OpenAI and Statsig have agreed to pay $1.2 million to the federal government and reserve up to $2 million for potential back pay to resolve Justice Department investigations into alleged discrimination against U.S. workers during recruitment for permanent positions.Federal investigators said the companies placed an added burden on U.S. workers... Read More »
Taylor Fresh Foods has sued the former president of its Tennessee subsidiary, his wife, a purported contractor and the contractor’s principal, accusing them of diverting more than $32 million through false invoices, unauthorized payroll and personal expense reimbursements.The lawsuit, filed June 5 in federal court in Nashville, names Brian Thure,... Read More »
A Michigan woman has filed a proposed nationwide class action against Taco Bell and several Taylor Farms companies, alleging that contaminated lettuce served by the fast food chain caused Cyclospora infections during a multi-state outbreak.The complaint, filed Monday by Dawn Koss in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District... Read More »
Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected two proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday that would have raised the approval threshold for citizen-led amendments and required lawmakers to phase out the state’s individual income tax.Amendment 4 failed by about 80 percent to 20 percent, while Amendment 5 received about 16 percent support in the August... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed Alex Murdaugh’s lawsuit seeking $600,000 from former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, ruling that her interference with his murder trial did not cause the legal expenses he sought to recover.U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel found Wednesday that Murdaugh lacked standing to pursue the... Read More »
An Atlanta-area woman has sued Kaiser Permanente, alleging employees mishandled a uterine tissue sample and caused her to receive a false diagnosis of aggressive cancer before undergoing surgery that removed her reproductive organs.The lawsuit, filed in Clayton County, Georgia, by Cassandra Barksdale, 43, names Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia,... Read More »
Federal and state regulators have sued Hims & Hers Health, alleging the telehealth company charged hundreds of thousands of consumers for prescription subscriptions without their informed consent and shared sensitive health information with advertising platforms despite promises that its service was private and discreet.The Federal Trade Commission, California, and the... Read More »
New York has sued prediction market operator Kalshi, accusing the company of running an unlicensed gambling business that allows users to wager on sports, elections, television shows and other events through its website and mobile app.Attorney General Letitia James filed the petition July 31 in New York County Supreme Court.... Read More »
California’s new AI transparency rules took effect August 2, requiring major generative artificial intelligence companies to give the public tools for identifying images, video, and audio created or altered by their systems.The California AI Transparency Act applies to companies whose generative AI systems receive more than 1 million monthly visitors... Read More »
Chobani must face a proposed class action accusing the company of misleading consumers by marketing yogurt as sugar-free even though each serving allegedly contains four grams of allulose, a sweetener that a federal appeals court found qualifies as sugar under federal labeling rules.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in... Read More »
Kroger has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of longtime employee Evan Seyfried, who claimed harassment by managers at an Ohio store contributed to his death by suicide in 2021.Seyfried, 40, worked for the grocery chain for 19 years and managed the dairy department at its Milford... Read More »
Macy’s and the company that administers its WorryNoMore furniture protection plan are facing a proposed class action alleging customers were sold coverage for furniture damage and mechanical failures, then subjected to a claims process designed to steer valid requests toward exclusions.Los Angeles resident Iman Shaw sued Macy’s Inc. and Tarmo... Read More »
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 »
