A California judge dismisses xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, but permits xAI to refile the case later.
denied 1 article 2026-02-24
California judge xAI OpenAI
A California judge dismisses a lawsuit from xAI that accused OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets, with permission for xAI to refile the case at a later date
Reuters · 2026-02-24 · #33
IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta according to court filings.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
IRS Meta
Court docs: the IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta, arguing it failed to report ~$54B in overseas profits; in December 2025, Meta sued the IRS
New York Times · 2026-02-24 · #57
In December 2025 Meta sued the IRS.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Meta IRS
Court docs: the IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta, arguing it failed to report ~$54B in overseas profits; in December 2025, Meta sued the IRS
New York Times · 2026-02-24 · #57
Tesla sues the California Department of Motor Vehicles to overturn a ruling that found the automaker violated the law by falsely promoting its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Tesla California Department of Motor Vehicles
Tesla sues California's DMV to reverse a ruling that found Tesla violated the law by falsely promoting its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems
CNBC · 2026-02-24 · #58
The House Oversight Committee released 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate last November.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
House Oversight Committee Jeffrey Epstein estate documents
A look at the challenges some AI developers face in building models to extract trillions of high-quality tokens from PDFs, which are hard to parse, for training
The Verge · 2026-02-24 · #56
The court-appointed administrator winding down Terraform Labs sues Jane Street, alleging it used nonpublic information from Terraform insiders to trade, profiting from and hastening Terraform's collapse.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
court-appointed administrator of Terraform Labs Jane Street
A court-appointed administrator winding down Terraform Labs sues Jane Street, alleging it engaged in insider trading to profit from and hasten Terraform's fall
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-24 · #62
A US judge rejects Tesla's bid to overturn a $243M jury verdict tied to a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, denying Tesla's attempt to overturn the verdict.
denied 1 article 2026-02-21
US judge Tesla $243M jury verdict 2019 Autopilot crash
The US Supreme Court issues a ruling that overturns most of Trump's planned 2025 tariffs.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-21
US Supreme Court Trump's 2025 tariffs
President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs
Wired · 2026-02-21 · #19
A US federal judge rejects Tesla's bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict stemming from a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, leaving the verdict intact.
denied 1 article 2026-02-20
US federal judge $243M jury verdict 2019 Autopilot crash
A US judge rejects Tesla's bid to overturn a $243M jury verdict over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, a blow for Tesla as it faces a growing wave of lawsuits
Electrek · 2026-02-20 · #9
Tesla is facing a growing wave of lawsuits, a situation highlighted by the upheld $243M verdict over the 2019 Autopilot fatal crash.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-20
Tesla
A US judge rejects Tesla's bid to overturn a $243M jury verdict over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, a blow for Tesla as it faces a growing wave of lawsuits
Electrek · 2026-02-20 · #9
West Virginia Attorney General files lawsuit accusing Apple of violating consumer protection law by not implementing tools like PhotoDNA to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) stored and shared on iCloud.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-20
West Virginia Attorney General Apple PhotoDNA iCloud CSAM
A US grand jury indicts three people, including two former Google engineers and one of their husbands, for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to Google's Pixel Tensor processor.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-20
US grand jury Google two former Google engineers one husband Pixel Tensor processor trade secrets
A US grand jury indicted two former Google engineers and one of their husbands for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to the Tensor chip for Pixel phones
Bloomberg · 2026-02-20 · #33
Los Angeles County files a lawsuit alleging Roblox engaged in deceptive business practices that exposed children to sexual content, exploitation, and online predators.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-20
Los Angeles County Roblox
Los Angeles County sues Roblox, alleging it engaged in deceptive business practices that exposed children to sexual content, exploitation, and online predators
NBC Los Angeles · 2026-02-20 · #41
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TP-Link Systems alleging it deceptively markets products as secure while allowing the Chinese Communist Party to hack consumers' devices.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-19
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton TP-Link Systems
A US judge rules ex-Palantir employees likely violated confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements when founding Percepta.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-19
US judge ex-Palantir employees Percepta confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements
A US judge rules former Palantir employees likely violated confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements in founding Percepta, but declines to halt their work
Bloomberg · 2026-02-19 · #53
West Virginia Attorney General files lawsuit accusing Apple of violating consumer protection laws over its handling of CSAM detection on iCloud.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-19
West Virginia Attorney General Apple
West Virginia's AG sues Apple for allegedly violating consumer protection law by not implementing tools like PhotoDNA to detect CSAM stored and shared on iCloud
New York Times · 2026-02-19 · #6
The judge declines to enjoin the ex-Palantir employees and refuses to stop their work on Percepta.
