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Media & Entertainment

  • August 20, 2025

    Google To Pay $35M For Australian Search Antitrust Violations

    Google has agreed to pay $55 million to settle antitrust claims brought by Australia's competition regulator over deals to preinstall its search engine on Australian phones.

  • August 20, 2025

    FCC Denies Carrier's Bid To Avoid Rural Fund Clawback

    The Federal Communications Commission denied a Midwest broadband provider's request to waive a $24 million penalty for defaulting on its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund commitments, saying the company's due diligence was inadequate when it decided to pursue fund money for buildouts in areas that were already served by others.

  • August 19, 2025

    Trans Pilot Says Influencer Is Liable For Crash Comments

    A transgender Army National Guard pilot who says a social media influencer falsely accused her of deliberately causing a deadly collision over the Potomac River has told a Colorado federal judge the First Amendment and the state's anti-SLAPP statute don't protect the influencer from culpability.

  • August 19, 2025

    Capitol Hill Aides See NTIA Renewal As Crucial This Year

    Congress will make it a priority to reauthorize the federal spectrum management agency this year, aides to key lawmakers on telecom issues said Tuesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    9th Circ. Revives App's Arbitration Bid In Video Privacy Row

    The Ninth Circuit has given Christian-based streaming service Yippee Entertainment Inc. another chance to force arbitration of claims that it illegally shared subscribers' video viewing information, after finding that the lower court erred in concluding that consumers weren't given adequate notice of the arbitration agreement.

  • August 19, 2025

    Google Should Pay Billions To App Users For Data, Jury Told

    Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity.

  • August 19, 2025

    Las Vegas Sun Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Order Voiding Deal

    The Las Vegas Sun has urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision finding that its joint operating arrangement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal was illegal for lacking U.S. attorney general approval, arguing the Sun could collapse while its competitor maintains a monopoly in the daily newspaper market for a Nevada county.

  • August 19, 2025

    SEC Probes GenAI Media Co. For Offering Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed it is investigating a self-described generative artificial intelligence media software company for evading federal securities registration requirements, when the regulator urged a California federal court to enforce a subpoena against the mother of a company executive.

  • August 19, 2025

    Sony, PlayStation Gamers Revive Bid For $7.85M Settlement

    Gamers who struck a $7.85 million settlement with Sony Interactive Entertainment to resolve their antitrust claims over downloadable game card prices have renewed their motion for preliminary approval of the deal, addressing issues a California federal court found in a previous request, including Sony's provision of account credits.

  • August 19, 2025

    CoStar Gets Support For 9th Circ. Antitrust Ruling Redo Bid

    A group of antitrust scholars, former government officials and a center-left technology industry coalition asked the Ninth Circuit to allow them to file amicus briefs that back CoStar Group Inc.'s request for a rehearing of a Ninth Circuit ruling that revived rival Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc.'s antitrust counterclaims.

  • August 19, 2025

    OAN Owner Looks To Depose UMich Expert In Dominion Case

    One America News Network's owner has asked the Sixth Circuit to force a University of Michigan cybersecurity expert to testify in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case over the network's coverage of the 2020 presidential election, saying a judge erred when he blocked the deposition.

  • August 19, 2025

    West Texas A&M Can't Ban Drag Shows, 5th Circ. Says

    A split Fifth Circuit has reversed a decision that allowed West Texas A&M University to ban drag shows on its campus, writing that art does not need to be like "works of Picasso, Schöenberg, and Carroll" to be protected by the First Amendment.

  • August 19, 2025

    FCC Democrat Poised To Sue If Trump Seeks Her Removal

    The Federal Communications Commission's lone Democratic member said this week it would be unlawful for President Donald Trump to attempt to remove her from office and that she's willing to go to court if he tries.

  • August 19, 2025

    Google, YouTube Settle Kids' Data Suit With $30M Payout

    Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube will pay $30 million to resolve a long-running proposed class action accusing them of illegally collecting children's data to generate targeted advertising, according to documents filed in California federal court Monday. 

  • August 19, 2025

    Insurers Pull Back From Discord Liability Coverage Fight

    Four insurers jointly have agreed to dismiss a complaint, counterclaims and crossclaims focused on insurer risks and liability related to social media site Discord Inc., now the target of multiple suits accusing the site of facilitating child exposure to graphic content, abuse and exploitation.

