Airline sues #Massport, contractor for allegedly shorting out one of its planes at Logan
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/airline-sues-massport-contractor-allegedly-shorting-out-one-its-planes
#Boston #Lawsuits

Grande Slams Labels’ “Egregious” Piracy Claims in Final Supreme Court Plea

https://torrentfreak.com/grande-slams-labels-egregious-piracy-claims-in-final-supreme-court-plea/

Google Wins Copyright Claim Dismissal in Publishers’ Textbook Piracy Lawsuit

https://torrentfreak.com/google-wins-copyright-claim-dismissal-in-publishers-textbook-piracy-lawsuit-250608/

Search Engine Roundtable: FTX Sued Neil Patel For Millions. “Cyrus Shepard posted about how FTX, you know, the company Sam Bankman-Fried ran, is now suing Neil Patel and his company, for $55 million. There are a ton of whoppers in this lawsuit, and I have no idea who is right or wrong here, but as Cyrus noted, Neil Patel went through lots of efforts to hide this in the Google search results.” […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/08/search-engine-roundtable-ftx-sued-neil-patel-for-millions/

University of Georgia: AI art may lead to more lawsuits. “Where’s the line between homage and copyright infringement? It may depend on whether the artist is human or an artificial intelligence system. Mike Schuster, an associate professor of legal studies at the Terry College of Business, argues that a pervasive public bias against art created with generative artificial intelligence may […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/08/university-of-georgia-ai-art-may-lead-to-more-lawsuits/

Los Angeles Times: Meta sued by Eminem’s publishing company over alleged copyright infringement. “Eight Mile Style, a company that owns some of Eminem’s most popular songs, is suing social media giant Meta over alleged copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Michigan, accuses the Menlo Park-based tech company of storing, reproducing and distributing Eminem’s music […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/07/los-angeles-times-meta-sued-by-eminems-publishing-company-over-alleged-copyright-infringement/

The Register: Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping content into the maw of its eternally ravenous AI. “Reddit, the popular internet discussion forum, sued Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that the AI biz scraped content generated by its users in violation of contractual terms and technical barriers. The complaint [PDF], filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Wednesday, claims Anthropic’s use […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/07/the-register-reddit-sues-anthropic-for-scraping-content-into-the-maw-of-its-eternally-ravenous-ai/

Boing Boing: Lock manufacturer files lawsuit against social media lock picker. “A Florida-based lock manufacturer, Proven Industries, has filed a lawsuit against Trevor McNally, a social media creator with millions of followers, after McNally posted videos appearing to show how easily Proven’s locks could be opened using a piece of an aluminum can.” I have seen Trevor McNally’s videos and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/boing-boing-lock-manufacturer-files-lawsuit-against-social-media-lock-picker/

https://www.europesays.com/2139613/ Harvard ban on foreign students blocked temporarily by judge #AlanGarber #AllisonBurroughs #AssociatedPress #Boston #business #CollegesAndUniversities #courts #DonaldTrump #education #EducationFunding #GeneralNews #Lawsuits #LegalProceedings #MAStateWire #massachusetts #Politics #trump #TrumpLawsuits #U.S.News #WashingtonNews #WorldNews

Boston judge pretty much immediately bans regime, again, from trying to bar international students at #Harvard
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-judge-pretty-much-immediately-bans-regime-again-trying-bar
#lawsuits

#Boston woman charges she didn't get an executive job at IBM because she's white
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-woman-charges-she-didnt-get-executive-job-ibm-because-shes
#lawsuits

https://www.europesays.com/uk/161111/ Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment #Ames #AndreaLucas #Business #ClarenceThomas #Courts #Discrimination #DistrictOfColumbia #diversity #DonaldTrump #EquityAndInclusion #GeneralNews #jobs #KetanjiBrownJackson #lawsuits #LegalProceedings #NeilGorsuch #OHStateWire #Ohio #OhioStateGovernment #StephenMiller #SupremeCourtOfTheUnitedStates #U.S.SupremeCourt #UK #UnitedKingdom #WashingtonNews

#Chelsea police chief sues local court for ordering him to give a gun license to a man he doesn't think should have one
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/chelsea-police-chief-sues-local-court-ordering-him-give-gun-license
#guns #lawsuits

Mother sues BPS bus company and driver who ran over her son outside the Curley School in Jamaica Plain
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/mother-sues-bps-bus-company-and-driver-who-ran-over-her-son-outside
#Boston #lawsuits

Appeals court tells regime no, it can't stop paying education funds to cities and states, at least for now
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/appeals-court-tells-regime-no-it-cant-stop-paying-education-funds
#SomervilleMA #lawsuits

Ars Technica: ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users . “Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections of broadband users accused of piracy. Universal, Sony, and Warner sued Frontier in 2021. In a notice of settlement filed last week in US District Court for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/ars-technica-isp-settles-with-record-labels-that-demanded-mass-termination-of-internet-users/

Operator of South Korea’s Largest Pirate Site Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

https://torrentfreak.com/operator-of-south-koreas-largest-pirate-site-sentenced-to-3-years-prison-250604/

Reuters: Capital One must face social media creators’ lawsuit alleging stolen commissions. “Capital One must face a lawsuit by social media creators who said the bank’s free browser extension stole their sales commissions when consumers bought their products and services. In a Monday night decision, U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria, Virginia said creators plausibly alleged […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/reuters-capital-one-must-face-social-media-creators-lawsuit-alleging-stolen-commissions/

#Boston firefighter allowed to continue suit charging he was punished for exercising his First Amendment right to complain about the sidewalk outside his firehouse
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-firefighter-allowed-continue-suit-charging-he-was-punished
#JamaicaPlain #lawsuits

Ars Technica: Google settles shareholder lawsuit, will spend $500M on being less evil. “Under the terms of the settlement, obtained by Bloomberg Law, Alphabet will spend $500 million over the next 10 years on systematic reforms. The company will have to form a board-level committee devoted to overseeing the company’s regulatory compliance and antitrust risk, a rarity for US firms. This group […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/03/ars-technica-google-settles-shareholder-lawsuit-will-spend-500m-on-being-less-evil/