Media & Entertainment

  • February 07, 2025

    Amazon Beats 'Flawed' Suit Over Prime Video Ads, For Now

    A Washington federal judge Friday tossed a putative class action over Amazon's recent introduction of commercials on its Prime Video streaming service, saying the lawsuit rests on a "flawed premise" that subscribers ever purchased an ad-free viewing package.

  • February 07, 2025

    Justices Urged To Take On PTAB Atty Fee Fight

    A company fighting for attorney fees at the Federal Circuit after successfully challenging a patent's validity before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take on a similar case addressing eligibility for fees in board proceedings pursued against "exceptional" infringement plaintiffs. 

  • February 07, 2025

    Virginia Senate Looks To Ban Sale Of People's Location Data

    Virginia is on its way to banning the sale of data that can pinpoint a person's location, even if they consented to it, after the state's Senate voted 35-5 to tweak its privacy statute to outlaw the purchase of precise location data.

  • February 07, 2025

    Off The Bench: Trump Bans Trans Athletes, NCAA Falls In Line

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA changes course to accommodate a presidential ban on transgender women athletes, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter is sentenced for his gambling-driven embezzlement, and women's soccer players get restitution for abuse at the hands of their coaches and teams.

  • February 07, 2025

    Meta's $725M Deal Downplays Potential Liability, 9th Circ. Told

    A group of objectors urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to vacate Meta Platform Inc.'s $725 million settlement resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, arguing the trial judge failed to fully consider the minimum $250 billion statutory damages award that could have been awarded if class counsel won at trial.

  • February 07, 2025

    Auctioneer Of 'Unknown' Van Gogh Wins $215 Bidder's Fight

    An auction service was within its rights to halt in-progress bidding for what one woman claims could be a "previously unknown" Vincent van Gogh painting because Connecticut law presumes auctions can be shut down before the hammer falls unless other terms are stated, a state court judge has ruled.

  • February 07, 2025

    Insurers Say Meta MDL Row Should Be In Del. State Court

    Coverage litigation with Meta over underlying claims that it deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive to adolescents ought to take place in Delaware state court, units of Chubb and Hartford told a Delaware federal court, arguing the court need only examine the fact that Meta is a Delaware citizen.

  • February 07, 2025

    Gov't Told Higher Power Devices Can Squeeze Into CBRS

    Federated Wireless has upped the pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to give the go-ahead to higher power devices in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, pushing back on claims that the move could harm incumbents.

  • February 07, 2025

    Sony Loses Sanctions Bid In Baseball Video Game TM Suit

    A Texas federal judge has rejected Sony's request to sanction a baseball training program and its counsel from Dykema Gossett PLLC for bringing a trademark lawsuit over Sony's use of the phrases "future stars" and "future stars series" in its video game.

  • February 07, 2025

    Katten Real Estate Partner Joins Greenberg Traurig In Chicago

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has added former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Daniel Elrod as a shareholder in its Chicago real estate practice, bringing experience advising debt funds, life insurance companies and institutional lenders on a variety of deals.

  • February 07, 2025

    Goldstein's Pro Se Filing Irks Feds Amid Murky Atty Situation

    Prosecutors have asked a Maryland federal judge to strike a pro se motion from Tom Goldstein in his tax evasion case, saying the U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher shouldn't be allowed to personally make arguments to the court when he is represented by several experienced lawyers.

  • February 07, 2025

    NLRB Wants Stricken Brief Back In Post-Gazette Union Battle

    A federal judge cut out a brief that the National Labor Relations Board had filed in support of its proposed findings of fact in a long-running dispute with the publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but the agency said it was only following the judge's published practices and procedures when it filed.

  • February 07, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Investec Bank PLC sue two diamond tycoons, London florist Nikki Tibbles file a claim against an "imitator company," a direct descendant of the Cartier family launch a claim, and a Coronation Street actor hit footballer Joe Bunney with a defamation claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • February 06, 2025

    Meta AI Used 'Astonishing' Load Of Pirated Works, Writers Say

    Meta Platforms allegedly downloaded tens of millions of pirated copyrighted works from peer-to-peer networks to train its Llama artificial intelligence product, and its employees repeatedly discussed this "illegal" strategy with lawyers, with one engineer writing, doing so "from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right," according to internal communications unsealed in copyright infringement litigation Wednesday.

  • February 06, 2025

    House Bill Aims To Ban DeepSeek On Gov't Devices

    A pair of U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday rolled out bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the installation of Chinese company DeepSeek's chatbot app on government-issued devices, citing "alarming" national security threats similar to those that have propelled efforts to ban video app TikTok nationwide.

  • February 06, 2025

    Courts Are Getting Alice Wrong, Google Foe Tells Justices

    A tech startup that lost an advertising technology patent case against Google is the latest party to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its legal precedent covering patent eligibility.

  • February 06, 2025

    Sony Blocked From Axing CBS Deals Amid Game Show Battle

    A California state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Sony Pictures Television from terminating its distribution agreements for popular game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" with CBS while the pair dukes it out in Los Angeles County Superior Court, according to a minute order.

  • February 06, 2025

    Buyers Want Kratom Cos. Addiction Suit To Go On

    Two California kratom manufacturers shouldn't be allowed to escape a lawsuit claiming they failed to warn about the "highly addictive" nature of their products, a proposed class of consumers argued, pointing to a podcast where a company executive suggested their products were more potent than morphine.

  • February 06, 2025

    TikTok Moderators Alleging Harm Face Uphill Cert. Battle

    A California federal judge suggested on Thursday there might be too many individualized issues to certify a class of thousands of current and former TikTok content moderators in a suit alleging the social media platform is responsible for mental health issues the workers developed after being exposed to graphic content.

