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Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

Band accuse campaign of unauthorised use of Seven Nation Army and seek ‘significant monetary damages’

Ad tech monopoly trial may hurt Google more than DOJ’s search case, experts say.

New Mexico sued Snapchat after using AI to reveal child safety risks.

Case file: https://nmdoj.gov/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-for-Abatement-and-Civil-Penalties-and-Demand-for-Jury-Trial.pdf

Danish police have arrested a 39-year-old man who shared nude scenes of more than a hundred female actors through Reddit and porn sites.

Ars cited in lawsuit AT&T recently filed against Broadcom.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/att_broadcom.pdf

WhisperGate campaign targeted Ukrainian critical infrastructure and allies worldwide.

Xockets says it patented an innovation used in high-tech chips.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25092524/xockets-amended-complaint-for-at-and-patent-infringement.pdf

US president’s son, who previously pleaded not guilty, has changed course and entered an ‘open plea’

It reverses last year’s decision.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25091649/x-corp-v-bonta.pdf

Having completely shit the bed in its handling of a recent ransomware act, the city of Columbus, Ohio has decided the person who must be silenced — and, hopefully punished — should be the person who informed city workers and residents their PII was available on the dark web.

Publishers prevail despite lack of proof of market harm.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988.306.1.pdf

Prosecutors say there "is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction" after bringing charges in 2022.

After judge found evidence was intentionally withheld in July, involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19381493

Bella Nilsson is one of 11 people charged in Sweden's biggest ever environmental crime trial.

Authorities say Linda Sun "covertly promoted" Communist party agenda over 14 years in return for millions of dollars.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19370887

A federal judge has issued an injunction prohibiting Trump from playing his favorite song that he dances to at the end of each rally.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19367270

Nhentai, a popular adult site with dozens of millions of monthly visits, has been sued for copyright infringement by PCR Distributing.

Case file: https://torrentfreak.com/images/nhentai-complaint.pdf

Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K.