Lee Mendelson Film Productions, the company that controls publishing rights to Vince Guaraldi's music for the Peanuts franchise, has resolved two lawsuits over the unauthorized use of its music on social media. The settlements announced Monday end disputes with collectibles manufacturer Buckle-Down Inc. and the U.S. Department of the Interior,... Read More »
Paramount Skydance is asking a federal judge to require 12 states challenging its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to post a $1.88 billion bond, arguing the legal fight could leave the company with substantial costs if the merger is ultimately allowed to proceed.The request, filed Monday in federal... Read More »
Minnesota is asking a federal judge to reject a bid by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, to block the state’s AI nudification ban, arguing that Grok Imagine’s nudification feature is a product function rather than speech protected by the First Amendment.Attorney General Keith Ellison made the argument in an... Read More »
ABC and parent company Disney sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, alleging the agency is using an early review of eight ABC station licenses to retaliate against the network over programming and editorial decisions disliked by the Trump administration.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., accuses... Read More »
Authorities discovered human remains in a desert area roughly 15 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home on Monday, but investigators say there is currently no evidence connecting the discovery to her kidnapping case. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the remains appeared to have been at the location for an extended... Read More »
Nordstrom, PetSmart, and companies involved in a Nike advertising production face separate lawsuits accusing them of failing to fully compensate hourly workers for time spent working and, in some cases, denying required meal or rest breaks. Filed in Washington, Colorado and California, the cases raise a common wage question over... Read More »
A former Wells Fargo senior vice president is suing the bank in federal court, claiming discrimination and retaliation tied to his age, disability, sexual orientation, and advocacy for Black colleagues forced him into early retirement after nearly four decades with Wells Fargo and its predecessor banks.Robert Propst filed the lawsuit... Read More »
Hollywood and TikTok parent company ByteDance have reached an agreement aimed at strengthening copyright protections across the company’s generative AI products, following months of tension over the use of film and television intellectual property. The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance announced Monday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding... Read More »
The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis began Monday in Las Vegas, nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting that became one of the most notorious unsolved cases in music history. In opening statements, prosecutors told jurors that Davis helped orchestrate the September 1996... Read More »
Two Michigan residents are suing Apple after allegedly being stalked with AirTags hidden in their vehicles, claiming the company knew its tracking devices could be misused and failed to provide adequate safeguards. The lawsuit, filed August 10 in federal court in Michigan, accuses Apple of negligence, defective product design, invasion... Read More »
