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Florida Files Lawsuit Against OpenAI

“Sam Altman and ChatGPT have chosen the AI race over the safety and security of our kids,” the attorney general said. “They have chosen profit over public safety, and we’re not going to stand for it here in Florida. So we will hold them accountable.”


Lawsuit: Massachusetts AG Campbell Accuses United HealthCare of Medicaid Fraud

The lawsuit cites an instance in which UnitedHealthcare allegedly overcharged MassHealth by $133,000 over the span of five years for a patient who allegedly needed assistance with tasks like bathing, grooming, and dressing. The patient was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis, but, upon investigation, “demonstrated complete independence” with the assistance of over-the-counter painkillers.



Federal Court Agrees to Reopen Trump’s $10b Lawsuit Against IRS

“They point to the fact that the settlement in question includes a ‘three-paragraph addendum … [that] purports to ‘forever bar and preclude’ the United States from pursuing claims that could have been [otherwise] asserted [against] Plaintiffs,’ and highlight the fact that Defendants did not ‘even try to defend against Plaintiffs’ claims’ despite their active opposition to nearly identical claims in other litigation,” Judge Williams noted.


Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against City of Boston

“The redressability problem here is straightforward as it is fatal to the United States’ claim,” the judge wrote. “As a matter of Massachusetts law, Boston law enforcement officers may not detain a person solely based on a federal immigration detainer or administrative warrant because no authority empowers them to do so.”


CNN Files Lawsuit Against AI Company Perplexity

“CNN’s lawsuit stands for the proposition that Perplexity, a company valued at tens of billions of dollars, should not be able to steal from entities that create the original content Perplexity exploits,” CNN said in a statement. “By exploiting CNN’s reporting in this manner, Perplexity violates the protections afforded by copyright law and undermines the economic incentives that make original newsgathering possible.”


Trump Refiles $10b Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal

In his ruling, Gayles found that there was enough evidence to suggest that the Journal had done its due diligence in verifying the Epstein letter’s authenticity. The fact that Trump himself claimed that the letter was a forgery, Gayles said, did not mean that the Journal published the story “with serious doubts.”


New Mexico Attorney General Sues Torrance, Curry Counties Over ICE Agreements

Torrez says that, by continuing to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the counties are imposing “serious costs on local communities.” Deputies who are assigned to help assist ICE, for instance, are no longer available for criminal investigations and emergency calls—tasks that the attorney general describes as being “the core mission of local law enforcement.”