Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Media & Entertainment
-
September 29, 2025
FOP Chief Sues NC City After Critical Posts Got Him Docked
A veteran police officer in North Carolina who is head of his local Fraternal Order of Police chapter said he was placed on unpaid leave and transferred to patrol duty in retaliation for posts on an FOP Facebook page criticizing the department and its spokesperson after a deadly shooting.
-
September 29, 2025
MyPillow CEO Defamed Smartmatic, Minn. Judge Rules
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic when he accused the voting systems company of rigging votes in the 2020 election to favor President Joe Biden, a Minnesota federal judge ruled, but issues of damages and whether the statements were made with malice will need to be worked out by a jury.
-
September 29, 2025
Michigan Judge Tosses College Football Players' $50M NIL Suit
A $50 million proposed class action by former college football players, claiming that they have been deprived of the profits from their publicity rights for decades, has been thrown out by a Michigan federal judge, a decision the athletes said they would appeal.
-
September 29, 2025
Billboard Co. Says Pot Ad Ban Violates 1st Amendment
A billboard advertising company is suing a California city in federal court, saying newly enacted ordinances banning cannabis dispensaries from off-site advertising violate the First Amendment.
-
September 29, 2025
TikTok Can't Use Section 230 To End NJ AG's Harm Suit
A New Jersey state court judge has rejected TikTok's bid to use an internet safety law carveout that shields publishers of third-party information to end Attorney General Matthew Platkin's lawsuit over the exploitation of children, reasoning that the alleged harm stems from the social media app's design rather than what users view.
-
September 29, 2025
Atty Behind Bogus Cites 'Tremendously Wrong,' Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge ruled Monday that an attorney for four women suing comedian Katt Williams violated a federal civil procedure rule by filing briefs including erroneous citations suspected to be generated by artificial intelligence, even as the lawyer claimed it was "the first time I've ever heard of" said rule.
-
September 29, 2025
FTC Tightens Fixes For $13B Omnicom-Interpublic Deal
The Federal Trade Commission is requiring a monitor to oversee Omnicom's compliance with the conditions put on its $13.5 billion deal for Interpublic preventing the marketing giant from working with others to steer advertising away from publishers based on their political viewpoints.
-
September 29, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
A Delaware vice chancellor expressed disappointment and concern over what she says is a "breakdown" in "civility and respect" that has emerged in recent Delaware corporate litigation. A $30 million settlement was approved in the five-year running Match.com reverse spinoff suit, and the top brass of Estée Lauder were hit with a derivative suit for allegedly covering up the company's reliance on prohibited, duty-free "gray market" sales of its products in China.
-
September 29, 2025
Trump Again Pushes 100% Tariff To Help US Film Industry
President Donald Trump revived his call for a 100% tariff on imported films Monday on Truth Social, claiming the measure is necessary to reverse trends of offshoring production.
-
September 29, 2025
6 Firms Advise On EA's $55B Deal With Investor Group
Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion, with six firms steering the transaction.Â
-
September 26, 2025
Meta Set To Appeal Flo Privacy Verdict As Users Seek Billions
Meta is gearing up to appeal a California federal jury verdict that found it liable for using a data analytics tool to illegally retrieve sensitive health data from users of the popular menstrual tracking app Flo, the company disclosed in a posttrial filing in which the plaintiffs separately asked the court to award statutory damages that could reach the billions.
-
September 26, 2025
Ad Tech Judge Told Google Shouldn't Control Auctions
The head of an industry consortium that could have an important role in breaking up Google's advertising placement technology business told a Virginia federal judge Friday that the Justice Department should be able to take away Google's control over the processes that pick where ads are placed.
-
September 26, 2025
Wu-Tang Album May Be Trade Secret In Shkreli Suit, Judge Says
A New York federal judge has found that a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album could be considered a trade secret in a novel decision that made significant trims to a cryptocurrency project's lawsuit against the album's former owner Martin Shkreli, but the judge kept in play claims that he misappropriated the project's trade secrets.
-
September 26, 2025
Swizz Beatz Can't Avoid $7.3M 1MDB Fraud Case
A New York federal judge on Friday denied hip-hop artist Swizz Beatz's bid to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges he received millions of dollars in the infamous 1Malaysia Development Berhad fraud scandal, saying liquidators for two alleged shell companies sufficiently alleged fraudulent transfers of funds among other claims.
-
September 26, 2025
Google Asks High Court To Pause Epic Play Store Order
Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause parts of the order won by Epic Games in its antitrust case targeting the tech giant's app store policies, saying the sweeping injunction threatens to create security and privacy concerns for millions of users.
-
September 26, 2025
Fla. Urges 11th Circ. To Remand Snap Inc. Suit To State Court
The Florida Office of the Attorney General urged the Eleventh Circuit to undo an order blocking enforcement of a law that requires Snap Inc. to limit teens' access to the platform, arguing the case belongs in state court.Â
-
September 26, 2025
Oldies.com Class Claims Over Video-Buying Info Kept Alive
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that online video seller oldies.com must face a customer's proposed class action claiming it unlawfully disclosed his personal viewing information, finding he adequately showed the website violated the Video Privacy Protection Act.
