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  • May 08, 2026

    Accounting Firm Accused Of Helping Director Usurp Dad's Co.

    SingerLewak LLP grossly mismanaged the assets of the late Ivan Reitman's production company at the direction of his filmmaker son, according to a derivative lawsuit filed in California state court.

  • May 08, 2026

    Amazon Studios Exec Led Kickback Scheme, Producer Says

    Amazon MGM Studios has done nothing to stop one of its senior staff from orchestrating a "pay-to-play" scheme in selecting post-production vendors, according to a new lawsuit filed by a producer who says his company was excluded from Amazon-affiliated productions when he refused to pay a kickback.

  • May 08, 2026

    Where Is Infowars? Families Continue Fight For Jones' Assets

    A Texas federal judge on Friday probed whether assets belonging to Infowars operator Free Speech Systems LLC are part of Alex Jones' bankruptcy estate, a finding that could block the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting from pursuing the assets through state-court collection efforts.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Litigation Gains Reveal Potential Regulatory Path

    Recent suits by a social media user and two state attorneys general in their bids to hold Meta and other tech giants accountable for the allegedly addictive nature of their platforms have brought to the forefront a potentially lucrative strategy for more broadly regulating online harms, as the First Amendment and other roadblocks continue to stymie legislative efforts.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Harm To Teens Can Be Pinpointed, Judge Told

    Social media's degree of blame for New Mexico teens' mental health challenges can be statistically isolated and quantified, a health computational scientist testified Friday in the state's $3.7 billion bench trial against Meta.

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