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Muslims Can Adopt Without Declaring Under Shariat Law, Says Delhi Court
A Delhi court, dismissing a partition suit, held that any individual belonging to the Muslim community can adopt a child without making a declaration under the Shariat Act.
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Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Several Celebrities As New York Law Expires
A flurry of high-profile sexual abuse lawsuits were filed in New York this week to beat the expiration of a state law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil abuse and harassment claims, no matter how old.
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AI-Created Work of Art Cannot Be Copyrighted Under US Law, Rules American Court
A work of art created by artificial intelligence without any human input cannot be copyrighted under United States law, a US court in Washington, DC, has ruled. Only works with human authors can receive copyrights affirming the US Copyright Office's rejection of an application filed by computer scientist Stephen Thaler on behalf of his DABUS system...
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Violation of Privacy Laws in ‘AI Arms Race'
A group of anonymous individuals sued OpenAI, accusing the company of stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless hunt for profits. OpenAI has allegedly violated privacy laws by secretly scraping 300 billion words from the internet, tapping “books, articles, websites and posts — ...
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Ski Crash Law Suit, Awarded $1
A jury ruled Thursday that actress Gwyneth Paltrow is not liable for an accident on a swanky US ski slope, as it dismissed a $3.3 million damages claim from a retired optometrist.
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Microsoft Wins Dismissal of Gamers' Suit Over $69 Billion Activision Deal
Microsoft won the dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion (about Rs. 5,70,300 crore) proposed purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. The federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs "lacks...
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Google to Face Class Action Lawsuit of 21 Million Individuals Over Play Store Competition
Google is set to face a class action lawsuit of 21 million individuals who have accused the search giant of violating competition law in the US, over the running of the Google Play Store. The complainants have argued that they would have paid lower prices for apps and in-app purchases and would have benefited from expanded choice, if Google had not...
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"Harvey Specter Or Jagdishwar Mishra": Indore Law College's Ad Is Viral
A newspaper advertisement for a law college has been doing the rounds on the Internet for an amusing reason. It draws a comparison between Gabriel Macht's Harvey Specter from the hit American televisionseries Suits and Jagdishwar Mishra.
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Solana Labs, Multicoin Capital Accused of Violating US Securities Law by SOL Investors in Lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit filed in a California federal court last week accuses key players in the Solana ecosystem of illegally profiting from SOL, the blockchain’s native token that, according to the suit, is unregistered security.
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Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit "Frivolous", Should Be Dismissed: Twitter
Anti-drugs agency officer Sameer Wankhede and his wife's lawsuit against Twitter over tweets against the couple is "frivolous" and not tenable on facts or in law, the social media giant said today.
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Supreme Court Asks Registry For Notice To Centre On Bengal Suit Against CBI Probe
The Supreme Court Monday said that its registry will issue notice to the Centre on the lawsuit filed by the West Bengal government alleging that CBI is going ahead with investigation without securing the pre-requisite nod from the state under the law
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Amazon Accused of Unfair Pricing Strategies in New US Suit
Amazon faces a new lawsuit that alleges the online retailer broke antitrust law by requiring that third-party sellers not offer better deals for their products elsewhere.
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Woman Sues Hospital In China For Refusing To Freeze Eggs Over Marital Status
An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in China's first legal challenge of a woman fighting for her reproductive rights.
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"Exercising Our Right": Muslim Law Board To File Review Petition Over Ayodhya
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said today that it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit before December 9.
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Muslims Can Adopt Without Declaring Under Shariat Law, Says Delhi Court
A Delhi court, dismissing a partition suit, held that any individual belonging to the Muslim community can adopt a child without making a declaration under the Shariat Act.
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Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Several Celebrities As New York Law Expires
A flurry of high-profile sexual abuse lawsuits were filed in New York this week to beat the expiration of a state law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil abuse and harassment claims, no matter how old.
-
AI-Created Work of Art Cannot Be Copyrighted Under US Law, Rules American Court
A work of art created by artificial intelligence without any human input cannot be copyrighted under United States law, a US court in Washington, DC, has ruled. Only works with human authors can receive copyrights affirming the US Copyright Office's rejection of an application filed by computer scientist Stephen Thaler on behalf of his DABUS system...
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Violation of Privacy Laws in ‘AI Arms Race'
A group of anonymous individuals sued OpenAI, accusing the company of stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless hunt for profits. OpenAI has allegedly violated privacy laws by secretly scraping 300 billion words from the internet, tapping “books, articles, websites and posts — ...
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Ski Crash Law Suit, Awarded $1
A jury ruled Thursday that actress Gwyneth Paltrow is not liable for an accident on a swanky US ski slope, as it dismissed a $3.3 million damages claim from a retired optometrist.
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Microsoft Wins Dismissal of Gamers' Suit Over $69 Billion Activision Deal
Microsoft won the dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion (about Rs. 5,70,300 crore) proposed purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. The federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs "lacks...
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Google to Face Class Action Lawsuit of 21 Million Individuals Over Play Store Competition
Google is set to face a class action lawsuit of 21 million individuals who have accused the search giant of violating competition law in the US, over the running of the Google Play Store. The complainants have argued that they would have paid lower prices for apps and in-app purchases and would have benefited from expanded choice, if Google had not...
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"Harvey Specter Or Jagdishwar Mishra": Indore Law College's Ad Is Viral
A newspaper advertisement for a law college has been doing the rounds on the Internet for an amusing reason. It draws a comparison between Gabriel Macht's Harvey Specter from the hit American televisionseries Suits and Jagdishwar Mishra.
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Solana Labs, Multicoin Capital Accused of Violating US Securities Law by SOL Investors in Lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit filed in a California federal court last week accuses key players in the Solana ecosystem of illegally profiting from SOL, the blockchain’s native token that, according to the suit, is unregistered security.
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Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit "Frivolous", Should Be Dismissed: Twitter
Anti-drugs agency officer Sameer Wankhede and his wife's lawsuit against Twitter over tweets against the couple is "frivolous" and not tenable on facts or in law, the social media giant said today.
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Supreme Court Asks Registry For Notice To Centre On Bengal Suit Against CBI Probe
The Supreme Court Monday said that its registry will issue notice to the Centre on the lawsuit filed by the West Bengal government alleging that CBI is going ahead with investigation without securing the pre-requisite nod from the state under the law
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Amazon Accused of Unfair Pricing Strategies in New US Suit
Amazon faces a new lawsuit that alleges the online retailer broke antitrust law by requiring that third-party sellers not offer better deals for their products elsewhere.
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Woman Sues Hospital In China For Refusing To Freeze Eggs Over Marital Status
An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in China's first legal challenge of a woman fighting for her reproductive rights.
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"Exercising Our Right": Muslim Law Board To File Review Petition Over Ayodhya
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said today that it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit before December 9.
