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Arbitration agreements are hiding in those terms and conditions you don't read

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Nic Perez
Aug 23, 2024
We're all signing arbitration agreements all the time, without even knowing it — just by signing up for a streaming service or joining a gym.
"For most everyday people going through their lives, they will enter into these [arbitration] agreements without realizing it," said David Horton, a law professor at UC Davis.
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New York Times suit may test copyright law's constraints on AI

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 28, 2023
Where's the line between fair use and commercial exploitation when it comes to scraping the web to train artificial intelligence models?
Most AI models are trained on data sets scraped from the internet. OpenAI trained its chatbot, ChatGPT, with data that included Times content, the lawsuit says.
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U.S. court rejects Johnson & Johnson's bankruptcy petition over talc lawsuits

by Lily Jamali
Jan 31, 2023
The case has implications for how corporations use bankruptcy to deal with lawsuits and the future of the "Texas two-step" strategy.
About 40,000 people sued Johnson & Johnson, alleging that its talc products, including baby powder, caused cancer.
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Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google

by Associated Press
Oct 20, 2020
It could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions, given ongoing investigations of Apple, Amazon and Facebook.
The Justice Department claims Google abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers.
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Google faces $5 billion lawsuit over allegations of tracking private browsing activity

by David Brancaccio , Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Alex Schroeder
Jun 3, 2020
The lawsuit accuses the company of violating users’ privacy during incognito browsing sessions.
The lawsuit says Google gathers data, even in incognito mode, through third-party apps like Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager.
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The SEC is trying to drop a hammer on Elon Musk. How big can it be?

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Sep 28, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued the Tesla CEO for what it says was misleading tweets that hurt investors. A former SEC lawyer tells us what could be next.
Tesla's stock has taken a hit.
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When suing your school kicks off a life of advocacy

by Lizzie O'Leary and Maria Town
Jun 22, 2018
Suing your own school comes with a financial toll of its own.
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Suit seeks to stop Trump from naming acting director of CFPB

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 27, 2017
Leandra English, who was named interim director of the CFPB by its outgoing director, filed a lawsuit Sunday night.
President Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 16.
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What the "Spinal Tap" lawsuit means for Hollywood

by Adriene Hill and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 26, 2017
The creators of the beloved mockumentary are taking on Hollywood accounting practices in a $400 million lawsuit.
Members of Spinal Tap, from left, David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel pose for photographers at a showing in 2000.
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Why your robot restaurant might get sued

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 24, 2017
A lawsuit alleges that Eatsa kiosks aren't accessible to the visually impaired. Company founders say it isn't true.
A customer uses an interactive kiosk to place an order at a San Francisco Eatsa in 2015.
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