AI is amplifying social media disinformation — and making Big Tech civilly liable may be the key to stemming it
A legal expert proposes amending US law to hold social media companies civilly liable when their safeguards against disinformation fail.
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Just 1 piece of evidence could scuttle Trump's hush-money conviction and force a time-sucking retrial
After the SCOTUS immunity decision, it may not take much to force a hush-money retrial. An ethics form the DA showed jurors in May might do the trick.
Trump hush-money judge delays sentencing until September 18, but only if it's 'still necessary' after a defense immunity challenge
Manhattan prosecutors agreed to delay Donald Trump's hush-money sentencing.
Prosecutors knew Jeffrey Epstein had raped teens before giving him a sweetheart deal: transcript
A newly released transcript shows prosecutors made a deal with Jeffrey Epstein despite knowing he had raped teenage girls.
'A robber baron's dream': SCOTUS seems determined to dismantle an administrative state
Recent SCOTUS rulings make federal regulation of essentially all major industries more difficult — and it could bog down already overburdened courts.
The copyright lawsuits against OpenAI are piling up as the tech company seeks data to train its AI
OpenAI is facing a growing number of lawsuits from authors and news organizations who say the company used their copyrighted material to train ChatGPT.
It took a woman 3 years and cost her $200K to kick a tenant out of her LA home. She says she cried when she saw the bloody mess he left.
Alison Weinsweig told BI about her three-year ordeal with a tenant, which ended in over $200,000 in losses, a legal battle, and blood-stained floors.
Trump's NJ golf club liquor licenses are in Jr.'s name. Hiding behind his son isn't helping as the state moves to revoke.
The liquor licenses for Trump's 3 New Jersey golf clubs are all in his eldest son's name. But hiding behind Jr. isn't helping as NJ moves to revoke.
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Inside Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy spending: $100 on pizza, $4 polyester ties, and 'deep bronze' tanning lotion
The numbers in Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy filings aren't adding up.
A California DA is 'disappointed' that doctor who drove a Tesla carrying his family off a cliff gets mental health diversion instead of a trial
A California judge accepted Dharmesh Patel into a mental health diversion program, giving him the chance to have attempted murder charges dismissed.
The Supreme Court just made it much harder to go after financial fraud
The Supreme Court ruled that defendants in financial-fraud cases have a right to a jury trial, rather than the SEC's in-house courts.
Sandy Hook victim's brother is 'shocked' that a letter Trump once sent him turned up in a Mar-a-Lago evidence photo
Trump sent JT Lewis a condolence letter in 2018. A draft of the letter was among keepsakes prosecutors say Trump kept mingled with national secrets.
A SCOTUS opinion allowing emergency abortions in Idaho was posted on the court's website and then quickly removed
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court confirmed something had been inadvertently posted online but that the final decision had not yet been released.
Trump is now free to rail against hush-money witnesses and Michael Cohen couldn't care less
Justice Juan Merchan lifted Trump's gag on attacking hush-money witnesses and the jury. But he can't refer to jurors by name.
Trump kept classified documents in cardboard boxes with Christmas ornaments and photos of himself: feds
Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith released new details of the "haphazard" way they say Trump stored secrets at Mar-a-Lago.
Margaritaville at Sea passenger files lawsuit saying she was raped in a hotel booked by the cruise line
The lawsuit filed by a Margaritaville at Sea passenger claims that she was raped while staying at a Bahamas hotel booked by the cruise line operator.
Tal Alexander announces he will step away from his brokerage firm amid rape allegation
Tal Alexander was one of the biggest names in real estate brokerage. Now he and his brother and brokerage partner Oren have been accused of rape.
An SAP employee reported a workplace sexual assault. Now she's breaking her NDA.
After Ashley Kostial reported a workplace rape, she was pressured to sign two nondisclosure agreements. Now she's breaking them both.
Killer of dismembered tech CEO found guilty of murder
Tyrese Haspil was found guilty on all counts in the brutal murder of his former boss, the tech CEO Fahim Saleh.
Even in bankruptcy, Rudy Giuliani keeps his financial picture hidden. Now he might lose control of it.
Lawyers have ripped Rudy Giuliani for giving "half-baked" financial disclosures and funneling money to the wrong people.
Clarence Thomas' originalist interpretations go too far, even for fellow conservatives
Clarence Thomas' lone dissent in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision hinged on an originalist interpretation of the law that a legal expert said was "absurd."
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The Justice Department is coming for AI: 'If your AI fixes prices, you're just as responsible'
Whether perpetrated by humans or a company's use of AI, anticompetitive practices are unlawful, the Justice Department says.
The man who dismembered tech CEO Fahim Saleh said he was so in love he was disturbed. Prosecutors say he was on Bumble.
Tyrese Haspil, who killed Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh, said he was so in love that he was disturbed at the time. Prosecutors said he was on Bumble.
Hush-money prosecutors say Trump's gag order should no longer protect Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels — but want to keep other parts of it
Manhattan DA prosecutors warned that Donald Trump could still be liable for harassment and defamation, citing his court losses from E. Jean Carroll.
A woman took her boyfriend to a tribunal because he didn't take her to the airport as promised
The New Zealand woman claimed that a promise by her boyfriend of six years to take her to the airport was a verbal contract. The judge disagreed.
Fahim Saleh murder jury must decide if Tyrese Haspil believed stabbing and dismembering tech CEO was 'reasonable'
As Tyrese Haspil's NYC trial for stabbing Gokada CEO Fahim Saleh nears its end, a verdict depends on the killer's emotional state at the time.
