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Rick Astley, whose 1987 worldwide hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” is an enduring cultural landmark, has sued rapper Yung Gravy. Astley’s multimillion dollar lawsuit claims that use of an imitation of his voice on the single “Betty (Get Money)” was not authorized. Astley filed the lawsuit in Los…

Meta Platforms has agreed to pay a record $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Facebook users who alleged that the company allowed third parties to access their personal data. The UK research firm Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included former president Donald Trump, was the…

UPDATED with more testimony: Anthony Rapp detailed what he called an "alarming" episode of sexual coercion involving Kevin Spacey when Rapp was 14 years old to close the second day of testimony in a $40 million lawsuit being tried in U.S. Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan. During about an hour on the…

Round one to Twitter. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick has set a five-day trial in October for Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk. The company had asked for an expedited four-day trial in September, while Musk's attorneys wanted a late February date. The ruling at today's hearing favored Twitter as…

Twitter stock has emerged from the depths, rallying 6% after it sued Elon Musk for bailing on his $44 billion deal to buy the company. The lawsuit filed yesterday in Delaware Chancery Court, beyond being a fun read, shows the company is going in "with an iron fist and a clear upper hand," Wedbush Securities big tech…

Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination. The settlement was reached immediately upon conclusion of the case and involves women across 236 job titles. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP…

UPDATED with NFL response: The NFL says the allegations of racial discrimination detailed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores are “without merit.” In its full statement, the league said: “The NFL and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices and continue to make progress in…

A Los Angeles man pictured as a naked baby 30 years ago on the cover of the multimillion-selling Nirvana album Nevermind has refiled his lawsuit against the grunge-rock trio under a federal statute which allows victims of child pornography to recover damages for violations of child porn laws, according to documents…

UPDATED: Today Ben Crump, the lawyer best known for his representation of the family of George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, announced at a press conference that he and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of 90 people who attended Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival. Nine people have died as a result of injuries…

The founder of Locast, a non-profit determined by a federal judge to have improperly distributed broadcast TV network signals, has agreed to pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit. The settlement (read it here) is a straightforward capstone of the case. In addition to the financial penalty, it enjoins defendant David Good…

A New York judge is giving a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to be deposed in the lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, the former contestant on The Apprentice. Reuters and other outlets reported on Monday that Trump had to submit to a deposition in the case. Zervos, who has accused Trump of groping her…

Apple has been found to “hide critical information from consumers and illegally stifle consumer choice,” a judge ruled in the company’s legal battle with Epic Games, but the mixed decision will leave App Store fees in place. U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers did not find that Apple fully fit the legal…