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TikTok confirmed Saturday that it would be suing the Trump administration for ordering its Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operations. Trump signed an executive order earlier in August giving the company 90 days to sell off its U.S. TikTok assets. TikTok spokesman Josh Gartner told The Verge Saturday the company had no …

TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump issued an executive order on Aug. 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the US operations …

“Star Trek” icon Nichelle Nichols has beamed into an out-of-this-world legal battle. The 87-year-old actress’ son, Kyle Johnson, last week filed a lawsuit against her caretaker and manager, Gilbert Bell, accusing Bell of “financial elder abuse.” In the Aug. 10 filing, Johnson alleged that Bell “took advantage” of and “exploited his relationship” with Nichols and …

Apple on Friday asked a federal judge in California to deny a request by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games to be kept in the iPhone maker’s App Store as a dispute between the two over Apple’s in-app payment rules plays out. In a filing before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Calif., Apple called …

Those 55 hours meant a lot, okay? Britney Spears’ ex-husband and childhood friend Jason Alexander — whom she married and split from in the space of slightly under three days in January 2004 — was spotted at a “Free Britney” protest in Los Angeles this week. According to a Spears-fan Twitter account, Alexander was present …

John Melendez, who became known as Stuttering John as a longtime sidekick to radio and television host Howard Stern, has sued SiriusXM for using his name, likeness and voice without permission on channels dedicated to Stern. Melendez, who left Stern’s radio show after more than 15 years in 2004 and became the announcer for NBC’s …

Britney Spears reportedly does not want her father Jamie Spears to return as her sole conservator after he took a brief break from the role due to health issues. The pop star’s attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, said she is “strongly opposed to having [Jamie] return as the conservator of her person,” according to new …

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is claiming New York’s Child Victims Act is unconstitutional — in a bid to get a court to toss accusations that the fallen movie mogul sexually abused a woman nearly 20 years ago when she was just 16, court papers show. Weinstein’s right to due process was violated when Kaja Sokola …

McDonald’s former CEO Steve Easterbrook has fired back at the fast-food giant’s allegations that he lied about his habit of sexting with multiple employees, claiming that the company should have known about the issue when it handed him a fat severance package last year. In a complaint filed last week, McDonald’s claimed Easterbrook had sexual …

Peter Fonda’s widow is suing a California health center over the late actor’s 2019 death. According to TMZ, Margaret Fonda is suing Providence Saint Joseph’s Health Center in Santa Monica and a number of its doctors for alleged negligent behavior that led to his death. Margaret claimed that the staff failed to properly consult, diagnose …