Media & Entertainment

  • September 18, 2024

    House Panel Easily Passes Mandate For AM Radio In Cars

    Congress has inched closer to passing a mandate on the auto industry to keep putting AM radio devices in cars, with a key House committee overwhelmingly approving the bipartisan bill Wednesday and brushing past some lawmakers' concerns about over-regulation.

  • September 18, 2024

    Pa. AG Sues Robot Co. Over $2M In Unfilled Orders, Refunds

    A Pittsburgh robotics company took orders for more than $4 million worth of robot toys but failed to deliver many of them — and in the case of a toy based on the TV show "Rick and Morty," didn't secure the intellectual property rights — according to a consumer protection lawsuit announced by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office on Wednesday.

  • September 18, 2024

    Groups Seek To Sway FCC's Campaign Ad AI Disclosure Plan

    Consumer advocates want the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen its planned rules to require broadcasters to disclose the use of artificial intelligence in political ads, while the effort continues to draw strong conservative opposition.

  • September 18, 2024

    Disney Star Seeks $940M From Zee In Cricket Broadcast Spat

    The Walt Disney Co.-owned Star India is seeking $940 million in damages stemming from a broadcasting dispute with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., and wants to have the agreement validly terminated, according to a Wednesday letter filed to India's stock exchange.

  • September 18, 2024

    Universal Studios Skimped On Workers' Pay, Suit Says

    Universal Studios Hollywood shorted nonexempt employees on all wages owed to them by failing to pay them for necessary pre- and post-shift tasks, and neglected to provide workers with adequate meal and rest periods, a proposed class action filed in California state court said.

  • September 18, 2024

    Rogers Pays $3.45B For Control Of Toronto Pro Sports Teams

    Rogers Communications Inc. will purchase Bell Media's 37.5% ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for CA$4.7 billion (US$3.45 billion), owner of pro sports teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors, making it majority owner of the company, Rogers announced Wednesday.

  • September 18, 2024

    Cooley Adds DC Telecom Trio From DLA Piper, Morgan Lewis

    Cooley LLP on Wednesday said it brought on a trio of experienced partners in Washington, D.C., to help clients in the telecommunications, media and technology sector navigate regulations, litigation, transactions and more.

  • September 18, 2024

    Calif. Gov. Signs Suite Of Bills Combating AI Deepfakes

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed five first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence-related bills giving actors more protections over their digital likenesses and reining in the use of AI-generated deepfakes during elections.

  • September 18, 2024

    Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To New Sex Assault Charge

    Harvey Weinstein pled not guilty to a new sexual assault indictment in Manhattan state court on Wednesday as he faces a November retrial after his earlier New York rape conviction was vacated.

  • September 18, 2024

    Netflix's 'Varsity Blues' Setback Puts Media On Watch

    Netflix Inc.'s failure to bring about dismissal of a defamation suit brought by a private equity executive tied to the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case is a warning to media companies when blurring the line between documentary and drama, experts told Law360.

  • September 18, 2024

    Video Game Giants Want Addictive Games Suit Tossed

    Microsoft Corp., Nintendo of America Inc., Activision Blizzard Inc., Roblox Corp. and other well-known companies in the video game industry moved to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they intentionally got users addicted to their games for profit Tuesday, arguing the case is barred by the First Amendment.

  • September 18, 2024

    Google Gets €1.49B Antitrust Fine Tossed In AdSense Case

    A European Union court on Wednesday annulled a €1.49 billion ($1.65 billion) fine against Google for abusing its dominance in markets for brokering online search advertising, saying the bloc's competition enforcer had not adequately weighed how long the contracts had been in place.

  • September 17, 2024

    Chancery Sides With Truth Social Backer In SPAC Deal Payout

    A Delaware Chancery judge sided Tuesday with the investment sponsor of the entity that took former President Donald Trump's Truth Social media company public, on claims it was shortchanged in the deal, ordering a larger share of the stock be handed over from the transaction.

  • September 17, 2024

    Flowers For Miley? Not Without Bruno Mars, Suit Says

    Singer Miley Cyrus is accused of lifting extensively from Bruno Mars' popular song "When I Was Your Man" to create her hit "Flowers," according to a copyright suit in California federal court that also targets Sony, Apple, Disney and several others.

