When Meta agreed last month to pay states $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to address claims that its platforms are addictive, attorney Jennifer Hoekstra already had her eyes set on the next frontier in the consumer backlash to Big Tech — sports betting. Hoekstra, a Florida attorney whose firm was involved in…
The use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom is drawing fresh attention after plaintiffs in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit claimed an expert witness used ChatGPT to create more than 80% of his expert report. In the Texas lawsuit filed by victims of a massive factory explosion there, the expert witness fell under intense scrutiny after plaintiffs’…
A Louisiana jury convicted a woman of negligent homicide on Thursday in the death of a Telemundo television reporter who had been visiting New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office. Danette Colbert, 49, was also convicted of racketeering, as was her accomplice, 35-year-old Rickey White, according to…
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end of the year, ending a seven-plus-year tenure that included a lucrative collective bargaining agreement that resulted in the league’s first set of million-dollar player salaries. “Cathy has presided over the WNBA through the most significant period of growth in the league’s 30-year history,” NBA Commissioner Adam…
The new liaison to local law enforcement for the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is facing state criminal charges himself, and has a string of prior convictions for driving under the influence, public records show. Shawn Christopher Lewis, who previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli’s chief of staff when he was…
