Sam Altman scoffs at Elon Musk's claims of an OpenAI antitrust 'conspiracy' in new lawsuit filing
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Macy's calls Diddy 'an equal opportunity sexual predator' in bid to be dropped from sexual assault lawsuit
Lawyers for Macy's call Combs "an equal opportunity sexual predator" in arguing that the male accuser therefore can't sue for gender-based violence.
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Billionaire couple win refund after paying $40 million for a Notting Hill mansion infested with moths
A judge ruled in favor of Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak, granting them a refund and damages for their purchase of Horbury Villa in London.
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Judge orders Trump administration to immediately unfreeze federal funding and to stop violating his rulings
The administration must immediately restore federal funding, wrote the federal judge in Rhode Island who's overseeing a lawsuit brought by 22 states.
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Trump and Musk said these bold moves were imminent. Now they're stuck in the mud.
The Trump administration promised swift-moving changes. While some of those plans have progressed, many were almost immediately put on hold.
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Treasury agrees to interim ban on Elon Musk's DOGE accessing the financial data of millions of Americans
Elon Musk has no access to the Treasury's tax and Social Security data, a government lawyer said. Treasury agreed to keep it that way.
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Sam Altman swears to judge that Elon Musk's claim of OpenAI restrictions on investors is false
Altman responds to Musk's claim in a federal racketeering lawsuit that OpenAI investors must agree not to invest in rivals: "That is false."
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Luigi Mangione's free-of-charge death penalty lawyer also repped WTC bomber Ramzi Yousef
The man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson gets a free death penalty expert under federal law and will be repped by Avi Moskowitz.
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Judge in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni fracas tells their lawyers to stop trash-talking each other's clients in the press
At a contentious hearing, Blake Lively's lawyer said she would add defendants to the lawsuit. The judge told both sides to stop trash-talking.
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Amazon agrees to pay $6M and block sales of skin-lightening creams containing mercury, settling a decadelong lawsuit
Amazon has agreed to block sales of skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury.
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OpenAI has little legal recourse against DeepSeek, tech law experts say
OpenAI may find little refuge under intellectual property and contract law if DeepSeek used ChatGPT to cheaply train its popular new chatbot.
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Diddy's latest indictment adds two anonymous women as victims but no new charges
In Sean Combs' new indictment, federal prosecutors in Manhattan reveal a smattering of detail, but not enough, they say, to delay his May 5 trial.
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Jay Z wants lawyer sanctioned over lawsuit accusing him and Diddy of VMA after-party rape
Jay-Z is seeking attorney sanctions over a "Jane Doe" lawsuit that accuses him and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl after the 2000 VMA awards.
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Trump begins appealing his hush-money conviction and sentence
The president's new criminal lawyers have begun the potentially yearslong process of appealing his sentencing and conviction. Read the first filing.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear in Ben & Jerry's censorship lawsuit against Unilever, its parent company. Here's why.
Ben & Jerry's said it was "unilaterally barred" from sharing a post mentioning President Donald Trump, according to an amended complaint.
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Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get your bank information
Scammers are using fake toll-collection texts to steal bank information, authorities warned. Avoid clicking suspicious links and report scams to protect your personal data.
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They spoke out against their employer. Then trade secrets law was used against them.
Companies have hit whistleblowers with trade secrets suits over actions like saving code to GitHub or printing documents for remote work.
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Joe Biden left Elon Musk a parting gift that's helping fuel his beef with OpenAI
WIth one foot out the White House door, the Biden administration issued 2 documents Musk is now using in his battle to break up OpenAI and Microsoft.
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Indicted startup founder Charlie Javice's ex-colleague plans to attack her at their shared fraud trial
On Thursday, the trial judge had bad news for Javice: she'll have to share the defense table with a codefendant planning to attack her.
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Federal judge blocks Trump's 'blatantly unconstitutional' executive order to revoke birthright citizenship
A federal judge in Seattle temporarily halted President Donald Trump's executive order denying automatic citizenship to people born on US soil.
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Nondisclosure agreements are now rampant, covering nearly half of employees, study finds
Nearly half of employees have to sign NDAs for their jobs, a new survey finds. But the binding agreements are not applied equally by race or gender.
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Ticketmaster fights antitrust lawsuit by arguing that a lack of competition can actually save concertgoers money
Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation says it's "only a theory" that more competition would mean lower prices.
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Ultrawealthy investors are vying to buy TikTok — here's what some say they'd do with the mega-app
Several ultrawealthy investors like Kevin O'Leary and Frank McCourt have expressed interest in buying TikTok — here's what they'd do with it.
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Elon Musk's DOGE hit with 3 lawsuits just minutes after Trump becomes president
Three separate lawsuits allege that DOGE violates the transparency rules of a 1972 law.
