Media & Entertainment

  • October 23, 2024

    Harvey Weinstein Must Face All NY Charges At Retrial

    A New York state judge on Wednesday denied Harvey Weinstein a separate trial for his new sexual assault charge, ruling that he must face that allegation alongside his original indictment at a retrial that is now expected to begin in early 2025.

  • October 22, 2024

    Activist Short Seller's Associate To Pay $1.8M In SEC Fraud Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that an associate of Andrew Left, founder of popular trading advice website Citron Research, has agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to resolve allegations that he negligently took part in a scheme to defraud readers through two trading recommendations.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-Google GC Must Be Investigated By Calif. Bar, Groups Say

    A trio of groups led by the American Economic Liberties Project on Tuesday pressed the State Bar of California to investigate former Google general counsel Kent Walker for "coaching" the company to "engage in widespread and illegal destruction of records relevant to multiple ongoing federal trials."

  • October 22, 2024

    AMC Fights Insurer Bid For Toss Of $99.3M Settlement Claim

    AMC Entertainment has asked a Delaware judge to summarily toss four insurers' refusals to approve a $99.3 million claim for losses related to the theater chain's settlement with stockholders after the company settled a battle over a preferred share conversion and reverse stock split.

  • October 22, 2024

    Legatum Exec Wins $8M Libel Trial Against D.C. Investigator

    A D.C. federal jury has awarded the founder of Dubai-based investment company Legatum more than $8 million in his defamation case against a private investigator accused of preparing and disseminating a bogus "background report" falsely stating the executive was a Russian asset.

  • October 22, 2024

    Hagens Berman Says Vorys 'Opportunistically' Seeking Lead

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is fighting a bid by Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP to take the lead in a proposed consolidated class action against gaming giant Valve Corp., saying that after they defeated Valve's arbitration provision Vorys sought to "opportunistically" seize the leadership role.

  • October 22, 2024

    'A Lot Of Nerve': Judge Slams Ex-Sparks Owners' Fee Claim

    A California judge overseeing a suit by former Los Angeles Sparks basketball team co-owners claiming they're owed free game tickets for life said their argument that they also deserve attorney fees because the lawsuit serves the public interest is potentially frivolous, adding, "Somebody in my view has a lot of nerve."

  • October 22, 2024

    Fla. Says 1st Amendment Doesn't Protect 'False' Abortion Ad

    The Florida Department of Health said Tuesday that a campaign ad promoting an abortion rights ballot initiative is not protected by the First Amendment because it is an "out-and-out falsehood" that causes harm by misleading residents about the availability of emergency medical services in the state.

  • October 22, 2024

    Media, Small Biz Orgs. Fight FTC's 'Click To Cancel' Rule

    The Michigan Press Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses lodged a challenge Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission's new "click to cancel" rule requiring that companies allow customers to ditch their subscriptions with a single click, telling the Sixth Circuit the commission has overstepped its authority.

  • October 22, 2024

    Don't Let Cities Eat Into Broadband Revenue, Think Tank Says

    Giving local governments free rein to start charging broadband providers new franchise fees based on their use of public rights of way would be a bad idea that would drive up consumer costs and hinder the growth of connectivity, a free market think tank has argued.

  • October 22, 2024

    NY Judge Trims HOA's Nuisance Suit Against Queens Stadium

    A New York state court judge has pared a Forest Hills, Queens, homeowners association's nuisance suit against a local stadium owner accused of disturbing the neighborhood with lots of noise, traffic and crowds.

  • October 22, 2024

    Paramount Again Foils Suit Over 'Romeo & Juliet' Nude Scene

    Paramount Pictures again defeated a lawsuit by two actors challenging the redistribution of the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo & Juliet" that contained a nude scene, because a California judge said a prior court already decided the film's distribution was protected activity and, accordingly, the actors are barred from relitigating the issue.

  • October 22, 2024

    UFC Parent Can't Escape Remaining Wages Suit, Fighters Say

    The fighters in a wage dispute against UFC that remains unsettled told a Nevada federal court that it is too early for the MMA organization's parent company, Endeavor Group, to exit the ongoing class action without proper discovery.

  • October 22, 2024

    Meta Escapes Child Protection Investor Suit For Good

    A California federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit alleging Meta Platforms misled investors about its efforts to protect children from sexual predators, holding that the social media giant's so-called "half-truths" are not actionable under securities laws.

  • October 22, 2024

    WNBA Players Opt To Redo Labor Deal After Growth Season

    The Women's National Basketball Players Association has opted out of its collective bargaining agreement with the WNBA and will negotiate a new deal following a season that saw massive jumps in viewers and attendance.

  • October 22, 2024

    Pa. Casino Must Face Suit Over Hand Sanitizer Slip-And-Fall

    A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday revived a woman's slip-and-fall suit against the owners of a Mount Airy casino, saying the evidence in the case can lead a jury to find that the company was negligent in installing hand sanitizer stations meant to address the COVID-19 pandemic over a marble floor.

