Media & Entertainment

  • October 07, 2024

    Don't Overdo School Wi-Fi Lending Restrictions, FCC Told

    An educational nonprofit and school broadband provider are asking the Federal Communications Commission for flexibility in how anchor institutions such as public libraries, colleges and nonprofits can use federal funds to loan out Wi-Fi hot spots off premises.

  • October 07, 2024

    Lin Wood Denies Lying About Assets In Fight With Ex-Partners

    Former attorney Lin Wood pushed back Friday on his former partners' allegations that he concealed a $4 million asset and lied about being unable to post a cash bond during his appeal of the $3.75 million defamation verdict against him, saying they "fundamentally misunderstand the facts."

  • October 07, 2024

    Apple, Amazon Urge Sanctions For Absent Antitrust Plaintiff

    A no-show named plaintiff should be sanctioned for ignoring discovery obligations in a putative antitrust class action over Apple and Amazon's third-party vendor restrictions for iPhone and iPad sales, the two tech giants have told a Washington federal judge.

  • October 07, 2024

    Steam Gamer Wants Sheppard Mullin Atty Back As Arbitrator

    A Los Angeles man who joined an antitrust action against Valve Corp., the company behind online video-game store Steam, has brought a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to reinstate a Sheppard Mullin lawyer as arbitrator for dozens of California litigants, arguing his disqualification came too late and was otherwise unfounded.

  • October 07, 2024

    Justices Snub Musician's 'Rockstar' IP Feud With Nickelback

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a copyright complaint from a musician who sued Canadian band Nickelback for allegedly ripping off his song to make their hit record "Rockstar."

  • October 07, 2024

    Justices Skip Review Of USPTO's TM Address Requirement

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is required to solicit public feedback before enacting a rule that requires trademark applicants to list their home addresses.

  • October 07, 2024

    High Court Rejects Pleas To Hear 7 Patent Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down seven petitions seeking review of decisions in patent cases, including appeals dealing with double patenting, patent eligibility and Patent Trial and Appeal Board procedures.

  • October 07, 2024

    High Court Turns Away Case On Shareholder Opt-Out Rights

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a petition brought by an AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. shareholder who asked the court to weigh in on whether a Delaware Court of Chancery judge violated her due process rights by blocking her from opting out of a settlement over the movie chain's controversial reverse stock split. 

  • October 07, 2024

    Justices Won't Review Feds' Warrant On Trump's Twitter DMs

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a court order that allowed special counsel Jack Smith to obtain messages from Donald Trump's account on the X social media platform while barring X Corp. from alerting the former president beforehand.

  • October 07, 2024

    R. Kelly's Child Porn Conviction Won't Get High Court Review

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review R. Kelly's conviction and 20-year sentence on child pornography and inducement charges.

  • October 04, 2024

    Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear several cases in its October 2024 term that could further refine the new administrative law landscape, establish constitutional rights to gender-affirming care for transgender minors and affect how the federal government regulates water, air and weapons. Here, Law360 looks at five of the most important cases on the Supreme Court's docket so far.

  • October 04, 2024

    EU High Court Says Meta Must Limit Data Used To Target Ads

    The European Court of Justice ruled Friday that the bloc's data protection rules prohibit Meta's Facebook and other social media platforms from using all the personal data they've ever collected to fuel their targeted advertising, handing Austrian activist Max Schrems a win in his latest fight against the tech giant.

  • October 04, 2024

    JPML Agrees To Combine Snowflake, AT&T Data Breach MDLs

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday centralized a slew of cases stemming from high-profile data breaches affecting customers of the Snowflake Inc. cloud platform in the District of Montana, a transfer order that includes sprawling multidistrict litigation against AT&T, one of Snowflake's customers.

  • October 04, 2024

    Rebel Wilson Says 'The Deb' Producers Embezzled, Harassed

    Rebel Wilson has responded to defamation claims from the producers of the musical film "The Deb" with a countersuit in California state court, alleging that the producers engaged in "a troubling pattern of egregious and illicit behaviors, including theft, bullying and sexual misconduct" while involved with the film.

