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Verizon faces lawsuit after record labels say it profits from piracy
Verizon "knowingly provides its high-speed service to a massive community of online pirates," the companies said in their complaint.
Elon Musk escapes paying $500 million to former Twitter employees
X Corp won a dismissal in a class-action lawsuit that sought $500 million in unpaid severance for thousands of former Twitter employees.
Record labels sue AI music generators for ‘massive infringement of recorded music’
Major music labels are taking on AI startups that they suspect trained on their songs without paying. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued the music generators Suno and Udio for allegedly infringing on copyrighted works on a “massive scale.”
Snap will pay $15 million to settle California lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination
The California Civil Rights Department has revealed that Snap Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle the lawsuit it filed "over alleged discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at the company."
If Clearview AI scanned your face, you may get equity in the company
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI has just agreed to an unusual settlement to a class action lawsuit,.
Elon Musk sued for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation by former SpaceX engineers
Eight former SpaceX engineers filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Wednesday, accusing the CEO of sexual harassment and retaliation. The same group of fired employees have also filed complaints with the NLRB about SpaceX’s alleged retaliation.
Musk withdraws his breach of contract lawsuit against OpenAI
Musk’s suit, which was filed in February, had accused OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the company’s non-profit status and instead prioritizing profits over using AI to help humanity.
Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content
Ferras Hamad, who used to be an engineer working with Meta's machine learning team, has sued the company for firing him over his handling of Palestine-related Instagram posts.
Meta and Activision face lawsuit by families of Uvalde school shooting victims
A lawsuit by the families of the Uvalde school shooting victims accuse Meta and Call of Duty publisher Activision of exposing the shooter to the weapon he used.
Emory University awarded two students $10,000 for their AI study tool, then suspended them
Emory University is facing a lawsuit after suspending two students for their AI study tool that the school supported.
Microsoft and OpenAI sued yet again by Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News
A group of publications that include the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and the Orlando Sentinel are accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of stealing their copyrighted content to train generative AI products.
Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status and other info with ad companies
Grindr is facing a class action-style lawsuit after allegedly sharing sensitive user data such as HIV statuses with advertising companies.
Tesla settles lawsuit over fatal Model X crash that killed an Apple engineer
The family of Apple engineer Wei Lun Huang (aka Walter Huang) sued Tesla a year after he was killed when his Model X crashed into a median in Mountain View while Autopilot was engaged.
Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode
The first details emerged Monday from Google’s settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Chrome’s tracking of Incognito users. Filed in 2020, the suit could have required the company to pay $5 billion in damages.
Apple refutes every claim made in DOJ's antitrust lawsuit
Apple refuted the DOJ's claims in its lawsuit via statements shared with Apple Insider.
Apple can’t get out of facing a class-action lawsuit over AirTags stalking claims
US District Judge Vince Chhabria has ruled that Apple must face a lawsuit accusing the company of negligence over the potential stalking risks created by its AirTags, Bloomberg reports. Apple has argued that it should not be held liable.
Tesla settles long-running racial discrimination court battle with former worker
Owen Diaz was originally awarded $137 million in damages, but the appeals that followed had lowered the amount significantly. The terms of his settlement with Tesla are confidential.
SpaceX lawsuit claims repeated instances of gender discrimination and basic safeguarding failures
A lawsuit filed by a SpaceX employee paints a picture of a company that has serious gender discrimination problems.
Microsoft accuses the New York Times of doom-mongering in OpenAI lawsuit
Microsoft has filed a motion seeking to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit The New York Times filed against the company and Open AI, accusing them of copyright infringement.
Proposed class action lawsuit accuses Apple of monopolizing cloud storage for its devices
A class action complaint filed in California on Friday accuses Apple of stifling competition in the cloud storage space for its devices, allowing iCloud to become the dominant choice.