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May 19, 2025
Let's Talk About Rights: Salt-N-Pepa Sue UMG To Reclaim IP
Hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa sued UMG in New York federal court on Monday, saying the music company refused to return the copyrights for several of their hits, including "Push It" and "Let's Talk About Sex," and for punishing their attempt to assert their rights by removing songs from streaming platforms and distribution channels.
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May 19, 2025
Comscore Accused Of Monopoly Over Movie Box Office Data
Media analytics giant Comscore Inc. wields a monopoly over U.S. theatrical box office data and has used it to squeeze out a company that provides competing software for film distribution planning and booking, according to a new antitrust suit filed Monday in California federal court.
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May 19, 2025
FCC's Carr Claims Victory Versus DEI In Verizon-Frontier OK
Verizon took a leap toward closing its $20 billion bid for Frontier Communications by gaining the Federal Communications Commission's approval after ditching its diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the behest of FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
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May 19, 2025
Apple's Refusal To Put Fortnite On App Store Prompts Hearing
A California federal judge issued an order Monday requiring Apple to show why she should not find that the company has violated her recent injunction requiring changes to its App Store policies, after Epic Games complained that the tech giant is refusing to put Fortnite back on its U.S. online storefront.
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May 19, 2025
5th Circ. Tosses FCC Workplace Diversity Reporting Rule
The Fifth Circuit on Monday threw out a Federal Communications Commission rule that required TV and radio broadcasters to disclose employment diversity data to the FCC.
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May 19, 2025
FCC Examines Revisions To Alaska Broadband Measurements
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking input on a proposal to change how final milestone commitments are evaluated for the so-called Alaska Plan, with a telecom in Alaska suggesting the commission's "Fabric" dataset offers a more accurate representation of where people actually live within census blocks than the current distribution model does.
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May 19, 2025
Ex-CEO Accuses Omnicom Of Gender, Age Bias In Pay Suit
Omnicom paid the CEO of one of its agencies less than her male counterparts and fired her under the pretext of a restructuring when she complained, the former executive told a Texas federal court, alleging the marketing and communications firm discriminated against her because she's a woman in her 60s.
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May 19, 2025
9th Circ. Weighs 'WallStreetBets' Ownership In Reddit TM Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Monday wrestled with whether the founder of Reddit Inc.'s WallStreetBets forum owns the name or if it belongs to the platform, with a judge at one point wondering whether the parties could find a way to coexist.
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May 19, 2025
Justices OK Tossing Copyright Case Against Ta-Nehisi Coates
A man who says author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates copied his work without permission lost his case at the U.S. Supreme Court after a majority of the justices recused themselves from the dispute.
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May 19, 2025
Copyright Law's Nuances Pose Challenges To AI Music Suits
The rise of music created by artificial intelligence is introducing new challenges to copyright law, especially when AI-generated songs can sound strikingly similar to the works the technology is trained on.
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May 19, 2025
Trump Signs Anti-Revenge Porn Bill Into Law
President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a bipartisan bill to combat deep fake revenge porn, a major priority for first lady Melania Trump that has been met with criticism from some technology groups over security and constitutional concerns.
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May 19, 2025
Epic Beats $32.5M Infringement Claim Over Fortnite Concerts
A Seattle federal jury said on Monday that Epic Games did not commit patent infringement by staging interactive concerts for players in the Fortnite virtual world starring pop artist Ariana Grande and rapper Travis Scott, rejecting an intellectual property firm's $32.5 million damages request following a weeklong trial.
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May 19, 2025
'50 Cent' Liquor Biz Eyes Ex-Boss's Conn. Home For $7M Debt
Famed rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson's liquor company asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court to let the business enforce its lien on its former brand manager Mitchell Green's $1 million home in Westport to help satisfy a $7 million fraud judgment, arguing that the lien will not disrupt Green's Chapter 7 proceedings.
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May 19, 2025
Conservative Groups Push Media Ownership Deregulation
Nearly two dozen right-leaning groups and activists made a pitch for media ownership deregulation, telling the Federal Communications Commission that outdated restrictions are stifling local broadcasters at a time of rapid change in the media sector.
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May 19, 2025
OpenAI Escapes Defamation Suit In Ga. Over ChatGPT Output
A Georgia state court on Monday dismissed a radio show host's defamation suit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI LLC, finding that the challenged ChatGPT output is not defamatory because it doesn't communicate actual facts.
