Lawsuits
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Trump Settles Eddy Grant Copyright Lawsuit After Using ‘Electric Avenue’ to Campaign
Trump used “Electric Avenue” in an animated social media post during his 2020 campaign
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Target’s Bullseye Mascot Dog Provider Sues Company for Breach of Contract, $740K in Backpay
“Target seeks brand loyalty from customers. It has shown that it is anything but loyal to those responsible for bringing its brand to life,” the supplier of animal actors claims
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Trump Wants Central Park 5 Defamation Lawsuit Thrown Out, Argues ‘They Pled Guilty’ Was Only a ‘Minor’ Inaccuracy
The president-elect calls the false light suit “legally insufficient” and “designed to chill free speech” after discussing the Exonerated Five in his September debate
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accused of Violent Sexual Assault and Rape in 5 New Lawsuits
The latest allegations come as the hip hop mogul remains in jail awaiting trial in New York on multiple charges of sex crimes
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Arthouse Distributor Kino Lorber Sued for Tracking, Sharing Data to Facebook Without Customer Consent
Kino Lorber used Meta’s Pixel software to track website visitor habits
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Adam McKay’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ Copyright Infringement Suit Dismissed for Being Too Generic
While a judge called the lawsuit “a list of 15 random similarities,” they did leave things open for author William Collier to file a second amended complaint
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Showtime Accused of Stealing ‘Yellowjackets’ From 2015 Film ‘Eden’ in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
The suit points out the “strikingly similar elements” between the series and the movie — including soccer teams, plane crashes, cults and cannibalism
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Kanye West Employee Sues for Harassment, Citing Rapper’s ‘Proud Bigotry and Antisemitism’ That He ‘Preached Almost Daily’
The suit, which lists a number of other labor code violations, claims West believes ex-wife Kim Kardashian “has Jewish masters”
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Disney, ESPN and Hulu Sued for Violating Streaming Technology Patents
“We were left with no choice but to defend our intellectual property from Disney’s unauthorized use,” tech company Adeia says of the lawsuit
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The White Stripes Voluntarily Drop ‘Seven Nation Army’ Lawsuit Against Donald Trump
Jack and Meg White previously sued the Trump campaign in September for using their music without permission
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OpenAI Copyright Lawsuit From Raw Story, AlterNet Dismissed
The outlets couldn’t show “any actual adverse effects” from the AI company using their content to train ChatGPT, a judge rules
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Elon Musk Sued for Fraud, Breach of Contract Over $1 Million Giveaway Stipulations
Two jilted participants are suing after America PAC admitted the swing state winners weren’t actually chosen at random
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Warner Bros. TV Says New Noah Wyle Max Series ‘The Pitt’ Is Not Derivative of ‘ER’
The studio argues that the Michael Crichton estate’s lawsuit is trying to use his contract as a “speech-stifling weapon” to prevent them from ever making a show about emergency medicine
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Elon Musk Fails to Get Ex-Twitter CEO’s Severance Pay Claim Dismissed
A judge rules that former execs can pursue claims against the X owner for axing them to avoid paying those benefits
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Paramount ‘Intentionally’ Violated Subscribers’ Privacy by Sharing Viewer Data With Facebook, Lawsuit Claims
The class action suit claims Paramount+ failed to alert customers that their information was being shared with apps like TikTok
