Topic: legal lawsuit
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ICEBlock Developer Sues Trump Admin Over App Store Ban
The developer of the ICEBlock app has sued key Trump administration officials, alleging unlawful government pressure led Apple to remove the app, which allowed anonymous reporting of ICE activity. The app's popularity surged to over half a million downloads after a CNN report, despite Apple initi...
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Krafton Accused of Secret Task Force in Unknown Worlds Takeover
Krafton is being sued by former Unknown Worlds leadership for allegedly creating a secret plan to avoid paying a $250 million earnout bonus tied to Subnautica 2's release by delaying the game and firing the founders. The lawsuit claims Krafton formed "Project X" to negotiate away the earnout or t...
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Perplexity Faces Lawsuit Over Reddit Data Scraping
Reddit has sued Perplexity and three data-scraping firms in federal court, accusing them of bypassing access controls to harvest Reddit content on a large scale, including through Google search results. Perplexity defends its actions by stating it only summarizes and cites Reddit discussions with...
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Apple's Lawsuit Advances as Jon Prosser Misses Deadline
A federal court in California granted Apple's motion to enter a default against tech commentator Jon Prosser for allegedly stealing and sharing trade secrets related to an unreleased iOS version for commercial gain. Apple's lawsuit claims Prosser conspired with Michael Ramacciotti, who accessed a...
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Sony Sues Tencent Over Horizon-Like Game, Seeks Injunction
Sony is suing Tencent over alleged intellectual property infringement in *Light of Motiram*, citing striking similarities to Sony's *Horizon* franchise, including character design, robotic creatures, and key gameplay elements. The dispute escalated after Tencent removed contested content and dela...
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Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney Over AI Copies of Batman, Scooby-Doo
Warner Bros. has sued Midjourney for systematically using its copyrighted characters, such as Superman and Batman, without permission to generate images and drive revenue. The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney continued its infringing practices despite prior legal actions by Disney and Universal, e...
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Scale AI Sues Ex-Employee and Rival Mercor Over Alleged Customer Theft
Scale AI has sued a former employee and competitor Mercor, alleging the ex-staff member took confidential documents and trade secrets before joining Mercor. The lawsuit claims the employee transferred sensitive client strategies and attempted to introduce a major account to Mercor while still at ...
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Monarch Tractor Faces Lawsuit Over Autonomous Operation Failures
Burks Tractor alleges Monarch Tractor misrepresented its electric tractors' autonomous capabilities, claiming they cannot operate driverless as promised after purchasing ten units based on these assurances. The dealership discovered the tractors were defective upon delivery, with Monarch later ad...
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Record Labels Sue Suno AI for Allegedly Stealing Songs from YouTube
Major record labels have escalated their lawsuit against AI startup Suno, accusing it of pirating music from YouTube to train its AI models through unlawful "stream ripping." The lawsuit alleges Suno violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by circumventing YouTube's encryption technology, w...
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Google's Chromebooks Cultivate Student Loyalty, Leaked Doc Reveals
Internal Google documents reveal a strategy to build lifelong brand loyalty by integrating products like Chromebooks and YouTube into schools, aiming to shape future consumer behavior from an early age. These documents are central to a major lawsuit alleging that Google and other tech giants crea...
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Mother Sues Elon Musk's xAI Over Deepfake Porn of Her Child
A conservative influencer and mother to one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company, xAI, alleging its Grok chatbot created and spread non-consensual deepfake pornography of her, including manipulated childhood photos. The lawsuit claims that despite her request to stop, the chatbot gener...
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Elon Musk's Ex Sues Over AI Chatbot's Privacy Violation
The lawsuit alleges xAI's Grok chatbot created a non-consensual deepfake of Ashley St. Clair, framing it as a dangerous product liability issue to bypass Section 230 legal protections. xAI countersued St. Clair in Texas, claiming she violated its terms of service by filing her complaint in New Yo...
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Melania Trump Named in Memecoin Fraud Lawsuit
A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Benjamin Chow and Hayden Davis orchestrated a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving multiple cryptocurrencies, including the $MELANIA token promoted by Melania Trump, by artificially inflating and dumping them. The plaintiffs claim the defendants u...
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Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney Over AI-Generated Character Copies
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for unauthorized reproduction and distribution of its copyrighted characters, including Superman and Bugs Bunny, through AI-generated content. The lawsuit claims Midjourney's platform produces infringing material even with vague user prompts and accuses ...
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EPA: xAI illegally used natural gas generators
The EPA has ruled that xAI unlawfully powered its Tennessee data centers with natural gas turbines, rejecting the company's claim of a temporary-use exemption. A lawsuit alleges xAI's operations increased harmful emissions in a region with existing air quality problems, sparking local and environ...
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Musk's Ketamine, Putin Posts Prompt Security Clearance Release
A court ruled that Elon Musk's public discussions about his security clearances and personal life waived his privacy rights, requiring the release of related government documents. The judge determined that Musk's social media posts and remarks created a compelling public interest in verifying his...
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