Kat Black

August 06, 2024 | The Recorder

The cases, both filed by plaintiff David Millette on behalf of other YouTube video creators, allege that the companies covertly transcribed "millions" of YouTube videos to train their AI software products, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT. The plaintiff is seeking injunctive relief and damages from both companies on unjust enrichment and unfair competition law violation claims.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 06, 2024 | The Recorder

According to the 83-page complaint, filed Monday in California's Northern District by Toberoff & Associates, Altman "induced" Musk to finance OpenAI by deceiving him about his intent to convert the company into a for-profit enterprise and feigning shared concerns about the "existential dangers" of artificial intelligence.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | The Recorder

Federal antitrust laws could have tripled the damages to more than $14 billion if the verdict, which held that the NFL violated the Sherman Act by conspiring to inflate the price of its "Sunday Ticket" streaming service, had been sustained.

By Kat Black

6 minute read

August 01, 2024 | The Recorder

Lemon, best known for his 2006-23 tenure on CNN, filed the complaint on Thursday in California Superior Court for San Francisco County. He is represented by Carney Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates. The complaint alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of name and likeness, breach of express contract and restitution and unjust enrichment.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 31, 2024 | The Recorder

"It's the first case effectively saying that software on a website can violate the Trap and Trace Law," said Robert Tauler, an attorney at Los Angeles firm Tauler Smith, who is representing the plaintiff.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

July 30, 2024 | The Recorder

Silvaco's dispute with Nangate arose from a stock purchase agreement signed by the two parties at the time of acquisition.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 26, 2024 | The Recorder

Washington's Western District Court in Seattle gutted the claims made under N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 22-1201(a) and § 22-1201(b), dismissed Starbucks as a defendant in the case, and dismissed all claims of unjust enrichment but one against Amazon.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 25, 2024 | The Recorder

Bryant launched a career of litigating high-profile gender equity cases in 1984, when he tried a class action that resulted in the admission of female students to the formerly all-male Central High School in Philadelphia. In 1988, he tried the first Title IX case in the United States as lead trial counsel and won the suit filed on behalf of Temple University female athletes.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 24, 2024 | The Recorder

A U.K. resident says the black comedy depicts her in a false light. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 23, 2024 | The Recorder

The DOJ and 30 state and district attorneys general sued the live events giant in May for Sherman Act violations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Southern New York. The original complaint alleged that Live Nation-Ticketmaster maintained an illegal stranglehold on the live entertainment industry through its monopolistic and anticompetitive practices.

By Kat Black

4 minute read