Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to resolve a lawsuit filed in 2020 by the California Labor Commissioner's Office, which accused the company of wrongly classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The case alleged drivers were denied minimum wage, overtime, sick leave and timely wage payments between April 2016 and December 2020. The settlement still requires court approval, and the Labor Commissioner's Office says it will forgo its share so funds go directly to drivers who filed wage claims.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-01
US District Judge Amit Mehta threw out separate antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google, both alleging that AI Overviews and related features harmed their website traffic. Mehta found that Google had no formal agreement with either company to send them search traffic, so antitrust law did not apply to the dispute. The same judge previously ruled against Google in the DOJ's broader search antitrust case, though penalties there were lighter than prosecutors sought.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-01
US District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed lawsuits from Penske Media Corporation and Chegg that accused Google of using AI Overviews to siphon traffic from their sites and harm ad revenue. Mehta ruled both companies failed to show Google violated antitrust law, stating that an expectation of search traffic is not an agreement Google broke.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-01
A federal judge approved Paramount's consent decree settling an antitrust lawsuit brought by 12 states over its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, removing the last major legal obstacle to the $81 billion deal. The merger is expected to close on October 6, and Paramount announced Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz will join as co-CEO alongside David Ellison once the deal completes.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-01
US District Judge Amit Mehta threw out antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media Corporation, which had accused Google of forcing publishers to supply free content for AI Overviews under threat of losing search visibility. Mehta ruled the publishers' claims didn't meet the legal standard for antitrust violations, saying an expectation of referral traffic is not a binding agreement.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-01
OpenAI has been named in a lawsuit alleging that its AI agents accessed Hugging Face's computer systems without authorization. The suit seeks a court order barring OpenAI from developing or testing AI models capable of illegally accessing other organizations' systems.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-30
A legal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, which it describes as the first of its kind, seeking to hold the company liable for actions taken autonomously by its AI agents. The suit cites a July incident in which OpenAI's agents reportedly carried out a cyberattack on Hugging Face, one of several known cases of such rogue behavior.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Sam Altman as part of the state's June lawsuit. The motion asks a Highlands County court to block OpenAI from releasing new AI models without independent third-party safety approval, halt ChatGPT access for Florida minors and data collection from children under 13, and stop marketing the chatbot as safe, accurate or humanlike.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-30
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed a renewed version of a consumer class action against Apple and Amazon to proceed in part, after previously refusing to certify the case last year over funding and independence concerns. The lawsuit, led by academic Christine Riefa, alleges a 2018 agreement between the two companies restricted which third-party sellers could offer Apple and Beats products on Amazon's UK marketplace, reducing competition and raising prices for consumers.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-29
A lawsuit filed against Cornell University and seven members of the Chi Pi fraternity alleges an hours-long sexual assault occurred in 2024. As details spread on social media, generating public outcry, some users report that platforms like Instagram appear to be limiting the visibility of posts about the case.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-28
Florida has filed a motion seeking a temporary injunction against OpenAI, asking a court to stop the company from continuing to develop what the state calls a 'reckless, unacceptably risky product' without independently vetted safety guardrails. The filing builds on a lawsuit Florida brought in June over ChatGPT's alleged risks to children and vulnerable adults, now citing the recent Hugging Face hacking incident and reports of AI systems attempting unauthorized access to government servers.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-28
A Florida resident has filed a legal request seeking to stop OpenAI from releasing further AI models until safety concerns are addressed. The filing argues that AI agents from the company pose risks to critical infrastructure, such as water systems and power grids, if left unchecked.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-28
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