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The Trump administration asked the US trade court to pause a ruling that declared the president’s latest 10% global tariffs unlawful while the government appeals, meaning importers would keep paying the levies while the legal fight continues. In a 2-1 decision last week, a US Court of International Trade panel found that President Donald Trump’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose the tariffs was invalid, although the court only immediately blocked enforcement for two companies that sued and Washington state. Despite the limited scope of the court’s order for now, the Justice Department argued…

A federal judge is asking for more information about a proposed settlement between Elon Musk and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, after the billionaire agreed to pay $1.5 million to end a lawsuit alleging he waited too long to disclose his growing stake in Twitter. Attorneys for Musk and the SEC are set to appear before US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan on May 13, according to the order she issued May 8. Sooknanan will consider if “the settlement is fair, adequate, reasonable and appropriate” and “whether it was tainted by improper collusion or corruption.” It is typical for judges…

A Frontier Airlines passenger jet struck and killed a pedestrian on a runway at Denver International Airport during a planned takeoff for Los Angeles late on Friday, the airport said in a statement. The Frontier flight reported striking an individual during takeoff and abandoned its departure. The pedestrian, who has not been identified, had jumped the perimeter fence and was hit just two minutes later while crossing the runway, the airport said. The individual is not believed to be an employee of the airport, the statement said. The incident caused a brief engine fire with smoke in the cabin on…

Hackers from a prominent cybercrime group used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown software flaw and an exploit to take advantage of it for the first time, Alphabet’s Google said on Monday. The planned attack targeted a widely used open-source system administration tool but was blocked before it could be used as part of a “mass exploitation event,” Google said in a report from its Threat Intelligence Group. The incident marks the first time Google has identified attackers using AI to discover a new vulnerability and attempt to exploit it at scale. John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat…

Online fast-fashion platform Shein accused Temu of copyright infringement “on an industrial scale,” while Temu countered that Shein is using litigation to stifle competition, as a trial opened at London’s High Court on Monday. The case is part of a global legal battle between the fast-growing rivals, with potential implications for platform practices, supplier relationships and the enforcement of intellectual property rights across global e-commerce. Shein alleges Temu used thousands of its photos to advertise copies of Shein’s own-brand clothing on its website, to “piggy-back” on a more established competitor. “This was an attempt to steal a march on an…

California’s Santa Clara County has sued Meta Platforms, alleging it has profited from Facebook and Instagram ads promoting scams in violation of California’s false advertising and unfair business practices laws. The lawsuit – filed Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court on behalf of all California residents – accuses the social media giant of tolerating fraudulent advertising on a global basis. The suit seeks restitution, civil damages and an order prohibiting Meta from engaging in unfair business practices. Related: Meta Asks California Judge to Throw out Landmark Social Media Addiction Verdict Citing leaked internal documents first reported by Reuters last…

The insurance market is “scaling along with the opportunity” presented by a massive boom in data centers to meet the power demands of artificial intelligence, said George Haitsch, North American tech, media, and telecommunication leader at broker Willis. Speaking at RIMS RISKWORLD in Philadelphia, Haitsch told Insurance Journal the infrastructure AI needs for computational power has “driven an increase in the need for significantly enlarged data centers,” and the insurance industry is stepping up to meet the specialized risks associated with data centers—financing, managing, constructing, and operation. ‘We’ve introduced…a seamless insurance solution that takes you from construction through operational without…

GM has agreed to pay $12.75 million to resolve a California investigation into allegations that the Detroit automaker illegally sold two data brokers detailed information about the driving habits of hundreds of thousands of Californians, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Friday. The settlement, subject to court approval, includes $12.75 million in civil penalties. It also restricts GM’s use of consumer driving data compiled about subscribers to its OnStar service and a ban on such data being sold to brokers. It includes a five-year ban on sales of personal data. The data that GM sold to the brokers included…

About a dozen people were taken to hospitals with injuries Saturday after a boat explosion near Miami, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue agency said. The charter boat was in Biscayne Bay, near Haulover Sandbar, when the blast erupted on board, according to preliminary information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. More than two dozen rescue units responded in the afternoon and “encountered multiple patients requiring medical attention,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said in a statement. It said it transported 11 people to hospitals. Neither agency provided any information about the condition of those who were injured. The state Conservation Commission…

A state appeals panel last week upheld the bulk of Michigan’s regulations limiting local control over renewable energy projects, while rejecting narrow aspects that critics had decried as regulatory overreach. The three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled that state regulators followed proper legal processes when they set rules to carry out a controversial 2023 law that allows the Michigan Public Service Commission to approve large wind, solar and battery projects over local objections. But judges ruled the commission interpreted certain aspects of that law in ways that improperly limited local power. It wasn’t immediately clear how the split ruling…