Meta has won dismissal of a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of using Instagram Shopping to monopolize shopping on social media, with a California judge finding that Winstag owner Ollywan Limited had not provided enough facts to support its claims of monopoly power and harm to competition.U.S. Magistrate Judge... Read More »
Google Maps is now showing Lake Ontario as “Lake America” to users in the United States after President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to adopt the new name. The change brings the federal designation onto one of the world's most widely used mapping platforms.Google said U.S. users will see... Read More »
Across the United States, the need for mental health and substance use treatment has become impossible to separate from the question of access. Families can recognize when someone is struggling, patients can have insurance coverage, and doctors can recommend treatment, but none of that helps much if an appointment is... Read More »
Tennessee officials are pushing to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, with the proposal headed to the airport's governing board as commissioners consider whether to revise a naming rule that currently requires a two-year waiting period.Gov. Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport announced the effort Friday, three days after... Read More »
Mansfield Oil Company has sued KRSM Inc. for nearly $4 million, alleging the fuel dealer failed to pay for more than 1.1 million gallons of gasoline, some of which was later supplied to stations in the Freedom Fuel Network praised by President Donald Trump.The lawsuit, filed August 19 in the... Read More »
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a charge against Wisconsin resident Steven Anderegg for privately possessing obscene AI-generated sexual images depicting fictional children in his home, finding that existing Supreme Court precedent protects that narrow form of possession under the First Amendment. Separate federal charges accusing him... Read More »
Druyan-Sagan Associates Inc., the company that controls Carl Sagan’s intellectual property rights, has sued Luma AI, accusing the artificial intelligence startup of using an eight-second audio clip from “Cosmos” without permission in an advertisement for its Ray 3.14 generative video platform.The company, which is controlled by Sagan’s widow, Ann Druyan,... Read More »
A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration cannot use federal immigration law to revoke visas or pursue deportation against international students because they expressed pro-Palestinian views, criticized Israel or engaged in other political speech protected by the First Amendment.U.S. District Judge Noël Wise issued the 90-page... Read More »
A Louisiana judge has expanded a temporary court order protecting college athletes seeking an additional season of eligibility, directly blocking the Southeastern Conference and Commissioner Greg Sankey from punishing schools that recruit certain players who previously pursued professional careers.Judge William Jorden of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court amended his earlier... Read More »
Musician Luigui Bleand and two affiliated companies have been ordered to pay $1.2 million after a federal court found they infringed copyrights covering 40 sound recordings and musical compositions controlled by independent Latin record labels and publishers.U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles ruled in favor of J&N Records, J&N Publishing,... Read More »
