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Love v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance Raymond Love just wanted to publish his children’s book with a trustworthy self-publishing company. Instead, he found a scam that took his money and delivered nothing of value. For most authors in this situation, lost cash and lost dreams are unrecoverable, but Raymond Love’s story has a different ending. He sued–and won. The legal documents Read More The post Love v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance appeared first on Writer Beware. https://writerbeware.blog/2026/09/18/love-v-wiley-book-writers-a-publishing-scam-gets-a-rare-comeuppance #OverseasScams #PublishingScams #Ghostwritingscams #Lawsuits

Whoa: Supreme Court tells regime it can just fuck off with its attempt to control mail-in voting in November https://www.universalhub.com/2026/whoa-supreme-court-tells-regime-it-can-just-fuck-its-attempt-control #lawsuits #elections2026

Postal Service to Boston federal judge: Drop dead https://www.universalhub.com/2026/postal-service-boston-federal-judge-drop-dead #MailInVoting #elections2026 #lawsuits

If you didn't know that already ... "You know how we’re always saying that Trump likes to drop his lawsuits before they get to discovery? Well, he failed to do that here, and now the entire world knows that hundreds of Trump businesses - including a winery, a golf course, bottled water, a payroll company, and a real estate firm - were front companies for money laundering." https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capital-one-closed-hundreds-of #TACO #Trump #fraud #corruption #moneylaundering #lawsuits #CapitalOne #Bank

OpenAI rebuts Apple trade secrets allegations in new response with receipts Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last month, accusing the firm behind ChatGPT of stealing trade secrets related to hardware development. Nearly a month later, OpenAI has published a detailed response to many of Appl… https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/03/openai-rebuts-apple-trade-secrets-allegations-in-new-response-and-evidence/ #Tech #AI #Lawsuits #OpenAI #Apple [9to5Mac]

"In 2019, during his first term, Trump sued Capital One and Deutsche Bank to prevent them from sharing financial records with the US Congress as part of a probe led by Democratic lawmakers. Anti-money laundering professionals at Deutsche Bank reportedly flagged a set of transactions, but executives ignored them; Deutsche Bank denied the report at the time." https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/2/capital-one-cites-anti-money-laundering-concerns-in-trump-organization-case #TACO #Trump #fraud #corruption #moneylaundering #lawsuits #CapitalOne #Bank #DeutscheBank

Appeals court tosses Covid-era curbside-dining lawsuit by North End restaurants, but throws them one slim possible lifeline https://www.universalhub.com/2024/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-north-end-restaurant #Boston #Covid19 #lawsuits

Skechers says it doesn't make sneakers, but state's highest court disagrees https://www.universalhub.com/2026/skechers-says-it-doesnt-make-sneakers-states-highest-court-disagrees #Massachusetts #taxes #lawsuits

Judge orders #ICE not to arrest immigrant at one of the "routine" appointments it loves to use to trap and imprison people https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-orders-ice-not-arrest-immigrant-one-routine-appointments-it #Boston #immigrants #lawsuits

Regime won't quit trying to force Boston to hand over immigrants https://www.universalhub.com/2026/regime-wont-quit-trying-force-boston-hand-over-immigrants #Boston #lawsuits #TrustAct

Second Amendment doesn't give #Massachusetts gun-shop owner right to sell mass-murder weapons, court rules https://www.universalhub.com/2026/second-amendment-doesnt-give-massachusetts-man-right-sell-mass-murder #guns #lawsuits

Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.

Mucho chanta ofreciendo «cursos para descubrir el mundo de la IA generativa» y monetizar a costa de la vulneración sistemática de nuestros derechos. No se necesita ningún curso para saber cómo funcionan los modelos de IAG comercial 👇 🔸 Cuadernillos de Arte es Ética. Volumen 1: ROBO DE DATOS 🔗 https://arteesetica.org/cuadernillos-de-arte-es-etica-volumen-1-robo-de-datos/ #IA #IAgenerativa #AI #genAI #generativeAI #guide #copyright #humanrights #art #artist #author #lawsuits #technology #opensource #deepseek

Observer | The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk’s Showdown with Sam Altman by Rachel Curry AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The California trial pits Elon Musk against OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman over whether a company that began as a nonprofit can later become a for‑profit entity without breaching its original mission, with Musk arguing it cannot. Musk—who co‑founded OpenAI and now runs the rival xAI—claims the 2022 $10 billion Microsoft investment and OpenAI’s shift to a capped‑profit model in 2019 (and its 2025 conversion to a public‑benefit corporation) violated the charity’s founding purpose, and he is seeking over $150 billion in damages, a forced return to nonprofit status, and a legal ruling on whether OpenAI’s models are approaching artificial general intelligence. OpenAI contends the suit is driven by personal rivalry and that Musk previously pushed for a for‑profit conversion himself; experts say a court‑ordered reversion to nonprofit is unlikely, though financial penalties may be awarded, and the case could set precedent for how future AI startups balance nonprofit origins with profit‑driven growth. Read more: https://observer.com/2026/04/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit-trial/ #ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #lawsuits #technology #GregBrockman #YvonneRogers

Bloomberg Technology | How a Social Media Trial Verdict Threatens Big Tech by Peter Blumberg, Kurt Wagner A flood of lawsuits filed in recent years against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users. In the first case to go to trial, a jury on March 25 found Meta Platforms Inc. and Google negligent in the design and operation of their platforms – a landmark verdict. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/how-a-social-media-trial-verdict-threatens-big-tech #bigtech #socialmedia #jury #lawsuits #verdict

Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties This is yet another Writer Beware post about allegations of royalties long left unpaid. But it’s also about the challenges of work-for-hire arrangements, and what can potentially go wrong when intellectual property repeatedly changes hands. The Complicated Background The BattleTech and Shadowrun franchises–which included both games and novels–were originally developed and published in the 1980s Read More The post Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties appeared first on Writer Beware. https://writerbeware.blog/2026/02/20/authors-and-authors-estates-sue-the-topps-company-for-unpaid-royalties #Contracts #Copyright #Lawsuits #Royalties

Judge rules #Massachusetts has the right to warn people about anti-abortion 'pregnancy resource centers' https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-rules-massachusetts-has-right-warn-people-about-anti-abortion#lawsuits