy medication have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT created a plan to discontinue the drug, instructed her to hide the changes from her doctors and reassured her about possible seizure symptoms before her death.The wrongful death... Read More »

BIC Corporation has filed six federal lawsuits against California gas stations, vape shops, and wholesalers, accusing them of selling counterfeit pocket lighters bearing the company’s logos and designs.The lawsuits, filed October 23, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, target businesses accused of distributing imitation... Read More »

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's emergency attempt to block California from counting ballots tied t o more than 20,000 voters suspected of being noncitizens, warning that the move would create chaos and risk disenfranchising eligible Americans just six days before the midterm elections.U.S. District Judge David... Read More »

Jay-Z and J. Cole are urging a federal judge to release Lil Durk from jail after his September acquittal on murder-for-hire charges, joining a renewed bail request that would put the rapper's future music earnings and other assets at risk if he violates court conditions.The letters, filed Tuesday, October 27,... Read More »

Universal Music Group has won a court ruling allowing it to pursue ownership of a rare 1962 Beatles demo tape that a former Abbey Road engineer allegedly rescued from destruction and kept for decades.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cowan ruled on October 16, 2026, that Universal subsidiary Calderstone Productions... Read More »

Keurig Green Mountain must face trial over claims that it used exclusive contracts and other business practices to keep rival coffee pods out of the K-Cup market and preserve higher prices after key patents protecting its brewing system expired.The long-running antitrust litigation dates back more than a decade, with the... Read More »

Tony Robbins, Fox Entertainment and several film producers are facing a federal lawsuit accusing them of pushing a longtime collaborator out of a planned movie adaptation of Viktor Frankl's bestselling Holocaust memoir, "Man's Search for Meaning."Producer Marisa Polvino alleges that her former partners diverted the film's rights and development assets... Read More »

A 23-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly pulling a knife on a crew member working on "Miami Vice '85," the upcoming film starring Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.Alex Perez was arrested Friday, October 23, 2026, after a 42-year-old production... Read More »

The Trump administration appealed a federal judge's order Tuesday, October 27, 2026, barring further tree removal at a historic Washington, D.C., golf course after workers cut down more than 400 trees as part of a disputed overhaul. The ruling also requires advance notice before major changes to the public course... Read More »

FBI agents raided the Beverly Hills mansion of billionaire political donor Stephen Cloobeck on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, seeking electronic devices and records related to prostitution as part of a federal criminal investigation into former Congressman Eric Swalwell. The search follows allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct that drove... Read More »

Neil Young has filed a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit against President Donald Trump's political committee, accusing it of playing "Rockin' in the Free World" at campaign rallies six years after his previous legal action over the same song ended in a settlement.The complaint, filed Monday, October 26, 2026, in... Read More »

Rapper 50 Cent has filed a $6 million federal lawsuit against Rick Ross's former girlfriend, accusing her of making false and sexually degrading claims about his 14-year-old son on social media.The complaint, filed Monday, October 26, 2026, in Los Angeles on behalf of Sire Jackson, alleges that Tiallondra "Tia" Kemp... Read More »

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, rejected an emergency request to restore immigration judges' authority to temporarily close certain deportation cases, leaving in place a nationwide restriction that prevents judges from using a Biden-era regulation to pause proceedings while immigrants pursue other forms of legal protection.The justices denied... Read More »

The companies controlling rights to Elvis Presley's music filed a federal lawsuit Friday, October 23, 2026, accusing Claude AI developer Anthropic of using 274 copyrighted compositions to train its artificial intelligence models without permission. The rights holders are seeking up to $41.1 million in statutory damages, alleging that the company... Read More »