A federal judge extended her order blocking the proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. for another 14 days on Thursday, pushing back the earliest possible closing date for the deal to August 18.Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has scheduled a hearing for August 3 to weigh a request for a preliminary... Read More »
OpenAI is facing a product liability lawsuit in California from a Florida man who claims ChatGPT provided individualized medical guidance that led him to delay professional care before a serious health emergency.Scott Winters, a 55-year-old former pastor, sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco County Superior Court. The... Read More »
D4vd, the platinum-selling artist charged in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, sat through another day of testimony Thursday in a Los Angeles courtroom as forensic experts detailed DNA evidence connecting him to a trash bag containing what prosecutors say was the teenager's blood.The bag was pulled from the... Read More »
A Venezuelan composer is suing the company that controlled the catalog of late salsa icon Willie Colón, claiming he is owed more than $300,000 in unpaid songwriting royalties for two tracks he wrote decades ago. Singer-songwriter Amílcar Boscán filed the lawsuit Monday, targeting the Willie Colón Music Company, which the... Read More »
An Australian judge has ruled that Rebel Wilson did not defame Charlotte MacInnes, the young actress who starred in Wilson's directorial debut, "The Deb," bringing an end to a closely watched legal battle over social media posts in which Wilson accused a film producer of misconduct. The decision, handed down... Read More »
A group of seven New York City landlords has sued to block a rent freeze for nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, arguing that the city’s Rent Guidelines Board failed to fulfill its legal duties independently and instead reached an outcome that Mayor Zohran Mamdani had promoted during his campaign.The case,... Read More »
A New York settlement will require 1-800-Flowers to pay $375,000 and refund eligible customers after state investigators found that some consumers were enrolled in automatically renewing subscriptions without clearly understanding the recurring charges.The agreement involves Celebrations Passport, an annual membership offered across 1-800-Flowers brands, including Harry & David, Cheryl’s Cookies... Read More »
Novo Nordisk has sued Eli Lilly over national advertising campaigns for the companies' competing weight loss and diabetes drugs, alleging that Lilly is misleading consumers by using older clinical trials to claim its treatments are more effective.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, challenges advertisements comparing... Read More »
The widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Dr. Tenisha Warner, has filed a lawsuit against her late husband's mother, Pamela Warner, alleging she is owed more than $1.2 million under a prenuptial agreement the couple signed before their 2017 marriage. The suit, filed Monday in DeKalb County Superior Court, lands on... Read More »
A federal judge has denied Cher's request to force Sonny Bono's widow, Mary Bono, to reimburse more than $1 million in legal fees the singer racked up while successfully defending her royalty rights to hits like "I Got You Babe." The ruling, issued Monday, closes out a contentious fee dispute... Read More »
