Former child actress Raquel Lee Bolleau has sued The Walt Disney Company, alleging the company failed to protect her from repeated sexual assault by an employee while she was 14 and filming the 2001 Disney Channel movie The Poof Point.Bolleau, who performed under the name Raquel Lee, filed the civil... Read More »
A Twitch streamer has sued Twitch and Amazon in a proposed class action, claiming the companies used creators’ videos, chats and other content to train generative artificial intelligence models without their consent or compensation.Warren Pandiscia, a Connecticut creator who has streamed on Twitch for nearly a decade, filed the lawsuit... Read More »
Nevada sued the U.S. Department of the Interior on Monday over a Colorado River plan that state officials say could eventually cut its annual water allocation by more than 70 percent, opening the first state challenge to the federal government’s new rules for the shrinking river.The state filed the case... Read More »
San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York pleaded no contest Monday to two misdemeanor charges in Ohio after prosecutors reduced an original charge of engaging in prostitution to disorderly conduct following his weekend arrest.York, 46, pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools in Columbiana County. He was... Read More »
Hemp-derived THC gummies and beverages legally sold under state law in parts of the country could lose their status as hemp under federal law this fall under a new definition Congress adopted last year.The change is scheduled to take effect Nov. 12 and would exclude finished hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing... Read More »
A California jury has awarded $33 million to twin girls whose parents were killed in a 2022 Redwood City street-racing crash, finding the teenage driver, another racer and the teen’s parents liable for the deaths.The San Mateo County jury returned the verdict Aug. 11 after a roughly three-week wrongful death... Read More »
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $28.8 million to a motorcyclist whose leg was amputated below the knee after an LAFD firetruck entered an East Hollywood intersection against a red light and struck him.The jury returned its verdict Aug. 13 after a five-week trial in a lawsuit brought by Robert... Read More »
A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy blocking immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that the State Department could not require otherwise eligible applicants to be denied based on nationality alone.U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the Southern District of New York issued the... Read More »
C+C Music Factory co-founder Robert Clivillés is suing rapper Freedom Williams for at least $30 million, alleging Williams improperly claimed trademark rights to the group’s name and has spent years using it for performances and new music without authorization.Clivillés filed the lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the... Read More »
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries has been found competent to stand trial on federal sex trafficking and prostitution charges, clearing the way for his criminal trial to begin Oct. 26 after he was previously ruled unable to proceed.U.S. District Judge Nusrat Choudhury ruled Thursday that Jeffries, 82, has... Read More »
