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Media & Entertainment

  • May 12, 2025

    Mariah Carey's $186K Fee Bid Is BigLaw Fantasy, Atty Says

    An attorney for two songwriters who unsuccessfully sued Mariah Carey encouraged a California federal judge Monday not to impose the full amount of a nearly $186,000 sanctions bid against him and his clients who had alleged Carey's hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was stolen from their song.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Twitter Workers Say Musk Reneged On Severance Promise

    Four former Twitter employees in Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, the latest to launch federal contract claims against Twitter, Elon Musk and his newly named X platform over Musk's allegedly illegal decision to pay laid-off workers less severance than was promised for the first year post-acquisition.

  • May 12, 2025

    GOP Sens. Urge FCC To Overhaul Media Ownership Regs

    Almost two dozen Republican senators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to "modernize the FCC's broadcast ownership rules," loosening regulations to allow "local broadcasters to compete with today's media giants."

  • May 12, 2025

    Chancery Nixes Paramount-Skydance Books Suit Intervention

    Delaware's Chancellor on Monday denied a Paramount Global preferred shareholders' motion to intervene in a New York public pension fund group's suit for documents on Paramount's proposed $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, the latest development in a sprawling, potential post-closing deal challenge.

  • May 12, 2025

    Leon Black's Subpoena Suits Unsealed In Apollo Founder Row

    A New York state judge Monday revealed details in former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black's ongoing arbitration battle with co-founder-turned-nemesis Josh Harris, as the court unsealed three related subpoena enforcement suits.

  • May 12, 2025

    More Than Defaults: Google Judge Mulls AI, Search, Browsers

    A D.C. federal judge has three weeks to figure out the last questions he'll ask the U.S. Department of Justice and Google before laying out search monopolization remedies that could help shape the way consumers search, browse and use artificial intelligence.

  • May 12, 2025

    Anthropic Says Music Cos.' Copyright Claims Still Fail

    Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC is urging a California federal judge to dismiss amended copyright claims from a group of music publishers, saying the plaintiffs still have not demonstrated the company knew people were using its large language model to produce song lyrics.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ohio AG Will Ask 6th Circ. To Revive Social Media Age Limit

    Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday that he is appealing a federal court decision blocking the state's law barring social media companies from allowing children under 16 to create accounts without parental consent.

  • May 12, 2025

    InterDigital Fights Disney's Injunction Bid In Patent Feud

    InterDigital has urged a California federal court to reject Disney's request for an injunction, arguing that the company cannot block its Brazilian patent lawsuit because the patents at issue are unrelated to any of the International Telecommunication Union's reasonable and nondiscriminatory obligations.

  • May 12, 2025

    Zazzle Can't Dodge Copyright Claim Over Fonts, Judge Says

    A California federal judge has axed fraud claims in a suit claiming online marketplace Zazzle Inc. profits from stolen intellectual property and fails to fairly compensate design owners, but said it couldn't dodge a copyright claim.

  • May 12, 2025

    HP, Patent Licensing Co. Settle Suit Over Video Coding IP

    HP Inc. and a California-based patent licensing company that accused the IT giant of infringing old Panasonic patents covering picture and moving picture coding and decoding methods agreed to end their dispute, according to a joint motion filed in Texas federal court.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-VP Of NBA Legal Joins Barnes & Thornburg's Sports Group

    The former vice president of legal and business affairs for the NBA has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as a partner in its entertainment, media and sports practice group, leaving his position as chair of Polsinelli PC's sports and entertainment group.

  • May 12, 2025

    Feds Should Relax CBRS Power Limits, Carriers Say

    Telecom carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to accept industry proposals to relax power limits for devices in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in hopes of opening the prime spectrum for more rapid growth.

  • May 12, 2025

    Caitlyn Jenner Beats Crypto Investors' Suit, For Now

    A proposed securities fraud class action against Caitlyn Jenner over cryptocurrency created and promoted by the Olympic gold medalist has been dismissed with leave to amend by a California federal judge who said the lawsuit doesn't show the lead plaintiff, a U.K. citizen, purchased his tokens in the U.S.

