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  • March 14, 2025

    Looming Virginia AI Bill Likely Just Start Of State Law Flood

    Virginia is on the brink of becoming the second state to regulate high-risk uses of artificial intelligence, a move that would kick-start the formation of a patchwork that is similar to the one emerging in the data privacy realm and that is expected to rapidly expand in the wake of the federal government's disavowal of stringent rules in the AI space.

  • March 14, 2025

    Newsmax Says It Shelled Out $40M To End Smartmatic Suit

    Newsmax Media Inc. paid $40 million in last year's settlement with Smartmatic USA Corp. to put to rest the election technology company defamation suit ahead of trial, according to a disclosure recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • March 14, 2025

    'Pig Butchering' Crypto Site Must Pay $2.5M, Judge Says

    A purported crypto trading platform has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million after failing to respond to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims that it was at the heart of a so-called pig-butchering scheme — or a scam that sees victims fleeced by fictitious, chatty social media users.

  • March 14, 2025

    'Final Fantasy' Maker Says Rival Created Copycat Game

    Square Enix, the creator behind Final Fantasy, sued a Chinese company in Washington federal court for allegedly releasing an infringing role-playing video game that uses substantial elements of Square Enix's Front Mission – 2089: Borderscape, including characters, game mechanics and visual designs.

  • March 14, 2025

    Ex-Mich. Players Defend $50M NIL Suit Against NCAA, Big Ten

    Former University of Michigan football players are fighting to keep a proposed class action seeking $50 million in compensation for their names, images and likenesses in Michigan federal court and fend off what they called "premature" dismissal bids from the NCAA and Big Ten Network.

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