  • October 04, 2024

    Apple Sued For Booting Music App Amid YouTube IP Fight

    A music streaming service has sued Apple Inc. in California federal court for allegedly removing it from the app store based on an unsubstantiated complaint of intellectual property infringement sent in by YouTube.

  • October 04, 2024

    Amazon Consumers Want In On FTC Antitrust Econ Primer

    Consumers bringing proposed class claims against Amazon over its seller contracts have asked a Washington federal judge to let them join an upcoming "economics day hearing" in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the e-commerce giant of similar antitrust violations, saying experts will be addressing overlapping competition issues.

  • October 04, 2024

    Atlanta Employee Sues City For More Than $100K Of OT Pay

    A community program analyst in Atlanta's Office of Film, Entertainment & Nightlife hit the city with a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint alleging she's owed more than $100,000 for unpaid overtime work.

  • October 04, 2024

    State Fair Case Creates Tension For Gun And Property Rights

    The State Fair of Texas kicked off a week ago with its usual offerings of splashing neon and deep-fried Oreos, but with its opening the fair has become the center of a legal question the Texas Supreme Court may have difficulty wrangling as it seeks to sort out the tension between the rights of gun owners and property owners.

  • October 04, 2024

    Meta Investors Seek Sanctions Over Execs' Deleted Emails

    Meta Platforms Inc. shareholders suing over the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal urged a Delaware Chancery Court Thursday to sanction Meta board members Jeffrey Zients and Sheryl Sandberg for allegedly spoiling evidence by using their personal email accounts to discuss the scandal and then deleting large portions of their correspondence.

  • October 04, 2024

    Trump Media SPAC Dropped From $20M Insider-Trading Suit

    A Florida federal judge dismissed a special purpose acquisition company from a shareholder complaint alleging a board member and investor made nearly $20 million from insider trading following news of a merger with Donald Trump's social media website, saying the SPAC isn't a necessary party to the lawsuit.

  • October 04, 2024

    Hemp Org, Cheech & Chong Seek Halt Of Calif. Hemp Ban

    A leading hemp industry trade organization, along with the cannabis brand fronted by stoner comedians Cheech & Chong, have asked a Los Angeles state judge to halt enforcement of new California emergency regulations banning the sale of hemp products with THC.

  • October 04, 2024

    Former X Worker's 2 Sex Bias Suits Will Go To Same Judge

    A San Francisco federal judge said Friday that a former X Corp. engineer's lawsuit claiming Elon Musk laid off more women than men after acquiring the company belonged with a similar case the worker filed in San Jose federal court — but chided both sides, saying "nobody's being terribly reasonable."

  • October 04, 2024

    Couple Harassed By EBay May Not Get Maximum Damages

    A federal judge said Friday she will have to decide count by count whether she can allow a Massachusetts couple suing eBay over a harassment campaign against them to seek punitive damages under California law while pursuing compensatory damages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.

  • October 04, 2024

    FCC Aims To Open More 6 GHz To Very Low Power Devices

    The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it wants to clear two more portions of the 6 gigahertz spectrum band for very low power unlicensed devices, like virtual reality gear, while still protecting licensed incumbents that use the same swath of airwaves.

  • October 04, 2024

    Off The Bench: NIL Atty Beef, 'Hard Knocks' Death, MJ Racing

    In this week's Off The Bench, friction over the pending settlement in the vast NCAA name, image and likeness compensation class action fuels an attorney feud, the widow of a "Hard Knocks" production assistant blames the league for his death, and Michael Jordan accuses NASCAR of having a motorsports monopoly.

Expert Analysis

  • Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease

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    This Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Adam Siegler at Greenberg Traurig discusses his experience working as a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease, sharing both lessons on how to cope with a diagnosis and advice for supporting colleagues who live with the disease.

  • The Merger Cases That Will Matter At ABA Antitrust Meeting

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    While the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week will cover all types of competition law issues in the U.S. and abroad, expect the federal agencies' recent track record in merger enforcement to be a key area of focus on the official panels and in cocktail party chatter, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Cos. Should Prepare For Foreign Data Transfer Regulations

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    A new regulatory regime designed to protect U.S. sensitive data from countries of concern may complicate an already intricate geopolitical landscape and affect even companies beyond the data industry, but with careful preparation, such companies can endeavor to minimize the effect on their business operations and ensure compliance, say David Plotinsky and Jiazhen Guo at Morgan Lewis.

