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USAID contractors warn of shutdowns and lawsuits with millions owed

On Tuesday afternoon, a judge ordered the US government to pay what it owes by midnight Wednesday, a decision the US government appealed a few hours later

J&J begins critical court hearing over $10 billion baby powder settlement

The judge will listen to supporters and opponents of J&J's bankruptcy proposal in a marathon court hearing that will last until the end of February

Trump at WH: With over 70 lawsuits filed, 7 important cases to watch

The cases, brought by nonprofits, state attorneys general, civil rights groups and private citizens, challenge Trump's directives to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding

Elon Musk's bid to control OpenAI complicates for-profit transition

Musk, who has since launched a rival AI firm, has fired off angry posts about Altman on his social media platform, filed two lawsuits against the company for straying from its founding principles

Boston judge to consider bid to block Trump's birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in Boston said on Friday he would take under advisement a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin was the third federal judge this week to hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block the order. It was unclear when Sorokin, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, would issue a decision on the request but it was not expected to come Friday. The state attorneys general, along with the cities of San Francisco and Washington, asked Sorokin to issue a preliminary injunction. Millions of Americans who were born to immigrant parents and hundreds of millions can trace their citizenship back to immigrant ancestors ancestors who built our country and fueled our economy under the protections of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, ...

Exposed wires may have contributed to LA's Eaton fire, claims law firm

Robertson and experts with his firm captured the images of SCE's equipment by hiking to SCE towers along the ridge of foothills near Altadena and deploying drones earlier this month

Elon Musk blames Don Lemon's 'invasive' interview for cancelling show on X

Now Musk is trying to get Lemon's lawsuit dismissed in California Superior Court, arguing that the relationship between X and Lemon 'went sour' after the interview

Indian media giants join legal battle against OpenAI over copyright issues

The ChatGPT creator has been accused by authors, news outlets, and musicians worldwide of using copyrighted works to train AI models and sought the removal of their content

Donald Trump announces DOGE advisory group, attracting instant lawsuits

Failed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was a co-chair but has left to run for elected office, Trump spokesperson Anna Kelly said

Lyft wins dismissal of shareholder lawsuit over earnings report error

The judge found no proof that the San Francisco-based company and its top executives intended to defraud anyone by reporting an incorrect profit margin

US govt drops legal case as firm scraps plans to salvage Titanic artifacts

The US government has scrapped its litigation against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic, noting that the firm no longer has expedition plans to the shipwreck that could break federal law. The scuttling of the government's latest legal battle isn't necessarily the end of RMS Titanic Inc.'s attempts to enter the rapidly deteriorating ocean liner or to fetch more historic objects. The company said last month that it's still considering the implications of future expeditions. But the US on Friday withdrew its motion to intervene in a federal admiralty court in Virginia, which oversees salvage matters for the world's most famous shipwreck. The withdrawal concluded the second of two legal battles in five years that the US has waged against RMS Titanic Inc, the company that has retrieved and exhibited the ship's artifacts. The US filed its latest legal challenge in 2023 when RMST was planning to take images inside the ship's hull and pluck items from the surrounding .

Walmart, Branch accused of opening drivers' costly accounts without consent

Walmart and Branch Messenger are being sued for allegedly opening expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers without their consent. Here's all that happened

Lawsuit in US accuses food companies of marketing 'addictive' food to kids

Lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia Court by Bryce Martinez who alleges he developed type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, diagnosed at age 16, by consuming the firms' products

President-elect Trump wants Truth Social deal lawsuit to be put on hold

Trump has sought to have criminal cases against him thrown out in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling in July that former presidents are immune for some official actions taken while in office

Barclays reaches $19.5 mn settlement over $17.7 bn debt sale blunder

A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action was filed on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court

Musk loses bid to dismiss ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's severance lawsuit

Elon Musk has been fighting legal claims for back pay by thousands of Twitter staff he laid off

Brazil institute sues social media giants for $525 mn over usage by minors

The lawsuits demand the companies create clear data protection mechanisms and issue warnings about the risks to children's and teenagers' mental health due to platform addiction

Meta to face lawsuits as states' claim it hooked kids to social media

The social media companies also face hundreds of lawsuits by public school districts alleging the platforms have created a public nuisance

IT services' focus on building IP and platforms may trigger more lawsuits

While lawsuits are common in the US tech industry, analysts believe their nature is changing due to shifts in business models and growing organisational awareness of intellectual property infringement

TikTok designed to be addictive, harmful to kids: US states' lawsuits

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health. The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from many states, including New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts. At the heart of each lawsuit is the TikTok algorithm, which powers what users see on the platform by populating the app's main For You feed with content tailored to people's interests. The lawsuits note TikTok design features that they say addict children to the platform, such as the ability to scroll endlessly through content, push notifications that come with built-in buzzes and face filters that create unattainable appearances for users. They've chosen profit over the health and safety, well-being and future of our