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Topic: Lawsuit

100 authors sue Anthropic for pirating books, demand $75 million

Anthropic allegedly used over 500 pirated books for its AI models, which include Tiffany Aliche’s New York Times bestseller Get Good with Money and Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate, an international bestseller.

The Jindal Poly Films-investors dispute & the unrealised promise of class action lawsuits in India

Supreme Court decision to send Jindal Poly Films case to arbitration has ended what was shaping up to be the first major test of India’s decade-old shareholder class-action regime.

AI-171 crash: Lawsuit in US says Boeing, Honeywell knew of ‘risks’, ‘faulty’ Dreamliner fuel switch

Families of 4 passengers killed in 12 June crash have sought damages, claiming operators had warned Boeing about the defect, as pointed out in a 2018 FAA bulletin.

Indian news agency ANI sues OpenAI for unsanctioned content use in AI training

ANI is the latest news organisation globally to take OpenAI to court following lawsuits in the US by newspapers including The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual abuse in 6 new lawsuits, including assault of minor

The civil lawsuits were filed a month after Combs was criminally charged for a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering.

What’s Pannun after with his ‘murder plot’ lawsuit against India, and what happens now

The lawsuit comes days ahead of Modi's visit to the US for the Quad Leaders’ Summit and the UN's Summit of the Future. India has 21 days to respond.

Indian-American, 78, sues US employer after losing job, allegedly for speaking in Hindi

Anil Varshney, who was a senior systems engineer with missile defence contractor Parsons Corporation, has charged the company with alleged discriminatory termination.

Who’s Stormy Daniels — adult film star at the heart of Donald Trump’s indictment, ‘hush money’ scandal

Adult film actor Stormy Daniels has alleged ex US President paid her 'hush money' in run-up to 2016 elections to cover purported sexual encounter in 2006 after they met at a golf event.

How Hindu American Foundation sees a ‘silver lining’ even in US court defeat

The court judgment against HAF has only dark clouds for Hindu nationalists in the US who have sold out Indian democracy and dare to call themselves true patriots.

8 SpaceX employees say they were fired for criticising Elon Musk in a letter

The ex-employees were part of group that sent a letter which called Musk a 'distraction & embarrassment' to SpaceX. The 8 have filed unfair labour practice charges with a US labour board.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman