Apple is asking a federal judge in California to shut down a proposed class action accusing the company of dodging a court order meant to let app developers steer customers toward cheaper, outside payment options, arguing the developers behind the case already gave up this exact fight once before.The company... Read More »
Entertainment agency Roc Nation has asked a federal judge in New York to strike portions of a legal brief filed by Terrance Dixon in an ongoing sanctions dispute, alleging that the filing relies on fabricated quotations that appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence rather than pulled from actual... Read More »
Netflix pressed a federal judge in California to force a Finnish businessman, Lauri Valjakka, and his former patent attorney to jointly pay roughly $3 million in legal fees, arguing that both men pursued patent litigation against the company despite knowing the underlying patent claim was invalid from the start. During a... Read More »
A federal judge in California has declined to shut down a sprawling copyright lawsuit over the origins of the rhythmic backbone of reggaeton music, ruling that both sides fell short of the bar needed to win the case outright and that a jury will ultimately have to sort out the... Read More »
California drivers have filed a proposed class action accusing major gas station operators and a fuel-pricing software company of using artificial intelligence to keep gas prices higher than they would be in a competitive market.The lawsuit, filed June 22 in federal court in Sacramento, names Kalibrate, the company behind an... Read More »
A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out evidence gathered from a stack of computers, phones and storage devices seized from Matthew Weiss, a former University of Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking into the online accounts of female college athletes, ruling that the state search warrants used to... Read More »
New Jersey has enacted a new fee on certain employers whose workers or dependents receive Medicaid, placing the state at the center of a broader legal and policy debate over how far states can go in collecting health care-related revenue from businesses.Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed the measure June 30 as... Read More »
7-Eleven has sued Nike in federal court in New York, alleging that the sneaker giant lifted the convenience store chain's trademark orange, green and red stripe design for a new shoe set to hit shelves on July 11, a date that doubles as "7-Eleven Day," when the chain traditionally gives... Read More »
Argentinian singer Ricardo Montaner, born Hector Reglero, has filed suit against Universal Music Group in federal court in Florida, accusing the company of continuing to distribute his music without permission long after a licensing agreement with one of its subsidiaries had expired. According to the complaint, Universal wrongly operated as... Read More »
A California man from Hawthorne pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from a fake ransom note he sent to the family of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie, during the frantic search for her following her disappearance earlier this year. Derrick Callella, 42, admitted in... Read More »
