Media & Entertainment

  • February 17, 2026

    Reddit Fights Investor Suit Over Google AI Impact

    Reddit wants out of a proposed investor class action accusing it of downplaying the impact that Google's artificial intelligence-generated search results have had on the forum website's traffic and ad revenues, arguing it has always been up-front with the public about the potential competition from Google.

  • February 17, 2026

    FCC Threatens To Nix Mich. Radio Licenses Over Unpaid Fees

    The Federal Communications Commission said it will yank the licenses for seven Michigan radio stations if the company that holds the licenses fails to pay the regulatory fees it has been delinquent on for several years.

  • February 17, 2026

    CoStar Rival Urges High Court To Reject Antitrust Appeal

    A rival accusing CoStar of blocking competition for commercial real estate listing services is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a ruling that revived the rival's counterclaims, saying that CoStar just disagrees with how the appeals court viewed the allegations.

  • February 17, 2026

    Aviation, Wireless Biz Work On 'Consensus' For C-Band

    Federal aviation experts are working closely with the wireless industry to develop a "consensus framework" for next-generation aircraft safety gear to avoid congestion of 5G and flight signals in the C-band, a carriers' group says.

  • February 17, 2026

    Ex-IRS Official Drops Suit Over Private Info Leak

    The former commissioner of the IRS' Large Business and International Division asked a D.C. federal court to drop her suit accusing the agency of unlawfully leaking information on her employment status to the media, according to a filing.

  • February 17, 2026

    OpenAI's Video App Can't Use 'Cameo' As TM Case Proceeds

    A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking OpenAI from using the word "Cameo" to refer to a component of its Sora AI video generator app in litigation brought by a personalized video provider of the same name, which argued that its consumer reputation was threatened by the artificial intelligence company.

  • February 17, 2026

    Valve Jury Says Rothschild, Atty Broke Anti-Patent Troll Law

    Inventor Leigh Rothschild, his companies and his former attorney broke Washington state's anti-patent trolling law by making a bad faith assertion of patent infringement against video game developer Valve Corp., and Rothschild and his companies breached an intellectual property licensing deal in the process, a Seattle federal jury found on Tuesday. 

  • February 17, 2026

    Funkadelic Member's Estate Beats Clinton's Sanctions Bid

    A Michigan federal judge denied Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton's bid to sanction the estate of the band's former keyboardist in their royalty dispute over works recorded before 1976, ruling Tuesday that there's no evidence of bad faith by the estate to pursue its claims, even if they were untimely.

  • February 17, 2026

    Fox's $5.8M IP Win Unaffected By New Email Service Ruling

    A recent Second Circuit decision barring email process service will not disturb a New York federal court's $5.8 million award to Fox Corp. in its feud with Mexican media companies after the judge on Tuesday drew key distinctions between the cases.

  • February 17, 2026

    Sick Juror Delays Meta Trial Ahead Of Zuckerberg Testimony

    The first bellwether trial over thousands of claims that social media companies harm young people's mental health was delayed Tuesday due to a juror being hospitalized with an illness, although the California state judge in the case said the trial will resume one way or another on Wednesday, when Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify. 

  • February 17, 2026

    Warner Bros. Rejects Latest Paramount Bid But Talks Resume

    Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it has rejected an acquisition proposal from Paramount Skydance but will engage in further talks to determine whether the bidder can submit a binding offer that tops WBD's agreed merger with Netflix.

  • February 13, 2026

    Stanford Prof Tells Jury Studies Confirm Social Media Addiction

    A Stanford University professor of psychiatry and addiction returned to the witness stand Friday in a California bellwether trial over claims that social media companies harm young people's mental health, saying studies have concluded that addiction to platforms such as YouTube and Instagram is real and can hurt mental health.

  • February 13, 2026

    Novel Calif. Data Deletion Tool Off To Hot Start, Director Says

    Despite a relatively quiet rollout, more than 170,000 California residents have signed up for a first-of-its-kind system that allows them to ask all registered data brokers to delete their personal information in a single request, positioning the tool as a strong model for other states similarly looking to boost consumer protections, the executive director of the state's privacy regulator told Law360.  

