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SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has reached a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties — the largest fine [...]
AN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge last week approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots. U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued the preliminary approval in San Francisco federal court after the two sides worked to [...]
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled last week that it’s unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A coalition of 20 Democratic state attorneys general in May filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the [...]
After deflecting the U.S. Justice Department’s attack on its illegal monopoly in online searches, Google is facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire in a trial focused on its tactics in digital advertising. The trial scheduled to start this week in an Alexandria, Va., federal court will revolve around the conduct that resulted in [...]
The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general last week sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics. The FTC said Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have deceived artists and consumers by advertising lower [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Is Steamboat Willie “For the people?” That’s a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the country is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, “For the people,” in its ubiquitous television commercials, sued Disney [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are taking aim at telehealth companies promoting unofficial versions of prescription drugs — including popular weight loss medications — as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pharmaceutical advertising. The Food and Drug Administration earlier this week posted more than 100 letters to various drug and online prescribing companies, [...]
Auto safety regulators are investigating certain Tesla Model Ys for a possible defect in the electronic door handles that can leave passengers trapped inside the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its preliminary evaluation is for the 2021 Tesla Model Y. The agency said the electronic door handles of the vehicle may become [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including ones related to an Alaska Airlines jetliner losing a door plug panel on its fuselage in midflight. The proposed penalty is for safety violations that occurred from September 2023 through February 2024, the FAA said last week. That period [...]
LONDON (AP) — China has accused Nvidia of violating the country’s antimonopoly laws and said it would step up scrutiny of the world’s leading chipmaker, escalating tensions with Washington as the two countries hold trade talks this week. Chinese regulators said a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia didn’t comply with conditions imposed when it purchased [...]