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May 19, 2025
Mass. Atty Sues Town Official For Blocking Him On Facebook
A partner and litigation chair at a Massachusetts boutique firm said an official in his town blocked him from viewing her Facebook posts, including posts about official town business.
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May 19, 2025
X Failed To Pay Promised Severance, Ex-Workers Say
X, the company formerly known as Twitter, illegally reneged on its promise to keep in place its policy to provide certain severance payments to terminated employees after Elon Musk took over the social media company, a lawsuit filed in Washington federal court said.
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May 19, 2025
Avenatti Rips 'Draconian' Bid To Add 13 Years To Sentence
Former high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti asked a California federal judge to reject the government's request to tack on more than 13 years to his prison term, saying such a "draconian" result would conflict with a Ninth Circuit ruling wiping out a previous sentence in the fraud case.
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May 16, 2025
Anthropic's AI-Hallucinated Errors Taint Filing, Publishers Say
Music publishers suing Anthropic for copyright infringement accused the artificial intelligence company on Friday of downplaying the seriousness of errors in a filing caused by Anthropic's own Claude AI tool, saying the company's counsel violated a judge's standing order and arguing that the filing at issue should be tossed.
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May 16, 2025
Co. Looks To Dodge $5M Award From Laotian Casino Deal
The government of Laos, as it attempts to enforce some $5 million in arbitral awards related to a failed casino venture, still has not proven that the case should be decided in U.S. federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, one of the companies owing the money said Friday.
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May 16, 2025
Epic Tells Jury Fortnite Concerts Weren't Patent Infringement
Epic Games urged a Seattle jury on Friday to reject allegations that it committed patent infringement when it staged interactive concerts in the Fortnite virtual world starring pop artist Ariana Grande and rapper Travis Scott, contending the accuser has mischaracterized the technology used in the events.
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May 16, 2025
Live Nation Denies Colluding Over Pandemic Response
Live Nation denied any wrongdoing while appearing to acknowledge a U.S. Department of Justice criminal probe into potential collusion with fellow ticketing and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc. in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 16, 2025
Accused Fox Video Hacker's Attys Slammed For Fake Citations
A Florida federal judge has ordered an alleged Fox News video hacker's dismissal motion stricken from the record after finding it was full of fake legal citations and demanded an explanation from defense attorneys for the "unprofessional misrepresentations."
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May 16, 2025
9th Circ. Says Lil Nas X Didn't Steal Model's Instagram Poses
The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a model's lawsuit accusing Lil Nas X of copying his Instagram photos, ruling Friday that the model didn't plausibly allege the musician had "access" to the pictures, as defined by court doctrine.
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May 16, 2025
Korean-Language News Co. Cuts $4.3M Deal In Tax Case
A Korean-language news publication reached a settlement with the U.S. government that will let it pay $4.3 million to resolve an agreed-upon tax judgment of $9.1 million plus interest, according to a stipulated order entered in California federal court.
Expert Analysis
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Fleetwood Facts: Art Imitating Life, Or Infringing Copyright?
A new lawsuit in New York federal court over Broadway's "Stereophonic" play tests copyright's limits, as copyright law poses significant hurdles when it comes to real-life stories, and the line between fact and fiction isn't always clear-cut, says Aaron Moss at Greenberg Glusker.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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3 Steps For Companies To Combat Task Scams
On the rise in the U.S., the task scam — when scammers offer a victim a fake work-from-home job — hurts impersonated businesses by tarnishing their name and brand, but companies have a few ways to fight back against these cons, says Chris Wlach at Huge.
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Perspectives
Protecting Survivor Privacy In High-Profile Sex Assault Cases
Multiple civil lawsuits filed against Sean "Diddy" Combs, with claims ranging from sexual assault and trafficking to violent physical beatings, provide important lessons for attorneys to take proactive measures to protect the survivor's anonymity and privacy, says Andrea Lewis at Searcy Denney.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
Although the outcome of the presidential election may alter the course of antitrust enforcement in certain areas of the economy, scrutiny of labor markets by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to remain largely unaffected — with one notable exception, say Jared Nagley and Joy Siu at Sheppard Mullin.
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Challenges Of Insuring An NIL Collective
Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty examines the emergence of name, image and likeness collectives for student-athletes, the current litigation landscape that has created a favorable environment for these organizations, and considerations for director and officer insurers looking to underwrite NIL collectives.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.