  • February 13, 2026

    4th Circ. Gives Models 2nd Shot At Suit Over Stolen Photos

    Several models who said a nightclub used their photos without permission will have another chance at pursuing their trademark infringement claims after the Fourth Circuit on Friday found that the models' failure to respond to the club's motion to dismiss within 14 days was no reason to toss the suit.

  • February 13, 2026

    MLB Pitcher Sent 'Coded' Texts For Rigged Pitches, Feds Say

    New details in a case accusing two Cleveland Guardians pitchers of rigging pitches in exchange for bribes reveal poultry-themed "coded" messages ahead of pitches by All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, including with an associate who prosecutors claim later lied to FBI agents about his knowledge.

  • February 13, 2026

    State AGs Back Senate's Version Of Kids Online Safety Act

    Forty state attorneys general have joined in urging Congress to support the U.S. Senate's version of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, a measure that would require online platforms to default to their most protective settings for children.

  • February 13, 2026

    Senate Leaders Agree To Bipartisan Satellite License Plan

    Senate commerce committee Republicans and Democrats have come together to make some changes to a bill that would speed up the review of satellite applications, allowing it to advance out of the committee and head to the Senate floor.

  • February 13, 2026

    Atty Fee Fight Brewing After Google's Chatbot Injury Settlement

    An Orlando, Florida, law firm has urged a federal court to grant it contingency fees from a pending settlement in a suit accusing Google LLC and a chatbot company of causing the suicide of a teen, saying the firm was left in the dark about the deal.

  • February 13, 2026

    FCC Pulls Equipment Lab Status From 4 Chinese Cos.

    The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it will no longer certify equipment labs run by four Chinese technology companies and opened formal action against a fifth to eventually revoke its accredited status.

  • February 13, 2026

    Copyright Claims Board Called Successful Despite Delays

    The U.S. Copyright Office says a small-claims tribunal in place since 2022 has largely delivered on Congress' vision of a cheaper, more accessible venue for resolving low-dollar disputes, but structural bottlenecks sometimes drag cases out, in a long-awaited report to lawmakers released Friday.

  • February 13, 2026

    EU Approves Universal Music's $775M Deal For Downtown

    European enforcers have greenlighted Universal Music Group's $775 million purchase of Downtown Music Holdings, after the companies agreed to unload a royalty accounting platform that has access to sensitive information from rival music labels.

  • February 13, 2026

    Diving Into Syntax, Fed. Circ. Saves Netflix Patent Challenge

    The Federal Circuit on Friday revived for the second time a Netflix Inc. challenge to a patent owned by DivX LLC, faulting the Patent and Trial Appeal Board for its interpretation of a key claim limitation that, lacking commas, had two "syntactically and semantically available" constructions.

  • February 13, 2026

    Judge Unsure OnlyFans Model Can Pin X With Revenge Porn

    A Texas federal judge seemed hesitant to buy an argument by an anonymous OnlyFans model that circulation of his images on X constitutes a violation of revenge porn laws, saying Friday the model's claims seem "difficult to reconcile" with the actual text of the law.

  • February 13, 2026

    Del. Rules Fox Sports Must Testify In Reggie Bush NCAA Suit

    A Delaware Superior Court has approved an out-of-state subpoena compelling Fox Sports Productions LLC to sit for a deposition in former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star Reggie Bush's defamation lawsuit against the NCAA, clearing the way for sworn testimony as the case heads toward a November trial in Indiana.

  • February 13, 2026

    How Cooley Steered The Boston Celtics' Multistep $6.1B+ Sale

    More than two decades after an investment group led by the Grousbeck family acquired the Boston Celtics for $360 million, the family focused on stewardship as much as economics as they sought a buyer worthy of the storied franchise. In an interview with Law360, David Silverman, a Cooley LLP mergers and acquisitions partner who was part of the team representing the family, described how those goals were achieved through a multistep transaction that commanded a valuation of up to $7.3 billion.

Expert Analysis

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    Horizontal Stare Decisis Should Not Be Casually Discarded

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    Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns.

