In a sign of how rapidly the battle over identity and artificial intelligence is escalating, pop icon Taylor Swift has taken a novel legal step: seeking trademark protection not just over her image, but over her voice itself. Applications filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cover two audio clips featuring Swift’s spoken voice, …

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A courtroom in California has become the latest arena in the war over artificial intelligence, as a jury was seated in the explosive legal showdown pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI — a case that could pry open years of internal tensions at one of the world’s most powerful technology companies. At the …

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Bayer’s long-running attempt to halt the flood of litigation over its Roundup weedkiller met skepticism at the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices appeared split over whether federal pesticide law shields the company from state-level failure-to-warn lawsuits. At the heart of the dispute is Bayer’s argument that federal regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide …

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A courtroom order has ensured that a crucial offshore wind venture off the New England coast will keep moving, at least for now. A Massachusetts judge has stepped in to prevent GE Vernova from walking away from its role in the massive Vineyard Wind development, ruling that the company must continue its work while the …

Court Anchors Offshore Wind Project, Orders GE Vernova to Stay on the Job Read More »

A massive payout tied to artificial-intelligence training practices is drawing an extraordinary response from the writing community. Nearly 120,000 authors and copyright holders have stepped forward seeking compensation from a proposed $1.5 billion settlement involving AI developer Anthropic, according to a filing in a California federal court. The numbers tell their own story. Claims have …

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A California physician has launched a direct constitutional challenge against a Texas statute that empowers private citizens to sue abortion providers — a provision critics have dubbed a “bounty hunter” mechanism. The dispute has now reached federal court, setting up a significant test of how far states can go in outsourcing enforcement of abortion restrictions. …

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The legal fight over Louisiana’s vanishing coastline has taken a decisive procedural turn, with the U.S. Supreme Court clearing the path for oil companies to defend themselves in federal court rather than before local juries. The ruling, delivered unanimously, reshapes where — not yet how — the sprawling litigation over coastal damage will unfold. At …

High Court Sends Louisiana Coastal Battle to Federal Arena, Boosting Oil Firms’ Bid Read More »