A California judge dismisses xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets but allows xAI to refile the case later.
denied 1 article 2026-02-25
California judge xAI OpenAI
New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Meta in which police officers testify that Meta's AI produces numerous low-quality CSAM reports that burden investigations and slow case progress.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
New Mexico Meta
New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of “junk” CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases
The Guardian · 2026-02-25 · #15
Court records indicate the FBI subpoenaed X for details about Grok prompts linked to a deepfake investigation.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
FBI X Grok prompts
Court records: the FBI subpoenaed X for details about Grok prompts a man allegedly used to create 200+ sexual deepfakes of a woman he knew in real life
404 Media · 2026-02-25 · #21
The judge permits xAI to refile the lawsuit at a later date.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
California judge xAI
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
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
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
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
A California judge dismisses xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets.
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
Peter Williams pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets from L3Harris and to selling exploits to a Russian zero-day brokerage.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Peter Williams L3Harris Russian zero-day brokerage
A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris exec Peter Williams to over 7 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits
CyberScoop · 2026-02-24 · #11
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
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 U.S. judge sentences ex-L3Harris executive Peter Williams to over 7 years in prison after his 2025 guilty plea for theft of trade secrets and selling exploits.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Peter Williams prison L3Harris
A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris exec Peter Williams to over 7 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits
CyberScoop · 2026-02-24 · #11
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 · 2026-02-19 · #62
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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