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  • TikTok to Pay $400 Million in DOJ Settlement Over Alleged Children’s Privacy Violations

    TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit alleging violations of federal laws designed to protect children’s online privacy. The settlement, announced Friday, resolves litigation stemming from a 2024 lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The…

  • Entrepreneur Abra McField Takes Trademark Dispute to Federal Court

    Entrepreneur and digital business owner Abra McField says a yearslong business dispute that allegedly left her locked out of her own company systems, customer databases, and intellectual property has escalated into federal litigation involving trademark infringement and breach-of-contract claims. McField, who shared details of the dispute in a lengthy Instagram video and accompanying statement, alleged…

  • Federal Judge Sides with Trump, Dismisses Concerns Over Student Loan Data Access by Musk-Linked DOGE

    The Trump administration secured a legal victory on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, after a federal judge ruled that employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit linked to Elon Musk, can continue accessing sensitive student loan data from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed…