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February 20, 2025
Sen. Warren Wants DOJ To Probe Disney-FuboTV Deal
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to "closely scrutinize" Disney's acquisition of a majority stake in the live television streamer Fubo, saying the deal raises serious antitrust concerns and could allow Disney to inflate prices.
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February 20, 2025
Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
Elon Musk is seeking to raise money for his social media platform X at a $44 billion valuation — the same price he paid to buy the site in 2022 — while BP is considering selling its Castrol lubricants unit for $10 billion and KKR could inject $5 billion into ailing British utility Thames Water. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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February 19, 2025
Meta Should've Preserved Health Tracking Data, Judge Says
A California federal judge considering sanctions against Meta for deleting data in privacy litigation over a Facebook tool's collection of patient health information said Wednesday that he's not convinced Meta had "malintent," but said, "I do think this information should have been preserved."
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February 19, 2025
News Site Ditches Suit Over Sharing Of Visitors' IP Addresses
A New York federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing online business news site Insider Inc. of unlawfully disclosing website visitors' IP addresses to a third party, finding that the plaintiff had failed to establish the type of concrete injury necessary to sustain his claims under California law.
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February 19, 2025
Savannah Officials Rip 'Prejudice' From Attys' Press Briefing
Savannah, Georgia, officials have doubled down on their bid to sanction Claiborne Firm PC attorneys for allegedly mischaracterizing facts during a press conference related to the fatal police shooting of a Black man in 2022.
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February 19, 2025
Netflix Wants IP Atty Sanctioned Over Alleged Doc Sharing
Netflix urged a California judge Tuesday to require a prolific patent plaintiff's former counsel to explain why they shouldn't be held in civil contempt and sanctioned for allegedly giving Netflix's confidential financial information to nonparty AiPi LLC, arguing discovery in another patent case has revealed AiPi is "shadow lead counsel."
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February 19, 2025
Blake Lively Says Other Actresses Will Testify Against Baldoni
Blake Lively has bulked up her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit over the movie "It End With Us," saying two other female cast members were also uncomfortable with Justin Baldoni's behavior on set and are prepared to testify in the messy legal fight.
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February 19, 2025
Ex-CNBC Pundit Cops To Scamming Investors Out Of $2.7M
A former frequent CNBC guest pled guilty Wednesday to defrauding investors out of at least $2.7 million, part of a plea deal reached with federal prosecutors after he spent years on the lam.
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February 19, 2025
Detroit Judge May Be Immune Despite 'Outrageous' Fake Trial
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday said that while a Detroit judge's decision to put a teen through a "judicial-like" proceeding for falling asleep in his courtroom while on a field trip may have been "outrageous," it may not strip his ability to claim he is immune from her lawsuit.
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February 19, 2025
Broadband Maps Should ID Subsidized Networks, FCC Told
NTCA — The Rural Broadband Association urged the Federal Communications Commission to update the National Broadband Maps to include whether a location is served by an unsubsidized competitor and therefore not eligible for high-cost support from the agency, saying it would make the situation easier for everyone.
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February 19, 2025
Chancery Releases Cannabis Firm Founders From $13M Fee
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a cannabis investment firm's $39.9 million settlement in a shareholder derivative lawsuit frees it from having to pay a nearly $13 million licensing agreement for the use of Bob Marley's name.
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February 19, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Amazon In Teri Woods Publishing Dispute
A unanimous Second Circuit panel backed a lower court's decision to dismiss Teri Woods Publishing's copyright and contract claims against Audible and other audiobook distributors on Wednesday, holding that the parties' licensing agreement allowed them to distribute the publisher's works through their subscription-based streaming services.
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February 19, 2025
CBS Will Seek Trump's Financial Info In '60 Minutes' Discovery
Attorneys for Paramount Global and CBS Broadcasting told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that if President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit accusing the network of deceptively doctoring former Vice President Kamala Harris' "60 Minutes" interview goes to discovery, they will seek information about the president's personal financials.
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February 19, 2025
NBA Teams Urge Justices To Take Up 'Discovery Rule' Case
Eight NBA teams facing copyright lawsuits for songs used in promotional videos without permission have filed a brief supporting a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the so-called discovery rule, a judicially created doctrine that allows claims to be brought outside the three-year statute of limitations.
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February 19, 2025
FCC Decision To Nix Complaint Against Fox TV Appealed
A media advocacy group appealed a mid-January Federal Communications Commission decision to toss a complaint against Fox TV's Philadelphia station over misinformation that aired following the 2020 election.
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February 19, 2025
Backup Infowars Bidder Wants Judge To Restart Auction
The backup bidder for Alex Jones' Infowars program has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to restart an auction for the assets after a previous sale to the parent company of satirical newspaper The Onion was rejected in December.
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February 19, 2025
US Lagging China In Spectrum Use, Experts Tell Senate
The U.S. is rapidly losing ground to China in developing commercial uses for spectrum because it lacks an aggressive policy to make more government-controlled airwaves available for wireless and satellite communications, experts told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
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February 19, 2025
Funkadelic Keyboardist Won't Face Sanctions In Royalty Fight
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday declined to issue sanctions against the estate of a former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist suing the band's frontman in a royalty dispute, finding that the keyboardist's widow did not seem to intentionally lie about or conceal an agreement with a former defendant in the case.
