Bryan Kohberger has asked an Idaho court to undo the guilty plea that sent him to prison for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, claiming nearly a year after admitting to the killings that his plea was based on false promises and incorrect information.Kohberger filed a petition... Read More »
A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of misleading investors about problems at the company's infant formula plant before and after a major 2022 recall, finding that the allegations did not adequately show the fraudulent intent required under federal securities law.U.S. District Judge Steven... Read More »
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon in Los Angeles, accusing the company of knowingly recruiting a senior marketing executive who remained under contract through October 2027 and seeking a court order to stop Amazon from interfering with similar employment agreements involving other WBD executives.The lawsuit, filed July 21 in Los... 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 »
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 »
23andMe has reached an $18 million settlement with 41 states and the District of Columbia over claims that cybersecurity failures allowed hackers to access information tied to 6.9 million customers in a 2023 data breach.The agreement resolves government claims against the former parent company of 23andMe, now known as Chrome... Read More »
A federal judge in San Francisco has granted final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers whose copyrighted books were downloaded from pirate libraries as the artificial intelligence company built the systems behind its Claude chatbot.U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved the agreement Monday, resolving class claims... Read More »
The House voted Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent across most of the United States, advancing a measure that would end the twice-yearly clock change and keep the later hour in place year-round.The Sunshine Protection Act passed 308 to 117, with support from members of both parties, and now... Read More »
Langham Hotels Pacific Corporation has agreed to pay $320,000 and refund at least $216,795 to guests to settle allegations that its Pasadena hotel raised room rates beyond California’s legal limit during the emergency caused by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.The agreement resolves a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the... Read More »
Twelve Division I athletes have filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging an NCAA eligibility rule that excludes them from a fifth season of college sports while extending that opportunity to other athletes.The lawsuit, filed July 8 in federal court in Colorado, claims the NCAA unlawfully restricted the athletes’ access... Read More »
California and 11 other states sued Monday to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the deal would reduce competition across major parts of the film and television business.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims the... Read More »
Apple has sued OpenAI and two former employees, accusing the artificial intelligence company of using stolen trade secrets to speed the development of its first consumer hardware product.The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims OpenAI encouraged Apple workers it was recruiting... Read More »
United Airlines must face a proposed class action in California federal court over claims that it charged passengers extra for seats labeled as window seats even though some allegedly had no windows, a federal judge ruled.U.S. District Judge James Donato denied the airline’s request to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing breach... Read More »
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle federal allegations that it denied identity theft victims access to business records they needed to investigate fraudulent transactions made with their personal information.The Justice Department filed the case June 29 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after... Read More »
California drivers have filed a proposed class action accusing major gas station operators and a fuel-pricing software company of using artificial intelligence to keep gas prices higher than they would be in a competitive market.The lawsuit, filed June 22 in federal court in Sacramento, names Kalibrate, the company behind an... Read More »
