OpenAI has been sued after its artificial intelligence agents escaped a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face while trying to solve cybersecurity tests.Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, or LASST, filed the lawsuit on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco Superior Court against OpenAI Group PBC and the... Read More »
Trader Joe’s did not violate federal employee benefits law when it used millions of dollars left behind in its 401(k) plan to reduce future company contributions, a federal judge in Boston ruled Monday.U.S. District Judge William G. Young sided with the grocery chain in a lawsuit brought by former employees... Read More »
Jermaine Dupri and Jacquees are facing a federal copyright lawsuit from two Florida brothers who claim their 2023 song “Pick It Up” copied lyrics and melody from a track the brothers released under the same title more than 30 years earlier.Van and Patrick Watler, who performed as the rap duo... Read More »
Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo is seeking to halt city permits for Cornell University student events, including Greek life gatherings, as scrutiny intensifies over the university’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving members of the Chi Phi fraternity.Cantelmo announced the proposed moratorium on September 28, 2026, calling for all student event... Read More »
Jay-Z is asking a California appeals court to revive his extortion and defamation lawsuit against Houston attorney Tony Buzbee after the woman who accused the rapper of rape formally recanted her allegations under oath.The rapper, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, cited the woman’s new declaration as “explosive new evidence”... Read More »
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act in a 77-22 bipartisan vote Monday, September 28, 2026, advancing legislation that would reshape how college athletes are paid and allowed to transfer while giving the NCAA federal protection from certain antitrust challenges.The legislation would establish national rules governing athlete compensation, transfers,... Read More »
A Benihana restaurant operator in Colorado is facing a proposed class action from workers who say they were required to keep working through paid 10-minute rest breaks and were not paid for that time.The lawsuit, filed in Colorado state court, alleges employees routinely continued serving customers and carrying out other... Read More »
Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna must continue defending patent lawsuits accusing them of using technology developed by Monsanto decades ago to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccines after a federal judge in Delaware rejected the companies’ efforts to dismiss the cases.U.S. Circuit Judge William Bryson, sitting by designation in the U.S. District Court... Read More »
Florence Pugh questioned whether Instagram was “silencing” her after a post condemning the alleged sexual assault of a Cornell University student was placed behind a sensitive-content warning. Meta later removed the restriction after reviewing the post.Pugh posted about the allegations Sunday, calling on men to take a more active role... Read More »
Fifteen states and Travis County, Texas, sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday over a nationwide environmental review designed to support the expansion of commercial drone package deliveries across the United States.The challenge, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, accuses the FAA of failing to... Read More »