denied 1 article 2026-02-19
US judge ex-Palantir employees Percepta work
A US judge rules former Palantir employees likely violated confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements in founding Percepta, but declines to halt their work
Bloomberg · 2026-02-19 · #53
Zuckerberg testifies in a social media addiction trial, denying the engagement-goal claim and stating Meta removes underage users it identifies.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Mark Zuckerberg social media addiction trial Instagram
Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is not a company goal and that Meta removes underage users it identifies
CNBC · 2026-02-18 · #4
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files suit against TP-Link Systems alleging the company deceptively marketed its products as secure while allowing the Chinese Communist Party to access consumers' devices.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton TP-Link Systems
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TP-Link, alleging it deceptively markets its products as secure while allowing the CCP to hack into consumers' devices
The Record · 2026-02-18 · #5
A Las Vegas federal appeals court rejects Kalshi's emergency bid for an administrative stay, allowing Nevada's effort to block the platform and advancing civil-enforcement proceedings.
denied 1 article 2026-02-18
Las Vegas federal appeals court Kalshi Nevada
A Las Vegas federal appeals court rejects Kalshi's emergency bid for an administrative stay on Nevada's push to block the platform, a major setback for Kalshi
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-18 · #7
Cameo files a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI over use of the name 'Cameo'.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Cameo OpenAI
A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” in its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video message app Cameo
TechCrunch · 2026-02-18 · #50
A federal district court in Northern California rules in favor of Cameo in a trademark dispute with OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Federal district court (Northern California) Cameo OpenAI
A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” in its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video message app Cameo
TechCrunch · 2026-02-18 · #50
The court orders OpenAI to stop using the word 'Cameo' for its Sora products and features.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Federal district court (Northern California) OpenAI Sora
A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” in its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video message app Cameo
TechCrunch · 2026-02-18 · #50
Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney and Paramount claim ByteDance's AI video tool Seedance infringes on their intellectual property.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Warner Bros. Discovery Disney Paramount ByteDance Seedance
WBD joins Disney and Paramount in claiming infringement on ByteDance's AI video tool Seedance and demands ByteDance cease training AI on Warner Bros. characters
Variety · 2026-02-18 · #59
Warner Bros. Discovery demands ByteDance cease training its AI models on Warner Bros. characters, sending a legal letter to ByteDance's general counsel.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
Warner Bros. Discovery ByteDance Warner Bros. characters
WBD joins Disney and Paramount in claiming infringement on ByteDance's AI video tool Seedance and demands ByteDance cease training AI on Warner Bros. characters
Variety · 2026-02-18 · #59
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs defending its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-18
CFTC Mike Selig prediction markets state lawsuits
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court (amicus) briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-17
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Mike Selig prediction markets state lawsuits
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits
Axios · 2026-02-17 · #6
Which? is withdrawing its chip royalties lawsuit seeking £480M on behalf of about 29M iPhone and Samsung users against Qualcomm after a CAT trial, according to Qualcomm.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-17
Which? Qualcomm
Qualcomm says UK consumer association Which? is withdrawing its chip royalties lawsuit that sought £480M for 29M iPhone and Samsung users, after a CAT trial
Reuters · 2026-02-17 · #44
UK consumer association Which? withdraws its £480M chip royalties lawsuit against Qualcomm seeking compensation for 29M iPhone and Samsung users after a CAT trial, Qualcomm says.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-17
Which? Qualcomm £480M 29M iPhone and Samsung users Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
Qualcomm says UK consumer association Which? is withdrawing its chip royalties lawsuit that sought £480M for 29M iPhone and Samsung users, after a CAT trial
Reuters · 2026-02-17 · #44
Lenders accuse founder Byju Raveendran of siphoning $533M from a $1.2B loan.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-17
lenders Byju Raveendran Byju's
A look at the fall of Indian edtech startup Byju's, leading to US court sanctions, as lenders accuse founder Byju Raveendran of siphoning $533M of a $1.2B loan
Financial Times · 2026-02-17 · #43