  • Grounding Netflix's 'Death By Lightning' In Patent History

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    In Netflix’s "Death by Lightning," U.S. President James Garfield's assassin declares that patent lawyers lack original ideas, but real-life 19th-century patent attorney-inventors were key to technological progress and the success of the American patent system, say Tasha Gerasimow at Kirkland & Ellis and David Gerasimow at Gerasimow Law.

  • How Fed. Circ. Shaped Subject Matter Eligibility In 2025

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    The Federal Circuit's most impactful patent eligibility decisions this year, touching on questions about obviousness and abstractness, provide a toolbox of takeaways that can be utilized during patent preparation and prosecution to guard against potential challenges, says Reilley Keane at Banner Witcoff.

  • 10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry

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    Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Upholds Employee Speech Amid Stalled NLRB

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in National Labor Relations Board v. North Mountain Foothills Apartments shows that courts are enforcing National Labor Relations Act protections despite the board's current paralysis, so employers must tread carefully when disciplining employee speech, whether at work or online, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Series

    Preaching Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a Gospel preacher has enhanced my success as a trial lawyer by teaching me the importance of credibility, relatability, persuasiveness and thorough preparation for my congregants, the same skills needed with judges and juries in the courtroom, says Reginald Harris at Stinson.

  • FTC Focus: Amazon's $2.5B Pact Broadens Regulatory Span

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    Amazon's $2.5 billion deal with the Federal Trade Commission offers takeaways for counsel managing risk across both consumer protection and competition portfolios, including that design strategies once evaluated solely for conversion may now be scrutinized for their competitive effects, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Client-Led Litigation

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    New litigators can better help their corporate clients achieve their overall objectives when they move beyond simply fighting for legal victory to a client-led approach that resolves the legal dispute while balancing the company's competing out-of-court priorities, says Chelsea Ireland at Cohen Ziffer.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: How To Build On Cultural Fit

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    Law firm mergers should start with people, then move to strategy: A two-level screening that puts finding a cultural fit at the pinnacle of the process can unearth shared values that are instrumental to deciding to move forward with a combination, says Matthew Madsen at Harrison.

  • Ending All-In Airfare Pricing Could Pose Ad Dilemma For Cos.

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    The U.S. Department of Transportation's plan to scrap its requirement that airfare ads include all fees and taxes in price listings means that airlines, travel agents and other affected businesses must balance competitive pricing against the risk of alienating consumers, say Kimberly Graber at Steptoe and Serena Viswanathan, formerly at the FTC's Division of Advertising Practices.

  • Considerations When Invoking The Common-Interest Privilege

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    To successfully leverage the common-interest doctrine in a multiparty transaction or complex litigation, practitioners should be able to demonstrate that the parties intended for it to apply, that an underlying privilege like attorney-client has attached, and guard against disclosures that could waive privilege and defeat its purpose, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • UK Getty Ruling Tests Balance Of IP Rights And AI Industry

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    The recent Getty Images v. Stability AI High Court decision, rejecting copyright claims while upholding limited trademark infringement, will influence the creative community and U.K. artificial intelligence industry alike, and the training of AI models in the U.K. is still a risk, say lawyers at Powell Gilbert.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Making The Case To Combine

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    When making the decision to merge, law firm leaders must factor in strategic alignment, cultural compatibility and leadership commitment in order to build a compelling case for combining firms to achieve shared goals and long-term success, says Kevin McLaughlin at UB Greensfelder.

  • Key Risks For Cos. As MAHA Influences Food Regulation

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    As the Make America Healthy Again movement alters state and federal legislative and regulatory priorities, measures targeting ultra-processed foods, front-of-package labeling requirements and restrictions on schools are creating new compliance and litigation risks for food and beverage manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, retailers and digital advertisers, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • How Brand-Entertainment Collabs Are Reshaping IP Strategy

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    As storytelling and commerce become increasingly intertwined, brand and entertainment collaborations demand equal parts creativity and legal precision, and rightsholders that proactively align their IP, clearance and ownership strategies will be best positioned to capture opportunity while mitigating risk, says Bess Morgan at Loeb & Loeb.

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