Starbucks has agreed to settle Florida’s discrimination lawsuit over its diversity policies, with the company committing to refrain from using race- or sex-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotions and pay under an agreement the state says applies nationwide.Under the agreement announced Thursday, Starbucks will pay $1 million to the... Read More »
A new bill in Congress would lower the federal overtime threshold from 40 hours to 32 hours for covered workers, eventually requiring time-and-a-half pay once they exceed the shorter workweek.Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., introduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act in the House on Sept. 8. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed a class action accusing L’Oréal USA of failing to warn consumers about benzene allegedly found in certain CeraVe and La Roche-Posay benzoyl peroxide acne products, ruling that federal law preempts the state-law claims.U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan held that the claims were barred... Read More »
Cigna won a federal appeals court ruling Thursday blocking an out-of-network medical practice from suing to collect more than $3 million it won through the No Surprises Act’s dispute-resolution process.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery,... Read More »
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to give more than 30 days’ written notice before demolishing the Kennedy Center’s main building or making major changes to its renovation plans, one day after Trump said the Washington performing arts venue could be “ripped down.”U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are asking to walk away from his $100 million defamation lawsuit against NewsNation owner Nexstar Media, telling a federal judge that he has gone more than six months without paying legal fees and that their relationship has suffered a “total breakdown in cooperation and communication.”Combs is... Read More »
A federal judge has given Attorney General Todd Blanche until Sept. 24 to comply with orders over Jeffrey Epstein records, warning that he could face civil contempt if the Justice Department fails to meet the court’s demands.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the warning Wednesday as he ordered Blanche to... Read More »
Nicki Minaj’s team warned that a $250,000 budget for her “Pink Friday 2” promotional run was “extremely low” and could cost at least twice that amount, according to emails now filed in a lawsuit seeking more than $275,000 in allegedly unpaid production expenses.The November 2023 correspondence has surfaced in the... Read More »
Paramount executives have told California and Los Angeles officials that the company is “deadly serious” about moving its headquarters out of the state as its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger remains locked in an antitrust fight.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Attorney General Rob Bonta are among those... Read More »
California is banning AI chatbot toys for children under 16 after safety tests found some products could discuss sexual topics and tell kids where to find knives, pills and matches.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 867 on Sept. 10, creating a four-year moratorium on the manufacture and sale of covered... Read More »
