Media & Entertainment

  • March 12, 2025

    Crypto Influencer's Counsel Says SEC Will Drop Case

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop its case over cryptocurrency influencer Ian Balina's alleged promotion of so-called SPRK tokens, his attorney said Wednesday.

  • March 12, 2025

    'Delete, Delete, Delete': DOGE-Linked Effort Launched At FCC

    The nation's telecom rules will get a makeover to "delete" a lot of requirements the Federal Communications Commission has determined are no longer needed under an effort launched Wednesday by FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

  • March 12, 2025

    NFL Wants Out Of Fan's Suit Over Stadium Detainment

    The National Football League is urging a New Jersey state judge to dismiss it from a lawsuit brought by a fan claiming he was assaulted and wrongly detained during a game at MetLife Stadium, stressing that the league itself played no role in the alleged incident.

  • March 12, 2025

    Del. Justices Uphold LG Co.'s Loss In Firing Challenge

    Delaware's top court has backed a Chancery Court ruling that Alphonso Inc., a TV data company majority-owned by an LG subsidiary, was not permitted to push out five co-founders.

  • March 12, 2025

    Son Of Ex-FIFA VP Avoids Prison In Fraud Case

    The son of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was spared prison time Tuesday, almost 12 years after he pled guilty to falsifying a mortgage application for a Miami condominium and structuring transactions to evade currency reporting requirements.

  • March 12, 2025

    Live Nation Calls DOJ 'Delay Tactics' Claim 'Groundless'

    Live Nation Entertainment assailed the U.S. Department of Justice for claiming "out of the blue" that the company is slow-walking its discovery obligations in the government's New York federal court monopolization suit centered on the 2010 purchase of Ticketmaster.

  • March 12, 2025

    TikTok Faces Copyright Suit Over Livestreaming Software

    TikTok allegedly copied a company's livestreaming software to create a new feature on the app without complying with the company's open source requirements, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.

  • March 12, 2025

    Final Google Fixes Keep Apple Payments, DOJ Tells DC Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice doubled down on its arguments against permitting Apple to intervene in the upcoming remedies phase of its Google search monopoly lawsuit, arguing that the newly submitted final version of its sought fixes show Apple would keep getting payments it wants protected.

  • March 12, 2025

    White House Urged To Back Patent Eligibility Bill To Aid AI

    The Council for Innovation Promotion has urged the Trump administration to support a legislative overhaul of patent eligibility law and reconsider patent office guidance on the issue as the White House aims to ensure the U.S. plays a dominant role in artificial intelligence.

  • March 12, 2025

    Ex-Smartmatic Execs Seek FCPA Reprieve After Trump Order

    Two former executives of electronic-voting system developer Smartmatic asked a Florida federal judge on Wednesday to push back the schedule in their bribery case while the U.S. Department of Justice reviews pending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases.

  • March 12, 2025

    Weinstein Evidence Takes Shape Ahead Of Retrial In NY

    A New York state judge on Wednesday ruled on evidentiary issues ahead of Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges, as his overturned conviction — vacated due to improperly admitted evidence — loomed over the proceedings.

  • March 12, 2025

    Buzbee, Ex-Client Say Roc Nation Can't Exit Conspiracy Suits

    Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation "spearheaded" efforts to launch malpractice suits against the Buzbee Law Firm in retaliation for a lawsuit the firm filed accusing the rap star of rape, so it cannot exit a Texas federal suit over that effort by claiming a lack of jurisdiction, the firm said.

  • March 12, 2025

    UK Enforcers Double Down On Apple Mobile Browser Worries

    A new report from British competition enforcers claims that Apple and Google's dominance in mobile operating systems and browsers limits competition and innovation in the United Kingdom, while encouraging regulators to consider imposing pro-competition requirements on the tech giants.

  • March 12, 2025

    Skadden-Led Scopely Buying Pokémon Go Biz In $3.5B Deal

    Skadden-led Scopely said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire the games business of Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go and other popular mobile game titles, in a deal Scopely valued at $3.5 billion.

  • March 11, 2025

    Media Matters Slams X For 'Vendetta-Driven Libel Tourism'

    Media Matters for America lobbed its own claims at X Corp. in California federal court on Monday, accusing the social media company of launching a "vendetta-driven campaign of libel tourism" against the left-leaning watchdog across the globe that challenges Media Matters' "truthful reporting."

  • March 11, 2025

    DOGE Must Quickly Cough Up Records To Watchdog Group

    A D.C. federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency to promptly hand over requested records on its role in mass firings and "dramatic disruptions" to federal programs to a watchdog group, finding that the public will likely be "irreparably harmed" if DOGE keeps dragging its feet.

