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Heir Sues for Restitution of .5 M. Gustav Klimt Portrait

Heir Sues for Restitution of $37.5 M. Gustav Klimt Portrait

Published by Jenni Sidey

A woman claiming to be the sole heir to the Austrian subject of a long-lost Gustav Klimt painting has sued for restitution of the portrait, which came to auction at the small Austrian auction house Im Kinsky in 2024. The painting sold on a single bid for $37.5 million, setting a record for any artwork sold at auction in Austria, but the bidder, a Hong Kong collector represented by Patti Wong and Associates, withdrew their offer after the sale. South Carolina–based Patricia J. Leahy, on her own behalf and that of Nickolas Johann Kraft and Hans Lieser, filed a suit in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday. The suit names Austria’s Eva Ropper and the auction house as defendants. Leahy is represented by Cleveland-based firm Baker & Hostetler. Related Articles The dispute is over Portrait of Fräulein Margarethe Lieser, which Klimt was working on when he died suddenly in 1918. The Lieser family of Jewish industrialists was persecuted by the Nazis, including being imprisoned, and lost almost all their possessions to Nazi seizure. Adolf …

New Mexico sues Kalshi as tribes escalate sports betting fight

New Mexico sues Kalshi as tribes escalate sports betting fight

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed suit against prediction market operator Kalshi, arguing the company is offering online sports betting in the state without the licenses required under New Mexico law.  The case, filed Thursday (June 4) in Santa Fe County’s First Judicial District Court, seeks an injunction preventing Kalshi from continuing to offer sports-event contracts to New Mexico residents. New Mexico goes 2 for 2 – sues Kalshi in state court and uses outside counsel + State AG. First state to do both. pic.twitter.com/AKZec0ET9w — Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) June 4, 2026 State lawyers contend that Kalshi’s sports contracts function the same way as traditional sports wagers and should be regulated under the state’s gaming framework. The complaint points to the company’s past marketing, including claims that it was “The First Nationwide Legal Sports Betting Platform” and offered “Sports Betting Legal in All 50 States on Kalshi.” “Despite looking like a sportsbook, acting like a sportsbook, and proverbially quacking like a sportsbook, neither Kalshi nor any of its subsidiaries have sought licensure from …

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

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Zoë Schiffer: Deviance and freaks, the new name of our podcast. And this is, I mean, just going back to red teaming, that’s work that a trust and safety team typically does. And those teams— Leah Feiger: We don’t have those anymore. Zoë Schiffer: They’re not as big as they used to be. There’s just not as much work. So yeah, I mean, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Obviously within Meta, we’ve been talking to folks this week who kind of met the news with SI. The company has just laid off a large portion of the workforce. We’ve written about that. We’ve talked about that. And I checked in with people being like, “Well, how’s it going now?” The hack was kind of an excuse to talk to people, see how they’re doing. And they’re like, “I mean, as you’d expect, we’re asked to do two jobs now instead of on.” So you can imagine how that’s playing out. Brian Barrett: I also, we were talking about AI regulation …

Karen Read Sues the Police Agencies That Investigated Her Boston Police Boyfriend’s Death

Karen Read Sues the Police Agencies That Investigated Her Boston Police Boyfriend’s Death

Published by Sam Flores

BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and the town of Canton, alleging misconduct and negligence in the investigation that led to her prosecution in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Bristol County Superior Court argues that Read’s acquittal last June revealed “an embedded culture of bigotry, misogyny, systemic failures, and institutional rot at the very core of both organizations.” It alleges that the town and the police department were negligent in the hiring, training and supervision of officers and seeks damages for legal fees, lost income, emotional distress and reputational harm, among other claims. The complaint reproduces dozens of text messages, recordings and other communications attributed to former state trooper Michael Proctor and former Canton police Sgt. Sean Goode. Among them are messages in which Proctor referred to Read as a “whack job” and wrote that he hoped she would kill herself. The lawsuit also cites messages that it says included use of the n-word and, in one instance, a …

Gun control group sues ATF over records release : NPR

Gun control group sues ATF over records release : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Glock and Walther Arms semi-automatic pistols are displayed for sale in a gun store in Arizona on Sept. 17, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images A major gun control group is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Justice Department over the federal agencies’ refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are. Brady is demanding in its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this morning that the court compel the ATF to release information related to what the agency calls Demand Letter 2s. These are letters ATF sends to gun dealers and other sellers that have been identified as selling at least 25 or more guns recovered at crime scenes in a calendar year. “This is information that will save lives. It is information that helps us be able to analyze how our government is regulating the gun industry, particularly the largest sellers of crime …

Oklahoma’s Attorney General Sues to Block Aluminum Smelter After Trump Endorses Rival

