Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit in federal court over claims that its Ring doorbell cameras used facial recognition technology to scan, identify, and store people’s faces without their consent.The complaint was filed on June 1 by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt in federal court in Seattle, where Amazon has... Read More »
Fender Musical Instruments Corp. has begun sending cease-and-desist letters to guitar manufacturers that make and sell instruments resembling the company’s Stratocaster, escalating a long-running dispute over one of the most recognizable electric guitar designs in popular music.The move follows a recent ruling from the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany,... Read More »
Singer M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, filed a complaint against rapper Kid Cudi, born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, on May 29, seeking more than $2.8 million in damages after being removed from his Live Nation-produced Rebel Rangers... Read More »
A federal appeals court partly allowed the Trump administration’s 2025 transgender military service restrictions to take effect Monday, narrowing a lower court order that had blocked the policy while a constitutional challenge continues.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the government may not use... Read More »
Gamma Media Holdings, the music company founded by Larry Jackson, has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to identify the anonymous person or people it says created websites and social media accounts to spread false claims about the company and its chief executive.The complaint, filed in New York State... Read More »
Three women have joined a lawsuit challenging Maine’s policy of housing inmates based on gender identity, adding new allegations involving sexual harassment, threats, and retaliation at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham.Jennifer Albert, Michaela Sargent, and Danielle Foster joined original plaintiff Katie Mountain in the lawsuit against Maine Department of... Read More »
A Google engineer is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors alleged he used confidential company data to place a series of highly profitable online wagers, earning more than $1.2 million by betting on the outcome of Google’s annual Year in Search rankings before the information became public.According to a criminal... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts cannot be officially renamed after President Donald Trump, concluding that the institution's governing board lacked the legal authority to make the change.In a decision issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper declared that Congress named... Read More »
Kenneth Iwamasa, the live-in assistant who injected Matthew Perry with fatal doses of ketamine and left the actor alone in his backyard jacuzzi on the night he died, was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and five months in federal prison. The hearing brought together Perry's family members and business... Read More »
A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily halted the operation of the Justice Department's newly created $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund while a lawsuit challenging the program's legality moves forward in court.U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued the order on May 29, barring federal officials from transferring money into the fund,... Read More »