  • May 12, 2025

    Music Labels Ask Justices To Uphold ISP's Copyright Liability

    The nation's major record labels are urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a petition from an internet service provider asking whether internet service providers can face "massive liability" for user copyright infringement, telling the justices that no circuit split on the question exists.

  • May 12, 2025

    Authors Group Calls Grant Withdrawals 'Flagrantly Unlawful'

    A national authors group sued the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency on Monday in New York federal court, claiming the cancellation of about $175 million in grants was "flagrantly unlawful."

  • May 12, 2025

    Budget Bill Would Let FCC Auction 600 MHz Of Spectrum

    A sweeping budget bill teed up for a U.S. House of Representatives committee vote Tuesday would allow the Federal Communications Commission to auction at least 600 megahertz of spectrum rights for exclusive wireless company use.

  • May 12, 2025

    Full DC Circ. Won't Review Copyright Denial For AI-Created Art

    The D.C. Circuit on Monday denied a computer scientist's request for a three-judge panel rehearing or en banc review of an order that found copyright law protects only human creations, nixing his appeal that attempted to obtain copyright for a two-dimensional artwork made by the computer scientist's artificial intelligence system.

  • May 12, 2025

    Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?

    The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address for the first time Thursday the propriety of universal injunctions, a tool federal judges have increasingly used to broadly halt presidential orders and policy initiatives, and whose validity has haunted the high court's merits and emergency dockets for more than a decade.

  • May 12, 2025

    AI Training May Need Licensing, Copyright Office Says

    Using copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence systems may not always be excused by fair use, the U.S. Copyright Office said in a highly anticipated report addressing the issue, suggesting that licensing may be required in some instances.

  • May 12, 2025

    MSG Blames Microsoft Glitch For Missing Emails In Court

    Madison Square Garden has urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's motion for spoliation sanctions amid his assault suit, arguing missing emails were lost due to a Microsoft glitch, and that Oakley did not suffer prejudice because key evidence had been preserved through other sources.

  • May 12, 2025

    Copyright Office Director Latest To Get Axed By Trump

    The Trump administration has fired the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, shortly after the office issued a report raising questions about the legality of using copyrighted material to train generative artificial-intelligence models and two days after the White House ousted the leader of the Library of Congress.

  • May 12, 2025

    Diddy Abuse Case About 'Private' Sex Life, Atty Tells Jury

    Sean "Diddy" Combs is a "complicated man" whose allegedly violent sexual relationships involved "voluntary adult choices," a lawyer for the hip-hop icon told a Manhattan federal jury Monday at the start of a trial on sex-trafficking charges that could put him in prison for life.

  • May 09, 2025

    Diddy Wasn't Targeted Due To His Race, NY Judge Rules

    A New York federal judge refused Friday to toss charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs, rejecting the hip-hop mogul's contention that federal prosecutors targeted him in a racketeering and sex trafficking suit for being Black.

  • May 09, 2025

    FTC Says Amazon Hid Doc Calling Bezos 'Dark Arts Officer'

    The Federal Trade Commission has urged a Seattle federal court to impose punitive sanctions on Amazon in the commission's lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of trapping consumers into Prime subscriptions, saying Amazon withheld tens of thousands of documents in bad faith by baselessly claiming the documents were privileged.

Expert Analysis

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling

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    Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.

  • 5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024

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    B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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    State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025

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    Although advertisers are encouraged by the incoming Trump administration's focus on deregulation, this year could feel like wading through uncharted waters, and decreased federal government regulation may mean increased state regulation, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws

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    Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025

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    There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism

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    Shareholder activism campaigns in 2024 continued at an elevated pace globally, with activist investors exploiting valuation gaps and pushing aggressively for corporate governance reforms, including the ouster of many companies' chief executives, a trend that could continue once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • 6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025

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    This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • 4 Novel Issues From The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Suits

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    A series of lawsuits arising from actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni, present novel legal issues that employment and defamation practitioners alike should follow as the litigation progresses, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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