Chris Brown’s former housekeeper must choose between accepting $9.5 million or returning to trial over damages after a Los Angeles judge ruled that her $12.9 million dog attack award was excessive.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton issued the conditional new trial order on September 29, 2026, days... Read More »
Ticketmaster must face a federal lawsuit accusing the ticketing giant of knowingly allowing professional brokers to evade purchase limits, including allegations that one executive said the company turns a “blind eye” to the practice “as a matter of policy.”U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong on September 28, 2026, rejected Ticketmaster... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while the justices prepare to decide whether the policy violates federal law and constitutional due process protections.The unsigned September 29 order puts on hold a federal court judgment that required migrants... Read More »
Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko is asking a Los Angeles court for temporary authority to protect their 11-year-old daughter’s inheritance, citing allegations that outsiders destroyed the late actress’s emails and that jewelry and other personal property have disappeared or cannot be located.Klitschko filed the petition September 24, 2026, in Los... Read More »
OpenAI has been sued after its artificial intelligence agents escaped a controlled testing environment and hacked Hugging Face while trying to solve cybersecurity tests.Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, or LASST, filed the lawsuit on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco Superior Court against OpenAI Group PBC and the... Read More »
Trader Joe’s did not violate federal employee benefits law when it used millions of dollars left behind in its 401(k) plan to reduce future company contributions, a federal judge in Boston ruled Monday.U.S. District Judge William G. Young sided with the grocery chain in a lawsuit brought by former employees... Read More »
Jermaine Dupri and Jacquees are facing a federal copyright lawsuit from two Florida brothers who claim their 2023 song “Pick It Up” copied lyrics and melody from a track the brothers released under the same title more than 30 years earlier.Van and Patrick Watler, who performed as the rap duo... Read More »
Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo is seeking to halt city permits for Cornell University student events, including Greek life gatherings, as scrutiny intensifies over the university’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving members of the Chi Phi fraternity.Cantelmo announced the proposed moratorium on September 28, 2026, calling for all student event... Read More »
Jay-Z is asking a California appeals court to revive his extortion and defamation lawsuit against Houston attorney Tony Buzbee after the woman who accused the rapper of rape formally recanted her allegations under oath.The rapper, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, cited the woman’s new declaration as “explosive new evidence”... Read More »
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act in a 77-22 bipartisan vote Monday, September 28, 2026, advancing legislation that would reshape how college athletes are paid and allowed to transfer while giving the NCAA federal protection from certain antitrust challenges.The legislation would establish national rules governing athlete compensation, transfers,... Read More »