Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old UCLA graduate, was killed on a California freeway in August 2023 after her Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of the vehicle at an unsafe gore point. A judge ruled Uber liable and ordered the company to pay $40 million to her parents, finding the company responsible for its driver's conduct and duty to protect passengers.
Paramount and California Attorney General Rob Bonta are ordered to meet for court-mediated settlement talks in October regarding a $111-billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Bonta and 11 other Democratic state attorneys general sued to block the deal, though international regulators and the Trump administration's Justice Department support it. The outcome of these talks could determine whether the mega-merger proceeds.