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Media & Entertainment

  • June 11, 2025

    9th Circ. Backs Reddit Win In WallStreetBets Creator's TM Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive WallStreetBets subreddit founder Jaime Rogozinski's lawsuit accusing Reddit Inc. of hijacking his creation and infringing his right to trademark the brand, saying in an unpublished opinion that Rogozinski failed to adequately plead ownership over the brand mark.

  • June 11, 2025

    Audible Can't Close Book On Audiobook Monopoly Suit

    Audible must face a romance novelist's proposed class action alleging the Amazon-owned retailer monopolizes the audiobook market by trapping authors in unlawful exclusivity agreements to prevent their books from appearing on rival platforms while charging the authors supracompetitive distribution fees, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Filmmaker Ends Case Against Netflix, LeBron Over 'Rez Ball'

    A California federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a copyright lawsuit with prejudice by a filmmaker who accused Netflix Inc., NBA superstar LeBron James and others of lifting elements from his script to make the movie "Rez Ball" after the parties filed a notice with the court.

  • June 11, 2025

    Verizon-Frontier Merger Gets Conn. Regulator's OK

    Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday approved the merger of debt-laden internet and telephone services provider Frontier Communications with a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon, saying the latter has the financial and managerial stability plus the technical knowledge necessary to provide adequate and reliable service to customers.

  • June 11, 2025

    FCC Dem's Job Safe For Now As Agency Ranks Shrink

    The Federal Communications Commission is running on a shoestring when it comes to high-level decisions, with only a Republican chair and Democrat left in charge after recent departures that have made the agency's chairman unable to move major initiatives.

  • June 11, 2025

    Senate Commerce Dems Demand Review Of Cruz Budget Bill

    Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee urged the chair on Wednesday to hold a formal markup for their reconciliation proposal, which includes a spectrum deal, instead of fast-tracking it to the Senate floor.

  • June 11, 2025

    NFL Tells 9th Circ. $4.7B Sunday Ticket Verdict Rightly Nixed

    The National Football League has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court was right to toss a $4.7 billion jury verdict for claims that the league colluded to raise the price of the Sunday Ticket broadcast package on DirecTV, after the court found testimony from a pair of experts during trial was unreliable.

  • June 11, 2025

    Epic Games Hits Fortnite Cheat Maker With Copyright Suit

    Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing a German cheat software developer, alongside resellers of the software, in North Carolina federal court for allegedly violating copyright law and interfering with contracts Epic has with its players.

  • June 11, 2025

    Local News Site Publisher Faces IP Claims Over Celebrity Pics

    A New York photographer went to Colorado federal court on Wednesday to accuse an online news company of publishing his photos of celebrities Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Jennifer Lopez and actor Justin Theroux without his permission and without paying him to license the copyrights on those pictures.

  • June 11, 2025

    Sony Fights Feds' 'Bewildering' Support Of Cox's High Court Bid

    Sony Music Entertainment and other music publishers questioned the federal government's "bewildering" support for Cox Communications Inc.'s challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court to a Fourth Circuit ruling affirming a contributory copyright infringement verdict against the internet service provider, saying only the verdict's vicarious liability finding should be reviewed.

  • June 11, 2025

    Attys For Disney Streaming Customers Vie To Lead Settlement

    Days after announcing that they've reached a settlement with Disney, live TV streaming customers are looking to appoint Yavar Bathaee from Bathaee Dunne LLP to serve as the lead counsel in their proposed antitrust class action against the company over ESPN carriage agreement fees.

  • June 11, 2025

    Disney, Universal Team Up For IP Suit Against AI Art Co.

    Disney and Universal have teamed up to sue artificial intelligence company Midjourney in California federal court, calling the startup in their Wednesday lawsuit a "copyright free-rider" for training its AI art generator with their protected works from such iconic franchises as "Star Wars," Marvel's "Iron Man," "Shrek" and "The Simpsons."

  • June 11, 2025

    Trump Presses 2nd Circ. To Federalize Hush Money Appeal

    Counsel for President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to take over the appeal of his New York state hush money conviction post-trial, saying a federal judge in Manhattan wrongly denied removal, and the landscape has now changed in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark presidential immunity decision.

  • June 11, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Retirement Funds Can't Pay Arbitration Award

    The Second Circuit refused to let a Japanese video game company raid retirement accounts established by an American game development executive to pay part of a $23.3 million arbitration award related to an intellectual property dispute, ruling the funds are protected by federal benefits law.

