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Meta Threatens to Pull Facebook, Instagram in NM

And also WhatsApp; company says proposed child-safety reforms would force its exit from New Mexico

(Newser) - Meta is dangling a stark threat over New Mexico: Change the rules, or lose Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp altogether. In a court filing this week, the company said proposed child-safety remedies in a major lawsuit are so burdensome that they could force Meta to shutter its platforms in the state...

Tupac Relative: Murder Goes Deeper Than Charges Suggest

Stepbrother Maurice Shakur files wrongful death lawsuit to expose 'conspiracy'

(Newser) - Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas, a new lawsuit claims his killing was part of a broader plot that still hasn't been fully exposed. Lawyers for his stepbrother, Maurice Shakur, have filed a wrongful death suit in Los Angeles alleging a "complex conspiracy" behind...

Days After Sam Altman Apologized, the Families Sue

Families of seven victims in Tumbler Ridge seek to 'hold OpenAI responsible'

(Newser) - OpenAI is facing what a lawyer describes as a first-of-its-kind set of lawsuits from families in a Canadian town devastated by a February mass shooting, who say the company should have warned police about the suspect's chats with ChatGPT. The families of seven victims in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—...

Maurene Comey's Lawsuit Against DOJ Will Go Forward

Judge rejects government bid to force case to a federal board

(Newser) - A federal judge just cleared the way for a politically charged lawsuit tied to one of President Trump's most prominent critics, reports the New York Times . Maurene Comey, a veteran federal prosecutor and daughter of former FBI director James Comey, can move forward with her claim that the Trump...

Brewing Lawsuit: Trader Joe's Sold Weak Coffee

Customers say chain sold French Roast Low Acid joe without disclosing low caffeine content

(Newser) - Trader Joe's is finding out the hard way that you don't mess with coffee drinkers looking for that morning jolt. As CBS News reports, a proposed class-action lawsuit filed in California says the grocer's French Roast Low Acid whole bean coffee packs about half the caffeine of...

Workers Hit $10B AI Startup With Data Privacy Lawsuits

Mercor contractors allege invasive surveillance and misuse of interviews

(Newser) - A fast-growing AI contractor says it's fueling the industry; a string of workers now accuse it of fueling a data-privacy mess. Mercor, a San Francisco startup valued at around $10 billion that supplies human feedback and other training help to AI giants including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, is facing at...

Couple Sues IVF Clinic Over Alleged Embryo Mix-Up
After IVF Implant
and Birth, a Lawsuit
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After IVF Implant and Birth, a Lawsuit

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say baby Shea isn't genetically related to them, ID bio parents

(Newser) - The Florida couple who birthed a daughter only to find out she's not related to them says the baby's biological parents have been identified, NBC News reports. Attorneys for Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say DNA testing revealed the infant is 100% South Asian; Score and Mills are...

Judge Tosses Kash Patel's Other Defamation Lawsuit

Judge rules MSNBC analyst Frank Figliuzzi's nightclub remark was protected hyperbole

(Newser) - Kash Patel's week in court is off to a mixed start. One day after the FBI director sued the Atlantic for $250 million , a federal judge in Texas threw out his separate defamation case against former FBI official and TV analyst Frank Figliuzzi. Patel had claimed Figliuzzi smeared him...

DOJ, Maryland Head to Court to Make 'It Right for Marylanders'

They're suing DC Water for massive sewage spill into Potomac in January, alleging neglect

(Newser) - Federal and state officials are now tag-teaming DC's water utility over January's massive sewage spill into the Potomac River. The Justice Department on Monday sued the District of Columbia and DC Water in federal court, alleging years of ignored warnings and neglect before a key section of the...

Tourist Sues Disney for Alleged Bedbug Injuries

Plaintiff alleges Florida resort's negligence, seeks more than $50K in damages

(Newser) - A man says a Disney "Value Resort" stay left him with more than just souvenir photos. In a lawsuit filed March 31 in Florida's Orange County, David Besse accuses Walt Disney Parks and Resorts of negligence after he says he was "bitten numerous times" by bedbugs while...