-
September 26, 2025
Jury Says Samsung Owes $78.5M In Media Use Patent Case
Samsung owes $78.5 million to a patent owner, a federal jury in Texas found Friday, for infringing claims in a pair of patents covering automatic content recognition technology for commercial advertising.
-
September 26, 2025
Kalshi, Robinhood Fight Tribes' Bid To Block Sports Contracts
Trading platforms Kalshi and Robinhood urged a California federal judge to reject an injunction bid lodged by Native American tribes in California that would prevent the companies from offering sports betting contracts on tribal lands, arguing their federally authorized event contract businesses would suffer "substantial and irreparable harm."
-
September 26, 2025
9th Circ. Halts Vegas Newspaper Ruling For High Court Appeal
The Ninth Circuit has stayed its ruling that a long-standing arrangement between the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review-Journal is unlawful while the Sun appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the pact.
-
September 26, 2025
Metal Singer Wants Ex-Bassist's 'Break-Up Case' Trimmed
The vocalist for the Grammy-nominated metal band Hatebreed and the group's business arm have asked a Connecticut state court to strike several claims that the band's founding bassist filed after his sudden termination, including breach of contract and negligent infliction of emotional distress, arguing that they are not adequately supported by facts.
-
September 26, 2025
Trump Media Seeks End To Merger Fee Fight After Arbitration
In the wake of a favorable arbitration award, counsel for Donald Trump's social media company told a New York state judge Friday that it would seek to bar further litigation in a fee dispute with a company that helped launch Truth Social in an $875 million merger.
-
September 26, 2025
Williams & Connolly, Presidents Remember 'DC Legend'
Longtime Williams & Connolly LLP partner Robert B. Barnett, known for advising presidential candidates, guiding world leaders in publishing deals and representing global companies like McDonald's and Walmart, has died, the firm announced Friday.
-
September 26, 2025
TikTok, Chinese Co. Resolve $845M IP Fight Before Trial
TikTok and a Chinese company that accuses it of stealing trade secrets for a video-editing tool and infringing copyrights related to the tool informed a California federal judge Friday that they've reached a settlement in principle, avoiding a jury trial that was set to begin next month.
-
September 26, 2025
Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets
A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.
Expert Analysis
-
Justices' Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton ruling, permitting a Texas law requiring certain websites to verify users’ ages, significantly expands states' ability to regulate minors’ social media access, further complicating the patchwork of internet privacy laws, say attorneys at Troutman.
-
E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.
-
Opinion
Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.
-
Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks
A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
-
Trump's 2nd Term Puts Merger Remedies Back On The Table
In contrast with the Biden administration, the second Trump administration has signaled a renewed willingness to resolve merger enforcement concerns through remedies from the outset, particularly when the proposed fix is structural, clearly addresses the harm and does not require burdensome oversight, say attorneys at Cooley.
-
Reel Justice: 'Oh, Hi!' Teaches Attys To Return To The Statute
The new dark comedy film “Oh, Hi!” — depicting a romantic vacation that turns into an inadvertent kidnapping — should remind criminal practitioners to always reread the statute to avoid assumptions, meet their ethical duties and finesse their trial strategy, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
-
What To Know About NCAA Deal's Arbitration Provisions
Kathryn Hester at Jones Walker discusses the key dispute resolution provisions of the NCAA's recently approved class action settlement that allows for complex revenue sharing with college athletes, breaking down the arbitration stipulations and explaining how the Northern District of California will handle certain enforcement, administration, implementation and interpretation disputes.
-
Opinion
Premerger Settlements Don't Meet Standard For Bribery
Claims that Paramount’s decision to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump while it was undergoing a premerger regulatory review amounts to a quid pro quo misconstrue bribery law and ignore how modern legal departments operate, says Ediberto Román at the Florida International University College of Law.
-
Series
Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.
-
What To Do When Congress And DOJ Both Come Knocking
As recently seen in the news, clients may find themselves facing parallel U.S. Department of Justice and congressional investigations, requiring a comprehensive response that considers the different challenges posed by each, say attorneys at Friedman Kaplan.
-
Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.
-
Midyear Rewind: How Courts Are Reshaping VPPA Standards
The first half of 2025 saw a series of cases interpreting the Video Privacy Protection Act as applied to website tracking technologies, including three appellate rulings deepening circuit splits on what qualifies as personally identifiable information and who qualifies as a consumer under the statute, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
-
How The Healthline Privacy Settlement Redefines Ad Tech Use
The Healthline settlement is the first time California has drawn a clear line in the sand around how website tracking must function in practice, so if your site uses tracking technologies, especially around sensitive content like health or finance, regulators are inspecting your website's back end, not just its banner, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
-
Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.
-
Influencer Marketing Partnerships Face Rising Litigation Risk
In light of recent class actions claiming that brands and influencers are misleading consumers with deceptive marketing practices — largely premised on the Federal Trade Commission's endorsements guidance — proactive compliance measures are becoming more important, say attorneys at Olshan Frome.