A woman is seeking $1 million, saying she saw her husband drown after being electrocuted in a jacuzzi at a Mexican resort
A woman is suing a Mexican resort for over $1 million in damages, alleging her husband was electrocuted and drowned in a jacuzzi at the resort.
Woman accuses luxury real estate broker Tal Alexander and his brother of raping her while their third brother watched
Tal Alexander and his brother Oren were top brokers of luxury homes. Now both men and a third brother, Alon, are accused in lawsuits of raping women.
Far-right blogger Jim Hoft used The Gateway Pundit's company funds to buy himself a Porsche and an oceanside Florida condo
At a bankruptcy hearing, the pro-Trump blogger appeared to show little distinction between The Gateway Pundit's funds and his personal finances.
A lawyer dreamed of disrupting the legal industry with private equity. It turned into a nightmare.
Steve German, an Arizona lawyer, was one of the biggest boosters of allowing private-equity firms like 777 Partners into law firms. Now he's a skeptic.
An NYU freshman is suing her roommate, accusing her of stealing $51,000 of her jewelry and designer handbags
The daughter of a Russian-American mining magnate is suing her NYU roommate, accusing her of stealing luxury items and selling them on The RealReal.
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Mexican cartels have stolen over $300 million from American seniors in elaborate timeshare property scams
Older Americans are falling victim to massive timeshare fraud at the hands of Mexican cartels, the FBI says. Police warn to never pay advance fees.
Hollywood trainer Tracy Anderson's famous 'method' is 'uncopyrightable,' a judge ruled
A judge made the ruling in the case of a lawsuit Tracy Anderson brought against one of her former trainers, the Sculpt Society founder, Megan Roup.
CEO arrested and accused of running an Adderall drug ring
The DOJ alleges that telehealth executives made $100 million by prescribing Adderall and other stimulants to patients who didn't need them.
Alito says he's sure Congress wanted to ban a rapid-fire gun device, but sided with the ruling to overturn the ban anyway
The textualist and conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said there's "no doubt" Congress meant to ban bump-stock devices on guns.
China says 2 military employees sold 60 pounds of secret documents to a recycling plant, allowing a shopper to bag 4 volumes for under $1
Two personnel tasked with disposing the 200 documents instead sold them all to a recycling plant for a profit of less than $4, authorities said.
Giant loophole may protect Trump-property liquor licenses throughout US, despite his felony hush-money conviction
Trump says he does not hold a liquor license anywhere in the US. Keeping his name off the paperwork may insulate him now that he's a felon.
I was a Bloods member, and now I broker peace between warring LA gangs — here's what I learned
Skipp Townsend was a member of the Rollin' 20s Avenue faction of the Bloods gang in Los Angeles for 27 years.
Hunter Biden was always doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
President Joe Biden promised not to interfere with his son's criminal case. Hunter's lawyers say that perversely allows prosecutors to politicize it.
Defense lawyers say Trump got special treatment from NYC probation and are crying foul
Trump did his NYC presentencing interview via video from Mar-a-Lago, with his lawyer at his side. Defense lawyers say that's almost unheard of.
Fresno officials should have noticed a phishing scam that cost taxpayers more than $600,000, jury says
Fresno lost $600,000 to a phishing scam in 2020. A grand jury now says city officials should have detected the fraud earlier to save taxpayer dollars.
A crypto trading platform that recruited users through prayer circles was a pyramid scheme that made $1 billion for its 'Reverand CEO,' lawsuit says
NovaTechFx, once one of the fastest-growing financial platforms, now faces a lawsuit that says it stole $1 billion in a pyramid scheme.
A Trump hush-money prosecutor said Melania was pregnant during one of Trump's affairs. That timeline doesn't add up.
Donald Trump's hush-money trial left one lingering mystery unanswered: Was Melania pregnant during his affair with Karen McDougal?
How scammers used 'social engineering' to steal over $1 million from an Idaho town of less than 4,000 people
Gooding, Idaho lost more than $1 million after scammers used "social engineering" to trick an employee into sending a fake payment.
Tough-on-crime former NYC judges say even they wouldn't sentence Trump to prison in the hush-money case
Will Justice Juan Merchan treat Trump like any other first offender? Will his hijinks count against him? We asked 4 ex-NYC judges what they would do.
Trump's hush-money judge alerted lawyers about a Facebook comment claiming Trump would be convicted 24 hours before it happened. The commenter describes himself as a 'professional s---poster.'
An apparent troll post on Facebook ended up as the subject of an unusual letter from Judge Juan Merchan to prosecutors and Trump's legal team.
Sports Illustrated ex-publisher wants $200 million from Authentic Brands Group, saying it stole website and employees
The Arena Group and Manoj Bhargava say Authentic Brands plotted with Minute Media to hand the brand off and steal employees and webpages.
The woman who says she's the real-life version of Martha on 'Baby Reindeer' just sued Netflix for $170 million
Fiona Harvey wants more than $170 million after Netflix "destroyed her reputation" in the semi-fictionalized show, her lawsuit says.
Steve Bannon has to actually go to prison by July 1, Trump-appointed judge says
Bannon is set to serve a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress, and had a stay of his sentence removed after his appeal was struck down.
A media giant is suing scallop farmers for $870K, accusing them of damaging its underwater cable
Virgin Media is suing an Irish fishing trawler for $870,000, accusing it of causing damage to an undersea fiber optic cable nine years ago.