#legal-action

#legal-action

Sky intends to use the information obtained from a court case to take legal actions against the resellers and some of the end users, marking the first time end users could face legal action.

The State withdrew a total of 33 charges against gardaí Peter O'Donnell, Paul Baynham, and Niall Deegan last Wednesday, marking the end of a lengthy legal battle.

Couples and families who paid deposits and signed contracts for new homes in a Co Meath housing estate have said they will consider legal action after being told that 'an enforceable contract does not exist'.

The beginning of the final day of the trial of a legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has been adjourned until 12pm after the High Court was told that "matters have developed".

In the details from the court documents that Mortensen filed, he alleges that Paul choked him and struck him during an argument that woke up their son, Ever. He left that night and returned the following day, when and Paul allegedly got into another argument that escalated into something physical in which she threw a drink at him.

Police alleged a person arrested in December had used Grok, xAI's chatbot, to edit photos, including one from the teen girl's Instagram account, removing a blue bikini from one image to "depict her without any clothes," according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

There's the possibility that Thomas and I are talking to in Congress to build a bipartisan coalition to say, look, it's not just these three interviews that concern Donald Trump. There has been now reporting that ninety survivor statements have not been released just by a review of these files. And we're not even talking about the redactions. They just have not produced these things.

Sir Ed Davey has urged Sir Keir Starmer to sue Donald Trump for $100 billion, claiming the former US President has "damaged our country". Speaking at the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Edinburgh, the Kingston & Surbiton MP launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump - branding him "the most dangerous, damaging US President of modern times". My advice to Keir Starmer is to sue Donald Trump for $100billion for the damage he's caused to Scotland and our country. It's the only language he understands.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is not satisfied with an apology he received from the city of Beverly Hills on Thursday, days after police shut down an event he was hosting in the city's Trousdale Estates neighborhood. The apology was not for shutting down the event. Instead, it was for including what the city called "inaccurate information" in its initial statement about the event.

A few weeks before MindsEye launched last year, Mark Gerhard, co-CEO of Build A Rocket Boy, alleged that the game was the victim of a targeted campaign to trash the game and studio. The company doubled-down after launch, blaming "saboteurs" for the game's poor reception. They alleged that somebody was unhappy with the success of Leslie Benzies, founder of the studio and former producer for Grand Theft Auto at Rockstar, as well as being president of Rockstar North.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

Former CNN host Don Lemon predicted President Donald Trump's administration will not stop pursuing him, even if it means they have to go around a judge. Lemon sat down with Alisyn Camerota this week just as his fellow former CNNer launched her new gig with Scripps News as a special events anchor and contributor. Lemon is currently facing pushback (and possible legal consequences) for his coverage of a group of Minnesota anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in St. Paul.

Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has sued his company xAI over sexualised deepfakes of her created on social media platform X. The lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday alleges the Grok AI tool created sexually explicit pictures of St Clair. The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, has counter-sued St Clair for violating its terms of service. X did not respond directly to BBC News's enquiries about the lawsuits.

Along with the WBD shareholders, we have asked for the customary financial disclosure a board is supposed to provide shareholders when making an investment recommendation...WBD has failed to include any disclosure about how it valued the overall Netflix transaction, how the purchase price reduction for debt works in the Netflix transaction, or even what the basis is for its 'risk adjustment' of our $30 per share all-cash offer. WBD shareholders need this information to make an informed investment decision on our offer,

The TV channel Arise News reported that solicitors acting for the couple served Euracare hospital, a private medical facility, with a legal notice dated 10 January which asked for CCTV footage, electronic monitoring data and the toddler's medical records within seven days. The notice alleged there were lapses during the child's admission and lack of basic resuscitation equipment at the facility amounting to medical negligence.

The idea for Flipcause was simple. Starting in 2012, the Oakland startup provided technical tools for thousands of nonprofit organizations, handling the work of online storefronts, donation systems and ticketing pages. Millions of donor dollars flowed through Flipcause's tech to nonprofits focused on just about every societal issue. Then, this year, much of that money suddenly stalled under Flipcause's control, as evidenced by testimonials from client companies on social media, with the Better Business Bureau, and to SFGATE.

"I am fundraising to help cover legal fees in the Dominican Republic in an effort to seek justice for my sister-in-law, Claire Cullen. Claire was tragically killed in a hit and run incident while on holiday to attend her brothers wedding. She died instantly, and the driver fled the scene without offering any help to Claire or her family," she wrote.

The NHS Pathways trial, led by researchers from King's College London, was commissioned in the wake of the controversial Cass Report and the government's ban on puberty blockers for trans youth. The £10 million ($13.1 million) trial will study the effectiveness of the drugs by focusing on the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of 220 youngsters over a two-year period.

After disturbing mental health incidents involving AI chatbots, state attorneys general sent a letter to major AI companies, warning them to fix "delusional outputs" or risk legal action, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The letter, signed by 42 attorneys general from U.S. states and territories, asked Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to implement new safeguards to protect users. It called for safeguards including new incident reporting procedures to notify users when chatbots produce harmful outputs,

Officials in Lima, Peru, are considering legal action against Caltrain due to the poor condition of the second-hand locomotives it purchased from the Peninsula commuter railroad, according to an international travel publication. The publication, Travel and Tour World, said that Lima municipal railway engineers found that the 19 double-deck coaches and 19 diesel locomotives are falling apart and some vehicles are beyond repair.