  • October 22, 2024

    DOJ Wants Google's AI Search Docs, Apple Entry Thoughts

    An expansive look into Google's artificial intelligence pipeline and the prospects of Apple entering into the search market are top of mind for the Justice Department as it pursues remedies meant to address the online giant's illegal monopolization of search, according to a D.C. federal court filing Monday.

  • October 22, 2024

    Anthropic Says Fair Use Bars Authors' Copyright Class Action

    Anthropic PBC will mount a fair use defense against allegations from a proposed class of authors and journalists who sued the artificial intelligence company in August for allegedly ripping off their copyrighted work to train its large language model Claude.

  • October 22, 2024

    Amazon, Meta Say Ch. 11 Trustee Can't Take Guo Co. Cash

    Amazon.com, Meta, Fox News and dozens of other corporate powerhouses, along with several law firms, have asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to block a Chapter 11 trustee from recouping cash payments for services that flowed through shell companies connected to convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo.

  • October 22, 2024

    Paper's NLRB Constitutional Claims Can't Halt Injunction Case

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't stop the National Labor Relations Board's injunction request to make the newspaper bargain with three unions based on constitutional claims about the agency, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the court would not "ignore nearly a century's worth of settled jurisprudence."

  • October 22, 2024

    Hagens Berman Tells Amazon, Apple: Sure, Sanction Client

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is fine with a Washington federal court sanctioning the firm's client — formerly the lead plaintiff — in a putative antitrust class action against Apple and Amazon, saying it shares their goal of compelling document production after the plaintiff ghosted his attorneys.

  • October 22, 2024

    Luxury Cinema Chain Accused Of Shorting Workers On Wages

    Luxury movie theater chain Cinepolis maintained a practice of not paying workers for all their hours worked and failed to provide them with uninterrupted rest breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in California state court.

  • October 22, 2024

    Detroit Judge Says He's Immune From Sleeping Teen's Suit

    A Michigan judge accused of having a teenage girl detained and handcuffed after she fell asleep during a field trip to his courtroom is arguing that he is entitled to immunity from the teen's lawsuit because he was acting in his judicial capacity when he disciplined her.

  • October 22, 2024

    EchoStar Blasts SpaceX 12 GHz Study As 'Deeply Flawed'

    Dish owner EchoStar hit back at SpaceX in a new filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, calling a SpaceX study claiming that Dish's proposed fixed 5G service in the 12 gigahertz band would interfere with existing satellite broadband and broadcast service "deeply flawed" and based on "imaginary interference."

  • October 22, 2024

    FCC Expands FirstNet Spectrum Use In 4.9 GHz Band

    The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday unveiled a controversial plan to expand spectrum rights for AT&T's FirstNet emergency response network in the 4.9 gigahertz airwaves set aside for a wide range of public safety uses.

Expert Analysis

  • NCAA Settlement May End The NIL Model As We Know It

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    The recent House v. NCAA settlement in California federal court, in which the NCAA agreed to allow schools to directly pay March Madness television revenue to their athletes, may send outside name, image and likeness collectives in-house, says Mike Ingersoll at Womble Bond.

  • AI-Generated Soundalikes Pose Right Of Publicity Issues

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    Artificial intelligence voice generators have recently proliferated, allowing users to create new voices or manipulate existing vocals with no audio engineering expertise, and although soundalikes may be permissible in certain cases, they likely violate the right of publicity of the person who is being mimicked, says Matthew Savare at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • 9th Circ. COVID 'Cure' Case Shows Perks Of Puffery Defense

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    The Ninth Circuit's March decision in a case surrounding a company's statements about a potential COVID-19 cure may encourage defendants to assert puffery defenses in securities fraud cases, particularly in those involving optimistic statements about breakthrough drugs that are still untested, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • FTC Hearing On Fake Review Rule Stressed Compliance Costs

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    The Federal Trade Commission is likely to finalize its proposed rule to prohibit marketers from using deceptive practices in their product reviews after an informal hearing covered arguments over whether costs of implementing the rule, such as review moderation and software maintenance, would be minimal, says Jeffrey Edelstein at Manatt.

  • BF Borgers Clients Should Review Compliance, Liability

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    After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently announced enforcement proceedings against audit firm BF Borgers for fabricating audit documentation for hundreds of public companies, those companies will need to follow special procedures for disclosure and reporting — and may need to prepare for litigation from the plaintiffs bar, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How AI Cos. Can Cope With Shifting Copyright Landscape

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    In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, recent legal disputes have focused on the utilization of copyrighted material to train algorithms, meaning companies should be aware of fair use implications and possible licensing solutions for AI users, say Michael Hobbs and Justin Tilghman at Troutman Pepper.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • How Real Estate Cos. Can Protect Their IP In The Metaverse

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    The rise of virtual and augmented reality creates new intellectual property challenges and opportunities for real estate owners, but certain steps, including conducting a diligence investigation to develop an understanding of current obligations, can help companies mitigate IP issues in the metaverse, says George Pavlik at Levenfeld Pearlstein.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

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