Verdict Signals More Trouble Ahead for Uber

Company loses North Carolina bellwether case it had selected as test

(Newser) - Uber has lost its second consecutive courtroom test over rider safety. A federal jury in Charlotte, NC, on Monday found Uber liable for a 2019 incident, marking its second straight loss in the first of more than 3,000 sexual assault and sexual harassment lawsuits it faces. The plaintiff, Brianna...

Senator: Kash Patel Drinking Allegations No Big Deal

McCormick dismisses drinking allegations as private fun, says Patel performs his job well

(Newser) - Sen. Dave McCormick's defense of Kash Patel boils down to this, per Mediaite : off-duty drinking isn't disqualifying. The Pennsylvania Republican brushed aside questions about whether allegations of "excessive drinking" by the FBI director raise national security concerns, telling a MeidasTouch reporter on Capitol Hill that what people...

Kash Patel Sues the Atlantic for $250M

FBI director alleges critical article was published with known falsehoods

(Newser) - Kash Patel's legal fight with the Atlantic is officially on. As CNBC reports, the FBI director filed a $250 million defamation suit in federal court in Washington, DC, on Monday, accusing the magazine and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick of publishing a "malicious" story that depicted him as a problem...

Trump Lawyers, DOJ Discuss Settling $10B IRS Lawsuit

Inherent conflicts complicate adminstration's handling of case

(Newser) - Lawyers for President Trump told a federal court on Friday that they're talking with the Justice Department about a deal to end his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department. In the filing, attorneys for Trump, his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr....

In Case of 'Gross Federal Overreach,' Hawaii Beats DOJ

Judge tosses Trump DOJ's effort to block Aloha State's climate suit before it even kicks off

(Newser) - A federal judge in Hawaii has shut down a Trump-era legal maneuver that tried to stop the state from suing oil companies over climate change, before the Aloha State had even filed its case. Senior Judge Helen Gillmor ruled on Wednesday that the Justice Department didn't have standing to...

Carnival Passenger Gets $300K for Being Overserved

Diana Sanders fell down stairs on cruise ship after downing at least 14 shots of tequila: lawyer

(Newser) - Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell down some stairs and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury. The Miami federal...

Lawsuit: Communities at Risk From xAI's Illegal Toxins

NAACP sues, alleging unpermitted gas turbines endanger residents near Memphis

(Newser) - The nation's oldest civil rights organization is taking Elon Musk's xAI to court, arguing the SpaceX subsidiary is illegally spewing toxins that could harm communities near Memphis. The NAACP on Tuesday sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, accusing them of running dozens of natural gas turbines to...

Lawyer: DHS Agent's Projectile Cost USC Student His Eye

Lawyer plans federal lawsuit over protest crowd-control munition injury at No Kings protest

(Newser) - An 18-year-old USC freshman who was filming a downtown Los Angeles protest in March has lost his right eye after being struck by a projectile, his lawyer says. Attorney V. James DeSimone says Tucker Collins was documenting a standoff between demonstrators and federal agents near the Metropolitan Detention Center during...

Buffalo Activist Injured by Cops in 2020 Protest Dies at 81

Martin Gugino's lawsuit against Buffalo police, city will continue after his death

(Newser) - A protester whose violent encounter with Buffalo police drew national attention in 2020 has died, reports the New York Times . Martin Gugino, pushed to the ground by officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration outside Buffalo City Hall and left bleeding from the head in a widely shared video, died...

Super Fan 'Dancing Larry' Now Subject of a Lawsuit

Former MSG employee alleges unwanted touching

(Newser) - A fan-favorite routine at Madison Square Garden is now at the center of a workplace discrimination lawsuit. Former employee Miranda Tyson is suing MSG Sports and the New York Rangers, alleging years of unwanted touching tied to the in-game "Dancing Larry" routine, reports the Independent . Tyson says non-male staffers...

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