  • March 11, 2025

    George Clinton Brings New IP Theft Suit Against Longtime Foe

    George Clinton sued music executive Armen Boladian for copyright theft and civil fraud in Florida federal court Tuesday, the latest in a long-running legal battle over royalties between the Parliament-Funkadelic front man and his onetime business partner.

  • March 11, 2025

    SEC Disgorgement Snipped By $1M In Collectibles Fraud Case

    A New York federal judge has trimmed over $1 million from a disgorgement award the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sought in a long-running suit against a sports memorabilia merchant found liable at trial for ripping off investors, after a recalculation revealed that the company had already repaid some of its victims.

  • March 11, 2025

    California Will Be Probing Location Data Industry

    California has a hunch that a lot of companies might be violating its data privacy law when it comes to sensitive location data, according to the state's attorney general, who says he is launching a sweeping investigation into the location data industry as a whole.

  • March 11, 2025

    6th Circ. Won't Revisit FCC's Tanked Net Neutrality Rules

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday turned down a bid by public interest groups for a full-court rehearing of January's decision to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.

  • March 11, 2025

    Authors Seek Win On Meta AI Direct Infringement Claims

    A group of award-winning authors urged a California federal judge to grant them a win on claims Meta directly infringed their copyrights by using databases of pirated works to train its "Llama" artificial-intelligence tool, arguing Meta infringed "massive" amounts of protected material, including books written by Supreme Court justices.

  • March 11, 2025

    'I'm The Boss': Ill. Judge Urges Tour Co. Exec To Repay Loan

    An Illinois federal judge laid into an event production company's president Tuesday for not making necessary progress toward repaying a promoter's $250,000 business loan, saying business tension wasn't a good enough reason to ignore asset citations he should have answered last month.

  • March 11, 2025

    Conservative Outlet Newsmax Eyes $75M Go-Public Offering

    Newsmax Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to raise up to $75 million in a scaled-down alternative to a traditional initial public offering, represented by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, a potential debut for the conservative media company in public markets.

  • March 11, 2025

    Netflix Gets 'Surviving R. Kelly' Libel Suit Tossed, For Now

    Netflix Inc. and Lifetime Entertainment Services won dismissal Tuesday of a defamation lawsuit alleging the latest iteration of their hit documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly" defamed a former assistant to the now-imprisoned R&B singer, although a Delaware federal judge gave the plaintiff another shot at pleading actual malice.

  • March 11, 2025

    ISP Asks Justices To Reverse Liability In Piracy Suit

    It's time for the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and decide whether internet service providers can be liable for copyright infringement if they haven't done enough to stop their customers from pirating music, says an ISP that has been locked in one such legal battle for the better part of a decade.

Expert Analysis

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • 6 Tips For Cos. To Comply With Influencer Gifting Rules

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    A January decision in a National Advertising Division case concerning Revolve Group provides new insights on how the NAD expects companies to manage certain influencer campaigns, including preapproving posts before they go live and considering how they present the disclosure instructions to influencers, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Navigating Title IX Compliance In The NIL Era

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    As universities push to move more name, image and likeness activity in-house, it's unclear how the NCAA and its members will square implementation of the House settlement with Title IX requirements, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • It Starts With Training: Anti-Harassment After 'It Ends With Us'

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    Actress Blake Lively's recent sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, director and producer, Justin Baldoni, should remind employers of their legal obligations to implement trainings, policies and other measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • Poetic Justice? Drake's 'Not Like Us' Suit May Alter Music Biz

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    Drake v. Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us," represents a pivotal moment in the intersection of music, law and corporate accountability, raising questions about the role of record labels in shaping artist rivalries and the limits of free speech, says Enrico Trevisani at Michelman & Robinson.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Likely Doomed CFPB Contract Rule Still Has Industry Pointers

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    While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January proposal on consumer financial contract provisions is unlikely to be finalized under the new administration, its provisions are important for industry to recognize, particularly if state attorneys general decide to take up the enforcement mantle, say attorneys at Saul Ewing.

  • The Risk And Reward Of Federal Approach To AI Regulation

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    The government has struggled to keep up with artificial intelligence's furious pace, but while an overbroad federal attempt to adopt a more unified approach to regulating AI poses its own risks, so does the current environment of regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • 4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment

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    For companies facing litigation influenced by government regulatory action — a recent trend that a politically charged atmosphere will exacerbate — there are a few principles that can help to align litigation strategy with broader public positioning in the regulatory and oversight context, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

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