Articles by Rachel Graf and Isaiah Poritz

Social Media Giants Avoid School Districts’ Addiction Claims

Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies won the dismissal of novel claims in hundreds of lawsuits brought by school districts seeking to recover costs for addressing the negative impacts of students’ social media use. A California state judge …

States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream

Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood actresses and internet influencers. A photo of an explosion at the Pentagon. All were found to be “deepfakes,” highly realistic …

Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye’s ‘Lets Get It On’, Jury Says

Pop star Ed Sheeran won a closely watched trial over allegations that his 2014 Grammy-winning song Thinking Out Loud copied key musical elements from Marvin Gaye’s classic 1973 soul groove Let’s Get It On. A federal jury in Manhattan rendered …

Mariah Carey Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Iconic Christmas Song

Mariah Carey was hit with a copyright lawsuit Friday over her hit song “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” which allegedly infringed the rights to a song with the same name written by Andy Stone of the country pop …

Boys Scouts Can Use the Term ‘Scouting,’ in a Blow for Girl Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America defeated a trademark lawsuit brought by the Girl Scouts over use of the term “scouting.” U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on Thursday tossed the 2018 suit claiming the now-coed Boy Scouts’ use of the …