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FTC points at partnerships between AI leaders and cloud service providers, suggesting they could be subject to antitrust scrutiny
A staff report released Friday by the FTC suggested partnerships between OpenAI and Microsoft, and Amazon and Anthropic, raise antitrust concerns.
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Rudy Giuliani says he'll keep all of his personal belongings as part of mystery settlement with GA election workers
A lawyer for the former NYC mayor declined to say if someone else is paying the $148M defamation award he owed Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.
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KPMG closes in on setting up a US law firm — a first for the Big 4
The Big Four giant is using a unique regulatory rule in Arizona to build a first-of-its-kind legal practice.
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Judge denies Alexander brothers bail, criticizes attorney claim that a woman isn't incapacitated if she can stand up
The judge denied the Alexander brothers bail in their sex traffic case on Wednesday. They have pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges.
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A lawyer says he dropped Meta as a client after what he called a 'descent into toxic masculinity' by Zuckerberg's company
Mark Lemley, who represented Meta in a copyright case, said he was no longer working for Mark Zuckerberg's company following its recent policy changes.
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SEC accuses Elon Musk of securities violation in new suit
The Securities Exchange Commission has filed suit against Elon Musk, alleging that he violated securities law.
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SEC accuses Elon Musk of securities violation in new suit
The Securities Exchange Commission has filed suit against Elon Musk, alleging that he violated securities law.
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Former Disney employee admits to falsifying allergy information and adding swastikas to restaurant menus
A former Disney World employee admitted to hacking menus to change allergy info and add swastikas after he was fired from the company for misconduct.
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Trump has finally been sentenced in his felony hush-money case. Here's what's next.
After months of delays, Trump was sentenced Friday. Here's what's in store now that his felony status is finalized.
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Trump's sentencing ends with no punishment, as judge wishes him 'Godspeed' in his second term in office
Judge tells Donald Trump 'Godspeed' at New York hush-money sentencing.
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A woman says her boyfriend tricked her into a wedding, convincing her it was a prank for Instagram
A couple in Australia had their marriage annulled after the bride testified she thought the ceremony was a prank to boost the groom's Instagram.
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Heather Morgan heads to prison soon for her role in the Bitfinex hack, but her rap alter ego, Razzlekhan, is just getting started
Heather Morgan is releasing new music as her alter ego, Razzlekhan, before starting an 18-month prison sentence for her role in the Bitfinex hack.
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SCOTUS allows Trump hush-money sentencing to proceed on Friday
The US Supreme Court rejected Trump's request to delay sentencing in his New York hush-money case. He'll face zero penalties and can attend virtually.
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Trump plays his last cards to stop his sentencing: Going to the Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles emergency applications from New York, strongly criticized the presidential immunity opinion Trump now relies on.
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A woman killed her look-alike to fake her own death. When she was sentenced to prison, nobody told the victim's family.
A German woman was sentenced to life for murdering her look-alike. The victim's family in Algeria only found out about the verdict weeks later.
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Man sues co-living company Common after being housed with an accused serial killer
Common, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last year, is accused of negligence in a newly-filed lawsuit.
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Trump's golf-resort liquor licenses may be one reason he's fighting to block a no-jail hush-money sentence
Only after Trump's hush-money sentencing can NJ officials move to revoke his liquor licenses. A revocation hearing is still pending, officials said.
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How FIFA corruption actually works, according to a soccer whistleblower
Bonita Mersiades is a FIFA whistleblower. She played a key role in Australia's bid to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.
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Judge rejects Trump's request for a fourth delay of his hush-money sentencing
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said most of Trump's arguments were a repetition of those he's made "numerous times in the past."
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After Pornhub left Florida, VPN demand surged by more than 1,000%
Searches for VPNs skyrocketed after Pornhub exited Florida at the start of 2025 over age-verification laws for adult websites.
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Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: What to expect from the showdown in 2025
Two of the most powerful forces in the AI industry are set to collide this year: Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman. Here's what you need to know.
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The New Orleans attacker wore Meta smart glasses to record the area in advance, FBI says
The New Orleans attacker used Meta smart glasses to record the area in advance and was wearing them during the attack, the FBI said at a press conference on Sunday.
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Giuliani is fighting civil contempt penalties sought by two GA election workers. If he loses, Trump can't pardon him.
A federal judge may order Rudy Giuliani held in contempt next week in the defamation of two Georgia election workers. Here's why Trump can't help him.
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Trump hush money sentencing set for January 10 — and judge says he'll likely walk away with zero punishment
Justice Juan Merchan on Friday denied Trump's bid for an 'interest-of-justice' dismissal, setting sentencing for 10 days before inauguration.
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Biggest court cases of 2025: From Diddy and Luigi Mangione to the DOJ's list of antitrust investigations
Sean "Diddy" Combs' and Luigi Mangione's cases are major criminal trials that could happen in 2025. Multiple DOJ antitrust lawsuits will also proceed.
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