  • September 17, 2024

    AT&T To Pay $13M Fine Over Vendor's Cloud Data Breach

    AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million to resolve a Federal Communications Commission investigation into a January 2023 data breach that exposed information of nearly 9 million AT&T Mobility customers.

  • September 17, 2024

    Ex-Worker Suing Over Bonuses Backed Axing Them, X Says

    X Corp. urged a California federal court to reject a former director's bid to certify a class that could exceed 2,000 members in his suit accusing it of reneging on promised bonuses after Elon Musk took over, saying the former employee was the one who axed the bonuses in the first place.

  • September 17, 2024

    Ex-Manager of Dartmouth Student Paper Gets Prison For Theft

    A Vermont woman was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for stealing over $223,000 from Dartmouth College's student newspaper, where she had worked for nearly a decade as office manager.

  • September 17, 2024

    Fla. Panel Told Boies Schiller Film Co. Had Proper Fraud Claim

    A financier for the Natalie Portman movie "Jane Got A Gun" told a Florida state appellate panel Tuesday that a lower court wrongly denied a fraud claim against a co-funder, saying the law was misapplied in determining that misrepresentations couldn't be relied upon for loaning money to complete filming.

  • September 17, 2024

    Tech Co. Takes Shot At Brooklyn Nets Over 'Netaverse' Use

    The Brooklyn Nets have damaged the reputation of hardware and software technology company Phinge Corp. by unlawfully using the phrase "netaverse," which Phinge has been using since 2022, for the team's virtual reality services, according to a new trademark infringement lawsuit lodged in California federal court.

  • September 17, 2024

    Sheppard Mullin Scores Depp Trial Pro From Brown Rudnick

    The co-lead counsel for Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against Amber Heard has moved from Brown Rudnick LLP to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, which just last month announced it had landed five other attorneys from Brown Rudnick who worked on the Depp case.

  • September 17, 2024

    GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise

    General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.

  • September 17, 2024

    Meta Deletes Photo Tagging IP At Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday handed Meta Platforms Inc. a win in an infringement case, upholding the invalidation of a patent-holding company's patent on digitally tagging images and dismissing related patents on appeal after they failed to survive at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • September 17, 2024

    Chrisley Sentence Should Stick Despite 11th Circ., Feds Argue

    Julie Chrisley's prison sentence shouldn't change even as a Georgia federal judge considers the former reality TV star's smaller role in a $36 million tax evasion and fraud scheme, prosecutors told the court Monday, noting that her time has already been shortened for other considerations.

  • September 17, 2024

    Toshiba Sheet-Counting Patent Gets Revoked On Appeal

    Toshiba has lost a patent over a sheet-inspecting machine that can count and reject banknotes, after European officials ruled that it was obvious in light of previous patents.

  • September 17, 2024

    Instagram Changing Teen Accounts As Pressure Mounts

    Instagram announced changes Tuesday to its user experience for those under age 18 as it faces increasing concern about children's online safety.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether it's seeing clients and their issues from a new perspective, or staying nimble in a moment of intense challenge, the lessons learned from whitewater kayaking transcend the rapids of a river and prepare attorneys for the courtroom and beyond, says Matthew Kent at Alston & Bird.

  • This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener

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    As Earth Day approaches, law firms and attorneys should consider adopting more sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint — from minimizing single-use plastics to purchasing carbon offsets for air travel — which ultimately can also reduce costs for clients, say M’Lynn Phillips and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Discord Stock Case Toss Means Little For Fraud Defendants

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    A Texas federal court’s recent dismissal of fraud charges related to a "pump and dump" scheme on Discord is an outlier after the U.S. Supreme Court scrapped the right-to-control theory of fraud last year, and ultimately won't deter the government from pursuing routine securities prosecutions, says William Johnston at Bird Marella.

  • Back Labels In False Ad Cases Get Some Clarity In 9th Circ.

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    Courts in the Ninth Circuit have recently delivered a series of wins to advertisers, making clear that any ambiguity on the front of a product's package can be resolved by reference to the back label — which guarantees defendants a powerful tool to combat deceptive labeling claims, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.

  • Weisselberg's Perjury At Trial Spotlights Atty Ethics Issues

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    Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg’s recent guilty plea for perjury in the New York attorney general's civil fraud trial should serve as a reminder to attorneys of their ethical duties when they know a client has lied or plans to lie in court, and the potential penalties for not fulfilling those obligations, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • 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.

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