  • June 11, 2025

    Disney's Hiring Is Biased Toward Immigrants, Calif. Court Told

    The Walt Disney Co. illegally fired a human resources specialist because she raised concerns about what she saw as the company's practices of primarily hiring immigrant workers while disproportionately firing African American employees, she told a California state court.

  • June 11, 2025

    Ex-Copyright Leader Says Firing Risks 'Inoperable' Agency

    The fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office has asked a D.C. federal judge to block the Trump administration's action while she challenges her termination, arguing that significant functions of the government agency could be rendered "inoperable" without judicial intervention.

  • June 11, 2025

    Weinstein Convicted Of 1 Charge In Mixed, Partial Verdict

    A Manhattan state court jury on Wednesday convicted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting a production assistant, acquitted him of assaulting a former model and indicated it had so far failed to reach a verdict on a charge alleging he raped an actress.

  • June 10, 2025

    9th Circ. Weighs Bids To Revive 3 Website Wiretapping Suits

    A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday appeared skeptical of a trio of consumers' bids to resurrect separate proposed class actions accusing Papa John's, Converse and Bloomingdale's of unlawfully tracking website visitors, questioning whether the plaintiffs' claims fit within the scope of California's wiretapping and eavesdropping protections.

  • June 10, 2025

    Shaq To Pay $1.8M Over FTX Investors' Promotion Claims

    Retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve claims he promoted crypto exchange FTX to the detriment of investors prior to its stunning collapse.

  • June 10, 2025

    Florida Man Avoids Prison Over Ashley Biden's Stolen Diary

    A Florida resident who admitted that he and an associate sold the stolen diary of former President Joe Biden's daughter to right-wing activist group Project Veritas was spared any time in prison, as a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday determined that his cooperation with prosecutors weighed heavily in his favor.

  • June 10, 2025

    Alphabet Investor Sues Company For TikTok Docs

    An Alphabet Inc. shareholder filed suit on Tuesday against the Google parent company in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking access to the company's books and records to investigate its compliance with a ban on the distribution of the TikTok mobile app under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

  • June 10, 2025

    Key Insights On Looming Fair Use Rulings In AI Cases

    Two California federal judges have indicated they are inclined to find that using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems is transformative, which usually means that copying a work is fair, but that may not let Meta Platforms and Anthropic off the hook in separate lawsuits.

  • June 10, 2025

    11th Circ. Revives Suit Over 'Summer Waves' TM

    The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday revived a trademark lawsuit that the entity behind a Georgia waterpark launched against an inflatable pool maker over its purported use of the phrase "summer waves," finding a lower court has jurisdiction to hear the case.

  • June 10, 2025

    Relax Power Limits, But Don't Move CBRS Users, FCC Told

    Federated Wireless is urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a proposal to relocate the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band, telling the agency Monday that despite AT&T's claims that the band sees "low demand," it is actually home to "the largest ecosystem of any commercial band in the world."

  • June 10, 2025

    Lawmakers Float NIL Bills Following NCAA Deal

    Members of Congress introduced a pair of bills Tuesday looking to establish national standards for how college athletes monetize their name, image and likeness in the wake of the landmark NCAA class action settlement last week.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw

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    While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.

  • Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies

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    The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

  • Best Practices For Companies Integrating Existing IP With AI

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    Some copyright owners are exploring how they can make new content by combining their existing intellectual property assets with generative artificial intelligence, and although these initiatives can serve multiple business goals, those considering such practices should be aware they are entering largely uncharted waters, says Josh Weigensberg at Pryor Cashman.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • How Athletes Can Protect Their Signature Celebrations As IP

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    As copyright and trademark law adapts to short-form choreography and dynamic media, athletes and their business partners have new tools to protect the intellectual property embedded in their unique dances, poses and celebrations, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • What Banks Must Do To Attract Gen Z Customers

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    The young adults of Generation Z bank differently, so financial institutions must engage appropriately if they wish to attract this key population, including by leveraging savvy marketing, well-designed online interfaces and top-notch customer service, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.

  • Rebuttal

    Mass Arbitration Reform Must Focus On Justice

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    A recent Law360 guest article argued that mass arbitration reform is needed to alleviate companies’ financial and administrative burdens, but any such reform must deliver real justice, not just cost savings for the powerful, says Eduard Korsinsky at Levi & Korsinsky.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

  • Series

    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Reform Mass Arbitration

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    A number of recent lawsuits demonstrate how problematic practices in mass arbitration can undermine its ability to function as a tool for fair and efficient dispute resolution — so reforms including early case filtering, stronger verification requirements and new fee structures are needed to restore the arbitration system's integrity, says Kennen Hagen at FedArb.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

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