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February 19, 2025
Perplexity AI Seeks To Toss Or Transfer Publishers' IP Suit
Perplexity AI has asked a New York federal judge to dismiss a copyright and trademark lawsuit filed by the publishers of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post for lack of jurisdiction or to move the case to its home in California.
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February 19, 2025
WaPo Can't Blame Source In Libel Suit, Trump Media Says
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. has told a Florida federal court that the Washington Post can't blame a source for providing false information published in a story alleging the company committed securities fraud, saying that reason isn't sufficient to dismiss a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.
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February 19, 2025
Democrats Say DOGE Took 'Trove' Of Musk Rivals' CFPB Data
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. demanded Wednesday that Elon Musk remove Department of Government Efficiency staffers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying Musk's potential conflicts of interest undermine the agency's goals while giving Musk access to a "trove" of confidential corporate data and an unfair advantage against rivals.
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February 19, 2025
Chicago's Art Institute School Hit With Age Bias Claims
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is facing age bias claims from its former chief engineer, who says in a federal suit that the school illegally gave his job to a younger colleague and switched its property manager while he was on leave.
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February 19, 2025
McCarter & English Says 'Offensive' Post Backs Atty's Firing
McCarter & English LLP has moved to dismiss a fired ex-associate's suit alleging discrimination based on his status as a veteran, telling a New Jersey state court that it had the right to terminate the at-will attorney for an allegedly offensive LinkedIn post.
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February 19, 2025
Adams, DOJ Quizzed On Dismissal Bid By Wary Judge
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday scrutinized the U.S. Department of Justice's motion to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rankling attorneys on both sides as he declined to "shoot from the hip" and immediately rule.
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February 19, 2025
Wu-Tang Album Owner Wants Shkreli To Pay Fees
The crypto project that holds the only physical copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album that once belonged to Martin Shkreli has asked a Brooklyn federal court to make him pay for months of noncompliance with a preliminary injunction requiring him to account for all copies of the album he may have made.
Expert Analysis
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Calif. Bill, NTIA Report Illustrate Open-Model AI Safety Debate
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s balanced recommendations for preventing misuse of open artificial intelligence models, contrasted with a more aggressive California bill, demonstrate an evolving regulatory debate about balancing democratic access to this powerful new technology against potential risks to the public, say Stuart Meyer and Fredrick Tsang at Fenwick.
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Behind 3rd Circ. Ruling On College Athletes' FLSA Eligibility
The Third Circuit's decision that college athletes are not precluded from bringing a claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act raises key questions about the practical consequences of treating collegiate athletes as employees, such as Title IX equal pay claims and potential eligibility for all employment benefits, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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'Greenhushing': Why Some Cos. Are Keeping Quiet On ESG
A wave of ESG-related litigation and regulations have led some companies to retreat altogether from any public statements about their ESG goals, a trend known as "greenhushing" that was at the center of a recent D.C. court decision involving Coca-Cola, say Gonzalo Mon and Katie Rogers at Kelley Drye.
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Video Game Release Highlights TM Pitfalls Of App Store
The upcoming release of poker video game Balatro in Apple's App Store underscores the tradeoff of keyword advertising and trademark protection for indie developers who, unlike corporate counterparts, lack resources but seek to maximize the reach of their game, say Parmida Enkeshafi and Simon Pulman at Pryor Cashman.
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Complying With FTC's Final Rule On Sham Online Reviews
The Federal Trade Commission's final rule on deceptive acts and practices in online reviews and testimonials is effective Oct. 21, and some practice tips can help businesses avert noncompliance risks, say Airina Rodrigues and Jonathan Sandler at Brownstein Hyatt.
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Copyright Termination Opinion Departs From Long-Held Views
In Vetter v. Resnik, a federal court recently held for the first time that termination rights under Section 304 of the Copyright Act recapture domestic and foreign rights where the original grant was for "worldwide" rights — misinterpreting a basic principle of international copyright treaties, say Rebecca Benyamin and Eric J. Schwartz at Mitchell Silberberg.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling Creates New Rule For Certification Marks
The Federal Circuit's decision last month in Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac v. Cologne & Cognac Entertainment is significant in that it establishes a new standard for assessing evidence of third-party uses of a certification mark in deciding whether the mark is famous, say Samantha Katze and Lisa Rosaya at Manatt.
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The Risks Of Employee Political Discourse On Social Media
As election season enters its final stretch and employees increasingly engage in political speech on social media, employers should beware the liability risks and consider policies that negotiate the line between employees' rights and the limits on those rights, say Bradford Kelley and James McGehee at Littler.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Court Denial Of $335M UFC Deal Sets Bold Antitrust Precedent
A Nevada federal court’s recent refusal to accept a $335 million deal between Ultimate Fighting Championship and a group of former fighters to settle claims of anticompetitive conduct was a rare decision that risks the floodgates opening on established antitrust case law, says Mohit Pasricha at Lawrence Stephens.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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The State Law Landscape After Justices' Social Media Ruling
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice ruling on social media platforms’ First Amendment rights, it’s still unclear if state content moderation laws are constitutional, leaving online operators to face a patchwork of regulation, and the potential for the issue to return to the high court, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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AI Art Ruling Shows Courts' Training Data Cases Approach
A California federal court’s recent ruling in Andersen v. Stability AI, where the judge refused to throw out artists’ copyright infringement claims against four companies that make or distribute software that creates images from text prompts, provides insight into how courts are handling artificial intelligence training data cases, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.