Media & Entertainment

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • February 19, 2025

    Jay-Z's Roc Nation Aims To Exit Buzbee Conspiracy Suits

    Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation has asked a Texas federal court to let it escape two lawsuits against it and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP alleging that they recruited former clients to bring malpractice claims against the Buzbee Law Firm in retaliation for accusing the rap star of rape.

  • February 18, 2025

    Google Can't Stop Mass Arbitration Opt-Outs In Privacy Row

    A California federal judge has refused to block more than 69,000 consumers from opting out of a certified class action over the audio recording practices of Google's home devices in order to pursue their claims in individual arbitration, finding that the claimants had properly excluded themselves from the dispute.

  • February 18, 2025

    Amazon Says Stalking Happened Before It Linked With Tile

    Amazon has asked a California federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging that Bluetooth tracking devices sold via a partnership with Tile Inc. are dangerous because they empower stalkers, saying Amazon "played no role whatsoever" in the alleged conduct, which happened before Tile started working with it.

  • February 18, 2025

    Net Neutrality Supporters Want 6th Circ. Redo On FCC Rule

    Public interest groups urged the full Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider toppling net neutrality rules, arguing that the court's holding conflicts with sister circuits' take on whether broadband providers can be regulated under the Telecommunications Act.

  • February 18, 2025

    IPhone Buyers Can't Get Apple DOJ Docs Before Discovery

    Apple doesn't have to turn over the millions of documents it gave the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a private monopolization suit brought by iPhone and Apple Watch buyers, at least not until discovery, a judge overseeing the recently created multidistrict litigation has said.

  • February 18, 2025

    Philly Inquirer Wins TRO On Co. Selling Framed Front Pages

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the alleged infringement of the Philadelphia Inquirer's trademark and copyrighted works by a company that sells framed copies of newspaper articles and front pages covering major sports victories, including its Feb. 10 article featuring the Philadelphia Eagles' Superbowl victory.

  • February 18, 2025

    CIA Gets Remaining Assange Visit Spying Claim Tossed

    A New York federal judge has dismissed a case accusing the CIA of unlawfully spying on lawyers and journalists who met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, finding it could not be decided without delving into protected state secrets.

  • February 18, 2025

    5th Circ. Questions X's Need For Watchdog's Donor Lists

    Fifth Circuit judges expressed concern Tuesday that X Corp.'s bid to identify a watchdog's donors could chill free speech, questioning how the information could prove the watchdog published an allegedly false article that caused major advertisers to abandon X.

  • February 18, 2025

    Meta Repeats Push To Halt Social Media Coverage Row In Del.

    Meta urged a Delaware federal court again to stay coverage proceedings over underlying claims it deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive to adolescents, noting the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation may soon transfer the case to California federal court, where the underlying litigation is taking place.

  • February 18, 2025

    Human Rights Atty Sees 'Serious Risks' Of Neural Data Abuse

    International human rights attorney Jared Genser spoke with Law360 Healthcare Authority about the "serious risks of misuse and abuse of neurotechnologies" that have led California and Colorado to expand their state consumer privacy laws in the last year to include neural data, with similar bills pending in Montana, Massachusetts and Illinois.

  • February 18, 2025

    Construction Co. Awarded $75M In Colo. Casino Fight

    A Colorado state judge has awarded a Denver construction company $74.6 million in a complicated fight over the quarter-billion-dollar expansion of a casino resort, finding the casino owner was "combative and adversarial" and caused the bulk of the project's delays.

  • February 18, 2025

    Telecoms Hope New Ag Secretary Pushes Permit Reform

    Builders of cable systems and cell towers called for the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help remove what they perceive as unnecessary hurdles to broadband deployment projects.

  • February 18, 2025

    LeBron James' Tattoo Artist Drops NBA 2K IP Suit

    An Ohio federal judge dismissed a suit Tuesday brought by a tattoo artist accusing the companies behind the NBA 2K video game franchise of infringing his intellectual property by rendering a design he put on basketball star LeBron James on the player's in-game model.

  • February 18, 2025

    Trump Media Blames Rising Loss Partly On SEC Legal Bills

    The owner of President Donald Trump's social media platform attributed its widening losses in part to rising legal costs from the Biden-era U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigations of the merger that took the company public, according to a statement.

  • February 18, 2025

    NY High Court Upholds Ethics Commission In Cuomo Case

    New York's highest court on Tuesday affirmed the constitutionality of the state's recently revamped ethics commission in an order reversing a lower court ruling that sided with embattled former Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid an investigation related to his use of government employees to help him publish and promote a book.

  • February 18, 2025

    Pro-Trump Group Wants Suit Over Isaac Hayes' Song Ejected

    The conservative political group Turning Point Action Inc. asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to be let out of a suit over President Donald Trump's playing of an Isaac Hayes-authored song at his campaign rallies, arguing the group had nothing to do with the song's alleged use.

  • February 18, 2025

    Cravath, Morgan Lewis Steer $1B Charitable Gaming Biz Deal

    Las Vegas-based Light & Wonder Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy the charitable gaming assets of Grover Gaming for $850 million in cash, plus a four-year, revenue-based earn-out of up to $200 million cash.

Expert Analysis

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    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.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Shows Early Attempt To Tackle Purdue Fallout

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in Parlement Technologies’ Chapter 11 case, which denied a bid by Parler’s former owner to extend its bankruptcy stay to nondebtors, illustrates early efforts to grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Purdue Pharma for a recurring bankruptcy issue, say Daniel Lowenthal and Jonah Wacholder at Patterson Belknap.

  • Opinion

    Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation

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    The increased regulatory scrutiny on corporate victims of cyberattacks — exemplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against SolarWinds — should be replaced with a new model that provides adequate incentives for companies to come forward proactively and collaborate with law enforcement, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation

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    With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.

  • What BIPA Reform Law Means For Biometrics Litigation

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    A recently signed Illinois law amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act limits defendants' liability exposure on a per-scan basis and clarifies that electronic signatures constitute a valid written release, establishing additional issues that courts will need to address in future BIPA litigation, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • Playing The Odds: Tackling Athlete Gambling Investigations

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    The rapid rise of sports gambling presents new and unique challenges, so it's important for attorneys to be able to navigate a dynamic web of complex, high-stakes relationships between athletes, the betting public, athletic organizations, sportsbooks and law enforcement — all while under intense public scrutiny, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Open Questions 3 Years After 2nd Circ.'s Fugitive Ruling

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    The Second Circuit’s 2021 decision in U.S. v. Bescond, holding that a French resident indicted abroad did not meet the legal definition of a fugitive, deepened a circuit split on the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, and courts continue to grapple with the doctrine’s reach and applicability, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Series

    After Chevron: The Future Of AI And Copyright Law

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    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule the Chevron doctrine, leaders in the artificial intelligence industry may seek to shift the balance of power to courts to exercise more independent statutory interpretation without constraints from the U.S. Copyright Office, says Greg Derin at Signature Resolution.

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