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Snoop Dogg Sues Post and Walmart for Conspiring Against His Cereal

Snoop Dogg and Master P have filed a lawsuit against Post Consumer Brands and Walmart, accusing both the packaged food giant and big box retailer of conspiring against the release of a Snoop-branded cereal line. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by lawyer Ben Crump on behalf of the two rappers, claims that Post and Walmart engaged in “underhanded dealing” and “diabolical actions” in an effort to sabotage against Snoop Cereal’s success. Snoop and Master P launched Broadus Foods — and the Snoop Cereal and Momma Snoop…

Former Mandalorian actor Gina Carano sues Disney — with X’s help

Four days after the death of former costar Carl Weathers, onetime The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano is suing Disney and Lucasfilm for her departure from the series — with Elon Musk’s help. Carano, whose post-Disney credits include a film produced by conspiracy theorist Ben Shapiro, posted Tuesday on X, “The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time.” X confirmed its assistance in a statement to Engadget.Carano shared…

New York sues Citibank for alleged failure to reimburse fraud victims

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud.The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements, according to a release. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part…

Wife of SpaceX Worker Left in a Coma After Rocket Test Sues, Claiming Negligence

The wife of a SpaceX employee who was severely injured in a 2022 rocket engine test has filed a negligence lawsuit against the aerospace company, as first reported by Reuters. This case highlights ongoing safety concerns at SpaceX, with an earlier investigation revealing a pattern of workplace injuries and questionable safety practices.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsOn January 18, 2022, a Raptor V2 pressure engine test at SpaceX’s Hawthorne facility went horribly wrong, causing a fuel-controller assembly…

George Carlin’s estate sues over AI-generated standup comedy special | Artificial intelligence (AI)

The estate of George Carlin is suing the media company behind a fake, hour-long comedy special whose creators boasted of using artificial intelligence to re-create the late standup comic’s style and material.The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet Dudesy to immediately take down the audio special, George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead, in which a synthesis of Carlin delivers commentary on current events. Carlin died in 2008.Carlin’s daughter, Kelly Carlin, said…

George Carlin’s estate sues over AI-generated comedy special

George Carlin’s estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers of an featuring an AI replica of the comedian, The late comedian’s estate, including his daughter Kelly Carlin, filed the suit in a Los Angeles federal court last night. It claims the online media company that posted the video, Dudesy, violated the performer’s right to publicity and infringed on a copyright.The video’s called “George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead” and features an hour of new “material” by the comedian, who died in 2008. As AI replications go,…

George Carlin Estate Sues AI-Generated Comedy Special Creators

George Carlin‘s estate filed a lawsuit against Dudesy, the company behind the AI-generated special George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead, for unauthorized use of the comedian’s copyrighted works. The lawsuit, which was filed in California federal court Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone, denounced the special as “a piece of computer-generated click-bait which detracts from the value of Carlin’s comedic works and harms his reputation,” adding, “It is a casual theft of a great American artist’s work.” Will Sasso…

Exxon Sues Two ESG Investors

The oil giant says Arjuna Capital and Follow This want Exxon’s oil-and-gas business to shrink, putting them at odds with shareholders. The oil giant says Arjuna Capital and Follow This want Exxon’s oil-and-gas business to shrink, putting them at odds with shareholders. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

Iowa sues TikTok, alleging app misleads parents about inappropriate content

Iowa sued TikTok on Wednesday, accusing the video-based social media app of misrepresenting the prevalence of inappropriate content on the platform to avoid parental controls.  The lawsuit alleges that TikTok falsely claims there is only infrequent or mild sexual content and nudity, profanity or crude humor, mature and suggestive themes, and alcohol, tobacco or drug use references on the platform to obtain a “12+” rating in Apple’s App Store. “TikTok knows and intends to evade the parental controls on…

‘MJ Live’ Sues Michael Jackson Estate Over Trademark Dispute – The Hollywood Reporter

Las Vegas jukebox show MJ Live is suing the estate of Michael Jackson, accusing the late pop star’s lawyers of infringing the show’s intellectual property. The suit, filed on Wednesday in Nevada federal court, arises from allegations that the estate threatened legal action against the show for use of the King of Pop’s likeness. Though MJ Live first hit the Las Vegas Strip over a decade ago, the lawsuit states that the Jackson estate only recently began sending cease-and-desist letters to venues that…