  • Why Incorporating By Reference Is Rarely Good Practice

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    The Federal Circuit’s recent ruling in Promptu Systems v. Comcast serves as a reminder that while incorporating by reference may seem efficient, it is generally prohibited by courts and can lead to sanctions when used to bypass a word count limit, says Cullen Seltzer at Sands Anderson.

  • Series

    Playing Hockey Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nearly a lifetime of playing hockey taught me the importance of avoiding burnout in all aspects of life, and the game ultimately ended up providing me with the balance I needed to maintain success in my legal career, says John Riccione at Taft.

  • Opinion

    High Court Should Settle Circuit Split On Risk Disclosures

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    The U.S. Supreme Court should grant the petition for writ of certiorari in the Facebook case to resolve a growing circuit split concerning when risk disclosures can be misleading under federal securities laws, and its decision should align with the intent of Congress and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, says Richard Zelichov at DLA Piper.

  • For Lawyers, Pessimism Should Be A Job Skill, Not A Life Skill

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    A pessimistic mindset allows attorneys to be effective advocates for their clients, but it can come with serious costs for their personal well-being, so it’s crucial to exercise strategies that produce flexible optimism and connect lawyers with their core values, says Krista Larson at Stinson.

  • Broadway Ruling Puts Discrimination Claims In The Limelight

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    A New York federal court's recent decision in Moore v. Hadestown Broadway that the employers' choice to replace a Black actor with a white actor was shielded by the First Amendment is the latest in a handful of rulings zealously protecting hiring decisions in casting, say Anthony Oncidi and Dixie Morrison at Proskauer.

  • Trump's NY Civil Fraud Trial Spotlights Long-Criticized Law

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    A New York court’s recent decision holding former President Donald Trump liable for fraud brought old criticisms of the state law used against him back into the limelight — including its strikingly broad scope and its major departures from the traditional elements of common law fraud, say Mark Kelley and Lois Ahn at MoloLamken.

  • Opinion

    Requiring Leave To File Amicus Briefs Is A Bad Idea

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    A proposal to amend the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that would require parties to get court permission before filing federal amicus briefs would eliminate the long-standing practice of consent filing and thereby make the process less open and democratic, says Lawrence Ebner at the Atlantic Legal Foundation and DRI Center.

  • Film Plagiarism Claims May Foreshadow AI Copyright Issues

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    The contentious plagiarism dispute over the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The Holdovers" may portend the challenges screenwriters will face when attempting to prove copyright infringement against scripts generated by artificial intelligence technology, says Craig Smith at Lando & Anastasi.

  • 4 Ways To Motivate Junior Attorneys To Bring Their Best

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    As Gen Z and younger millennial attorneys increasingly express dissatisfaction with their work and head for the exits, the lawyers who manage them must understand and attend to their needs and priorities to boost engagement and increase retention, says Stacey Schwartz at Katten.

  • Decoding The FTC's Latest Location Data Crackdown

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    Following the Federal Trade Commission's groundbreaking settlements in its recent enforcement actions against X-Mode Social and InMarket Media for deceptive and unfair practices with regards to consumer location data, companies should implement policies with three crucial elements for regulatory compliance and maintaining consumer trust, says Hannah Ji-Otto at Baker Donelson.

  • Contract Negotiation Prep Checklist For In-House Ad Lawyers

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    Barriers for in-house lawyers and procurement professionals persist in media and ad tech contract negotiations — but a pre-negotiation checklist can help counsel navigate nuances and other industry issues that need to be considered before landing a deal, including supplier services, business use cases and data retrieval, says Keri Bruce at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Serving As A Sheriff's Deputy Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    Skills developed during my work as a reserve deputy — where there was a need to always be prepared, decisive and articulate — transferred to my practice as an intellectual property litigator, and my experience taught me that clients often appreciate and relate to the desire to participate in extracurricular activities, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

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