Oklahoma’s Attorney General Sues to Block Aluminum Smelter After Trump Endorses Rival

Published by Sam Flores

June 3 (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking ⁠to ⁠block Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) and Century Aluminum from ⁠building the largest U.S. aluminum smelter, citing concerns about the project’s ties to the United Arab ​Emirates and worries the project could harm the state’s cattle. The suit was filed in state court on Tuesday by Gentner Drummond, a Republican who was elected ‌as attorney general in 2022 and is ‌now running for governor. It seeks to tap into the simmering tension across the U.S. about the buildout of critical minerals projects, especially in ⁠rural towns with ⁠deep ties to farming and ranching. The $4 billion Oklahoma smelter project has the backing of President ​Donald Trump, who last Friday endorsed Drummond’s opponent in the Republican primary for governor. If constructed, the smelter would produce 750,000 metric tons per year of aluminum, a key metal used widely across various industries, and be the first of its kind built in the country since 1980. EGA controls 60% of the project, with Chicago-based ​Century Aluminum controlling …

US artist sues FIFA over destruction of Dallas whale mural for World Cup | Football News

US artist sues FIFA over destruction of Dallas whale mural for World Cup | Football News

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Wyland’s mural stood for nearly three decades before workers began painting over it last month to promote the World Cup. Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026 A United States artist who painted a mural on a building in downtown Dallas of life-sized swimming whales has filed a $25m lawsuit against FIFA and other defendants, saying they illegally painted over his work to promote the city’s World Cup 2026 matches. Robert Wyland, who generally goes by only his last name, says he hand-painted the sprawling mural that covered roughly 1,580sq metres (17,000sq ft) across two walls of a building. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Wyland filed suit on Monday in US District Court in Dallas, saying World Cup organisers, the building’s owner and management company painted over his mural without his consent or even notifying him. He said their actions violated a 1990 federal law passed to protect visual artists from destruction of publicly displayed works. Wyland is seeking at least $25m in damages. His lawsuit said world football’s governing body, FIFA, …

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

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OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, were sued by the Florida attorney general on Monday, in a first-of-its-kind state litigation effort over ChatGPT’s alleged links to a number of violent incidents. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of looking the other way on safety concerns as it has sought to prioritize winning “the AI arms race and amass large fortunes.” “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” said Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. “OpenAI and Altman ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of Floridians.” “Because of Defendants’ misrepresentations about ChatGPT and their careless introduction of ChatGPT to Florida and the world, mass shooters have been aided and abetted in deadly rampages, vulnerable people have been encouraged into suicide, professionals have suffered public humiliation, users have lost critical thinking skills, and minors have become addicted to a tool that feigns human compassion to collect their data with no parental oversight,” the 83-page lawsuit claims. The Florida attorney general’s office launched …

M.I.A. Sues Kid Cudi Over Tour Firing

M.I.A. Sues Kid Cudi Over Tour Firing

Published by Daniella Wilson

M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for $2.8 million over his decision to axe her from his tour last month following controversial statements she made about immigrants on stage, alleging that she was let go not because of her words, but rather to drum up headlines to sell more tickets. “Here is the truth,” M.I.A.’s complaint, filed in federal court on May 29 reads. “M.I.A. was terminated to generate publicity for the tour, which has struggled with ticket sales. She was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage. M.I.A. now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities and reputation.” Reps for Cudi didn’t respond to request for comment on the lawsuit. M.I.A. alleges in the complaint that she’s owed $2.8 million in guarantees for her performances from tour promoter Live Nation, which is not named as a defendant. She also said she’d lost out on merchandise and VIP sales and, more seriously, that she and her son have received death threats since the controversy ignited. The …

FBI director’s girlfriend sues MS NOW, accuses cable network of ‘false portrayal’

FBI director’s girlfriend sues MS NOW, accuses cable network of ‘false portrayal’

Published by Sam Flores

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend has sued MS NOW, accusing the news organization of using “sham” anonymous sources to “push knowingly or recklessly false allegations” that she abused bureau resources. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Alexis Wilkins’ suit, filed in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday, names MS NOW as a defendant alongside Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonnig, two of the cable news channel’s reporters. The defendants “falsely asserted that Ms. Wilkins demanded, and Director Patel ordered, that federal agents assigned to her security detail—which did not even exist at the time—escort an intoxicated friend home after a ‘night of partying.’ They falsely portrayed Ms. Wilkins as being intoxicated even knowing that she does not drink,” Kurt Beasley, Jason C. Greaves and Jared R. Roberts, Wilkins’ attorneys, wrote in part. “This false portrayal is highly offensive to Ms. Wilkins, and would be to any reasonable person in her situation. Ms. Wilkins’ professional identity is of a responsible, sober young woman who does not partake …