  • February 06, 2025

    Manager's Work, Not Gaza Posts, Led To Firing, Ill. City Says

    A former Evanston, Illinois, employee shouldn't be allowed to go to trial on claims that he was fired for publicly expressing sympathy for Palestinians in Gaza because evidence clearly proves his performance is what cost him his job, city officials argued Wednesday.

  • February 06, 2025

    Judge Questions Firm's Candor In Apple, Amazon Docs Row

    A Washington federal judge said on Thursday there was "troubling shifting" around Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's explanation of texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a proposed class action targeting Amazon and Apple, while also saying it might not matter because the firm found substitute plaintiffs.

  • February 06, 2025

    WWE Accuser Flouting Conn. Law In Records Feud, Doc Says

    The former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who is suing the company and ex-executives, including founder Vince McMahon, for sex trafficking is misusing the Connecticut state court system to generate evidence for her federal case, a celebrity doctor has argued in seeking to dismiss a demand that he turn over her medical records.

  • February 06, 2025

    Will NFL Let Kendrick Call Drake A Pedophile At Super Bowl?

    As Kendrick Lamar prepares to take the stage for this Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, lawyers for the National Football League and Fox Sports must decide whether to censor the lyrics of his viral hit "Not Like Us" while rival rapper Drake wages a defamation war over the song's suggestion that he's a "certified pedophile."

  • February 06, 2025

    ​​​​​​​Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    The Federal Communications Commission heard from interest groups and companies around two dozen times in January, on issues ranging from consumer consent to receive telemarketing calls to UScellular's contested $4.4 billion plan to sell its wireless operations to T-Mobile.

  • February 06, 2025

    Stay On Right Side Of Payola Rules, FCC Warns Stations

    The Federal Communications Commission is warning radio broadcasters not to accept freebies from music artists in exchange for boosted airtime.

Expert Analysis

  • Unpacking The Circuit Split Over A Federal Atty Fee Rule

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    Federal circuit courts that have addressed Rule 41(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are split as to whether attorney fees are included as part of the costs of a previously dismissed action, so practitioners aiming to recover or avoid fees should tailor arguments to the appropriate court, says Joseph Myles and Lionel Lavenue at Finnegan.

  • Fair Use Doctrine Faces Challenges In The Generative AI Era

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    As courts struggle to apply existing copyright principles to new, digital contexts, the evolving capabilities of AI technologies are testing the limits of traditional frameworks, with the fair use doctrine being met with significant challenges, says John Poulos at Norton Rose.

  • After A Brief Hiccup, The 'Rocket Docket' Soars Back To No. 1

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    The Eastern District of Virginia’s precipitous 2022 fall from its storied rocket docket status appears to have been a temporary aberration, as recent statistics reveal that the court is once again back on top as the fastest federal civil trial court in the nation, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • Tailoring Compliance Before AI Walks The Runway

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    Fashion industry players that adopt artificial intelligence to propel their businesses forward should consider ways to minimize its perceived downsides, including potential job displacements and algorithmic biases that may harm diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, say Jeffrey Greene and Ivory Djahouri at Foley & Lardner.

  • Recruitment Trends In Emerging Law Firm Frontiers

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    BigLaw firms are facing local recruitment challenges as they increasingly establish offices in cities outside of the major legal hubs, requiring them to weigh various strategies for attracting talent that present different risks and benefits, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.

  • Revisiting Morals Clauses In The Age Of Deepfakes

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    Deepfakes and other forms of misrepresentation powered by artificial intelligence have complicated the traditional process of reputation management for companies entering into talent agreements with celebrities, bringing new considerations for the morals clauses that usually shield against these risks, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • Series

    Glassblowing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    I never expected that glassblowing would strongly influence my work as an attorney, but it has taught me the importance of building a solid foundation for your work, learning from others and committing to a lifetime of practice, says Margaret House at Kalijarvi Chuzi.

  • 5 Critical Factors Driving Settlement Values In Cyber Litigation

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    Recent ransomware incidents and their legal repercussions offer five valuable insights into the determinants of settlement values in cyberattack-related litigation, and understanding these trends and their implications can better prepare organizations for the potential legal fallout from future breaches, says Peter Kamminga at JAMS.

  • Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence

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    As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • How Associates Can Build A Professional Image

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    As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry, early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett Professional Image Consulting.

  • Determining Who Owns Content Created By Generative AI

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    Adobe's recent terms-of-service update and ensuing clarification regarding its AI-training practices highlights the unanswered legal questions regarding ownership of content created using artificial intelligence, says John Poulos at Norton Rose.

  • Firms Must Rethink How They Train New Lawyers In AI Age

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    As law firms begin to use generative artificial intelligence to complete lower-level legal tasks, they’ll need to consider new ways to train summer associates and early-career attorneys, keeping in mind the five stages of skill acquisition, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Inside Antitrust Agencies' Rollup And Serial Acquisition Moves

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    The recent request for public comments on serial acquisitions and rollup strategies from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Justice Department mark the antitrust agencies' continued focus on actions that fall below premerger reporting thresholds, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing

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    When a lawyer presents their case with the right propulsive structure throughout trial, there is little need for further argument after the close of evidence — and in fact, rehashing it all may test jurors’ patience — so attorneys should consider other strategies for closing arguments, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits

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    A German court recently awarded damages to former F1 driver Michael Schumacher's family in an artificial intelligence dispute over the unlicensed use of his image, illustrating how athletes are using the law to protect their brands, and setting a precedent in other AI-generated image rights cases, William Bowyer at Lawrence Stephens.

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