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The State Department said it was legally obliged to do so and is not taking a position on the case

The case comes as the Ivy League institution grapples with a high-profile scandal over a different civil case filed in September by a woman identified in court papers as Jane Doe.

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Isaac Fayose, brother of ex-governor Ayodele Fayose, gives a woman three days to retract rape and torture allegations or face legal action for defamation. Read More: https://punchng.com/isaac-fayose-threatens-lawsuit-over-rape-allegation/

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A legal row broke out between the late singer's manager and nephew weeks after her death in August.

A collection of Elvis Presley music rightsholders and the publisher of many of Eminem’s records have filed sprawling new federal lawsuits against the AI music generator Suno, with each party making separate allegations that add to the AI company’s legal challenges. The Presley lawsuit — brought by a group that includes Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh […]

Lawsuits against Snap, Meta and Google are creating headwinds for tech companies just as artificial intelligence tools expand into classrooms.

On Tuesday night, Keisha Lance Bottoms won the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor of any U.S. state and Georgia’s first Black governor. One of the first moves made by Bottoms, who’d previously served as the mayor of Atlanta, a member of Atlanta City Council and […]

Dolly Parton's manager previously accused Bryan Seaver of threatening to commit violence and destroy his late aunt’s legacy and business empire.

Prince Harry and other household names are appealing a judge's decision dismissing their privacy lawsuit against a newspaper group.

The longtime manager of late American country music star Dolly Parton has withdrawn a lawsuit against her nephew, Bryan Seaver, following a legal dispute over alleged threats and attempted extortion involving the singer’s estate. Read More: https://punchng.com/dolly-partons-manager-drops-lawsuit-against-nephew/

The filing comes after Parton's nephew denied allegations of threats and intimidation.

The company that manages Parton’s estate had accused her nephew of threatening to destroy her brand.

The details of the resolution between Dolly Parton's estate and her nephew, Bryan Seaver, were not immediately known.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has found that “ER” and “The Pitt” have enough similarity that a lawsuit brought by the widow and estate of “ER” creator Michael Crichton alleging “The Pitt” is an unauthorized reboot can move forward.

Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.

Alcon Entertainment had accused the studio of helping Elon Musk create unlicensed promotional material using an artificial intelligence image generator. It continues to pursue claims against him and Tesla.

Brighton Grammar School has responded to Will Pucovski in its defence statement lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court Thursday rejected an injunction lawsuit ...

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- American songwriters who earlier claimed that South Ko...

The chemical manufacturer will pay the money over nine years to as many as 120,000 people who say they were harmed by exposure to PFAS.

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Suno pushed back aggressively in its first response Americana singer Jason Isbell’s class-action lawsuit against the AI music generator, arguing his claims that the service allows users to produce tracks based on musicians’ identities amounted to “nothing unlawful” as it moved to dismiss the lawsuit. Isbell joined musicians David Lowery, Guy Forsyth and Edua

Speaking about an editing error that triggered a $10 billion defamation lawsuit pursued by President Donald Trump against the BBC, the broadcaster’s deputy director-general Rhodri Talfan-Davies said Tuesday that “a lot has changed since then.” Talfan-Davies said there were two issues about the BBC’s handling of the controversial episode of investigative show

A judge over the weekend dismissed the Trump administration's attempt to delay certification of Alaska's Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. CBS News' Taurean Small has more.

The lawsuit said that McDonald's has 'cultivated a sense of anticipation around the McRib, leveraging its scarcity to drive sales across its many locations.'

Trump administration officials had sought admissions data, including student application essays, from Harvard to see if the school was complying with a court decision banning affirmative action.

The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed compulsive usage habits that they attributed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was due to testify in the upcoming trial.

Snap joins Alphabet, Meta and TikTok in resolving allegations that its social media platform was designed to encourage addictive behavior.

A federal judge has tossed out a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to delay the Alaska Senate race certification over potential name confusion. CBS News' Jake Rosen reports.

A federal judge on Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s lawsuit that demanded officials not certify election results in the Senate race there, if the incumbent senator loses. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.

The legal battle revolves around the AI company's operations in southern Memphis.

Democratic nominee Mary Peltola is facing two candidates named Dan Sullivan in the Alaska Senate election, one of whom is the Republican incumbent.

The Justice Department argued that Daniel J. Sullivan's name on the ballot potentially diverted voters, and the Democrat running in the race would benefit as a result.

Senator Sullivan's pledge contrasts with the Trump administration's effort to challenge Alaska's election certification.

Tuesday's ranked-choice election includes two candidates who have done little campaigning, one of whom shares the incumbent's name. It was that candidate's presence on the ballot that prompted Trump to push for the lawsuit out of fear he would siphon votes from the incumbent.

A US judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation case over a report that he sent a birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch throws it out, claiming the US president attempted to "manufacture" flaws in the news outlet's investigative reporting.

Trump had sued for US$10 billion after the newspaper’s story was published in July 2025, detailing the president’s alleged 2003 letter to Epstein, which apparently featured a drawing of a naked woman.

Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.

U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law.

A federal judge has once again dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation claims against the Wall Street Journal over a 2025 report by the paper that a 2003 birthday letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was purportedly written by Trump. Trump’s lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice,” wrote U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles […]

An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

A US judge has dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a story about a birthday card he allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein.

In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that President Trump did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice.

The volunteer team is seeking pro bono legal aid.

UPDATED: A federal judge has again dismissed Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday in 2003. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles wrote in his opinion that Trump’s lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice. Indeed, the allegations […]

The Colossus data centers and a power plant that SpaceXAI is also building in Southaven, Mississippi, have faced community backlash for years.

Andy Cohen and Bravo have settled the toxic work environment lawsuit filed by Leah McSweeney. Initially filed in February 2024, the action saw the Real Housewives of New York star accuse her old bosses of encouraging substance use and a resumption of her alcohol abuse, among other things. McSweeney also later claimed that Cohen and […]

The super-producer alleges that former manager Gary Marella and business manager Bruce Seckendorf "used their entrusted authority to enrich themselves and others, conceal financial misconduct, and deplete Timbaland’s valuable assets."

The Human Consent Foundation, the Cate Blanchett-backed nonprofit trying to protect the likenesses of individuals from unauthorized scraping by AI models, and a legion of Hollywood companies have filed an amicus brief in the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the tech companies’ position that it could not reasonably clear the righ

Two plaintiffs alleged that Meta and Snap designed their social media platforms to foster addictive behavior.

A federal appeals court ordered a new trial in the class-action lawsuit against the NFL to determine how much the league must pay in financial damages to affected subscribers of its Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package, who said they were overcharged by the NFL and its partners for the service. On Friday, the 9th Circuit […]

The American Federation of Teachers sued the Trump administration, alleging it unlawfully blocked student loan forgiveness for tens of thousands of borrowers.

Forest Green chairman Dale Vince announces the club is taking legal action against Peterborough United following their approach for manager Robbie Savage.

GM has settled the Smart Driver program lawsuit brought by 35 attorneys general.