  • August 19, 2025

    FCC Expected To Move Soon On Media Ownership Regs

    Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission said the agency is likely to soon float rules that would revamp media ownership restrictions.

  • August 19, 2025

    Live Nation Customers Seek Antitrust Class Certification

    Consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry are asking to certify a class in California federal court covering millions of concertgoers who have allegedly been overcharged for tickets since the concert promotion giant's 2010 merger with Ticketmaster.

  • August 19, 2025

    Ex-Copyright Chief Says Trump Overstepped Role In Firing Her

    The fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's arguments that her dismissal was lawful, asking the appeals court on Tuesday to return her to her job before Congress returns from recess Sept. 2.

  • August 19, 2025

    SpaceX Rebuffs Effort To Revisit Space Launch Rules

    SpaceX has accused a flight test coordinator, whose members include the nation's biggest aerospace companies and defense contractors, of "gamesmanship" in a new Federal Communications Commission filing, alleging the group has closed off frequencies for launch operators in retaliation for pushback to their proposal for stricter space launch coordination requirements.

  • August 19, 2025

    Suno Says Indie Artists' AI Copyright Claim A Stretch

    Artifical intelligence music generator Suno on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to trim a proposed class action on behalf of independent musicians, saying the plaintiffs fail to offer any support for their novel claim that the songs generated by the tool are copyright-infringing copies.

  • August 19, 2025

    Bid To Revisit Minn. Gaming Immunity Order Shut Down

    A Minnesota federal judge won't revisit an order that dismissed a commercial casino and horse racetrack operator's Class III gaming lawsuit on sovereign immunity grounds, saying another attempt can't overcome appellate court precedent.

  • August 19, 2025

    NY US Atty Hit With Complaint For Alleged Media Retaliation

    A collection of nonprofit organizations that support press freedoms has called for an ethics investigation of acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III of the Northern District of New York, saying he may have "unconstitutionally retaliated" against a newspaper that reported on him.

  • August 19, 2025

    Mich. AG Fights Roku's Bid To Dismiss Data Privacy Claims

    Michigan's attorney general told a federal judge she has standing to sue Roku Inc. on behalf of the state's residents and children because of the state's interest in combating data privacy violations, urging the court to reject the streaming platform's bid to shake video and personal privacy claims. 

  • August 19, 2025

    FTC Fights Order Blocking Media Matters Probe

    The Federal Trade Commission is appealing a D.C. federal court's order preliminarily blocking an investigation into left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America over concerns about collusion in the advertising industry and is asking to pause the order for the appeal.

  • August 19, 2025

    Public Broadcasters Alarmed At Warning Grant Cuts

    The Corporation for Public Broadcasting called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take over its $136 million Next Generation Warning System grant program for local public media stations, saying it can no longer manage the program as it winds down operations.

Expert Analysis

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    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Colo. Anti-SLAPP Cases Highlight Dismiss Standard Disparity

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    A pair of recent decisions from the Colorado Court of Appeals highlights two disparate standards for courts evaluating anti-SLAPP motions: one that requires a court to accept the plaintiff's evidence as true and another that allows the court to assess its merits, says Jacob Hollars at Spencer Fane.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

  • Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule

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    A new Justice Department rule broadly restricts many common data transactions with the goal of preventing access by countries of concern, and with an effective date of April 8, U.S. companies must quickly assess practices related to employee, customer and vendor data, says Sam Castic at Hintze Law.

  • What To Expect From The New FCC Chair

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    As a vocal critic of the Federal Communications Commission's recent priorities, newly appointed chair Brendan Carr has described a vision for the agency that would bring significant changes to telecommunication regulation and Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement in the U.S., say attorneys at BCLP.

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    Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • 6 Tips For Cos. To Comply With Influencer Gifting Rules

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    A January decision in a National Advertising Division case concerning Revolve Group provides new insights on how the NAD expects companies to manage certain influencer campaigns, including preapproving posts before they go live and considering how they present the disclosure instructions to influencers, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Navigating Title IX Compliance In The NIL Era

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    As universities push to move more name, image and likeness activity in-house, it's unclear how the NCAA and its members will square implementation of the House settlement with Title IX requirements, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • It Starts With Training: Anti-Harassment After 'It Ends With Us'

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    Actress Blake Lively's recent sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, director and producer, Justin Baldoni, should remind employers of their legal obligations to implement trainings, policies and other measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

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