Media & Entertainment

  • March 18, 2025

    4 Firms Lead Ukrainian Telecom Firm's $2.2B SPAC Merger

    The owner of Ukrainian telecommunications operator Kyivstar on Tuesday announced plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I in a deal that will take Kyivstar public at an estimated $2.2 billion valuation, guided by four law firms.

  • March 18, 2025

    News Union Backs NLRB Order Against Pittsburgh Paper

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bargained in bad faith with its reporters' union by insisting on unilateral control over their job terms based on vague concerns about the journalism industry, the union told the Third Circuit, urging a panel to enforce a National Labor Relations Board ruling.

  • March 18, 2025

    Conn. Atty Drops Appeal In Battle With Willkie Partner

    Connecticut solo practitioner Eric Grayson has withdrawn an appeal of a state court decision to toss his lawsuit against a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and his wife, in which he accused the couple of abusing the court process by suing him over his comments in a New York Post story about their dispute with a landlord.

  • March 18, 2025

    Carnival Co. Must Face H-2B Visa Workers' Wage Suit

    A traveling carnival business and its president cannot avoid a proposed class action alleging they forced workers employed through the H-2B visa program to work long hours without overtime pay, a Virginia federal judge ruled, saying there's not enough evidence to warrant a pretrial win.

  • March 18, 2025

    DC Circ. Denies Copyright For AI-Created Artwork

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected an inventor's appeal to obtain a copyright for an artwork made by his artificial intelligence system, affirming the stance from the U.S. Copyright Office that the law protects only human creations.

  • March 17, 2025

    Meta Facing Investor Suit Over €1.2B EU Data Privacy Fine

    A pair of pension funds on Monday filed suit against Meta Platforms Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing the company of repeatedly violating data privacy laws, a pattern that the funds say led to the company being fined €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European authorities.

  • March 17, 2025

    DOGE Wants Judge To Reconsider Records Production Order

    The Department of Government Efficiency has asked a D.C. federal judge to reconsider an order requiring it to share requested records with a watchdog group, doubling down on its position that DOGE is not an agency subject to public records law.

  • March 17, 2025

    Gogo Says Rival Pivoted From Competing To Suing

    In-flight entertainment company Gogo Business Aviation wants out of a $1 billion lawsuit accusing it of wielding its monopoly over air-to-ground broadband tech to keep competitors at bay, telling the court that SmartSky is just trying to convert their intellectual property dispute into an antitrust one.

  • March 17, 2025

    Fox Mischaracterizes Philly License Controversy, Critics Say

    A public interest group has urged the Federal Communications Commission to restore an inquiry into whether Fox TV's Philadelphia station should have been denied a broadcast license renewal for airing election falsehoods in 2020 from Fox's cable news channel.

  • March 17, 2025

    Singaporean Tech Co. Inks $46M Investor Settlement

    Singaporean tech conglomerate Sea Ltd. has reached a $46 million settlement to end a putative securities class action over investor statements that allegedly downplayed massive losses to its video game and e-commerce divisions, according to a filing in Arizona federal court.

  • March 17, 2025

    Woman Hurt In 'Running Of The Pierogis' Sues The Pirates

    A woman has sued the Pittsburgh Pirates for injuries she suffered during a "Running of the Pierogis" event at a local holiday festival, claiming the baseball team negligently laid out a slippery rubber mat at the start of the race that caused her fall.

  • March 17, 2025

    Private Equity Billionaire Greenlighted As Pentagon's No. 2

    Private equity billionaire Stephen Feinberg was confirmed as deputy defense secretary on Friday by a 59-40 vote in the U.S. Senate.

  • March 17, 2025

    Tort Report: Fatal Hippo Attack Prompts Suit Against Tour Co.

    A lawsuit over a woman's death from a hippo attack and the latest on a Fox News sex assault case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • March 17, 2025

    ITC Hears Strong Views On Import Bans For Essential Patents

    As the U.S. International Trade Commission reviews a case where a judge said Amazon infringed Nokia standard-essential patents, tech giants told the ITC that import bans should rarely be issued for such patents, while patent advocates said such orders are "unquestionably" allowed.

  • March 17, 2025

    SpaceX Hopes For Faster Commercial Launch Coordination

    SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to set up spectrum coordination among commercial space launches on tighter time frames to make it easier to avoid signal interference between users.

  • March 17, 2025

    X Says Nonprofit Is Using Calif. Court To Evade Texas Suit

    X Corp. told a Texas federal judge a left-leaning media watchdog was trying to use a California court to weasel out of a suit accusing the nonprofit of running defamatory articles, saying Monday it was first to file and that the suit should stay in the Lone Star State.

  • March 17, 2025

    NC AG Fights TikTok's Early Exit From Addiction Suit

    North Carolina is pushing back on TikTok's bid to sidestep a lawsuit accusing it of knowingly addicting young users to its platform, arguing that the state court has jurisdiction because the company has engaged directly with "over a million children and teens" within its borders.

  • March 17, 2025

    Drake 'Lost A Rap Battle That He Provoked,' UMG Tells Court

    Universal Music Group urged a New York federal judge Monday to throw out Aubrey Drake Graham's lawsuit over the hit Kendrick Lamar diss track "Not Like Us," saying Drake cannot claim defamation for hyperbolic insults that came out of a rap battle "in which he willingly participated."

  • March 17, 2025

    UK Court Affirms £300K Tax Bill For Ex-Soccer Star's TV Gig

    The First-tier Tribunal was correct to find that Sky UK Ltd. employed Phil Thompson, the former captain of the Liverpool Football Club, for television appearances through his intermediary company that is liable for nearly £300,000 ($390,000) in income tax and national insurance contributions, the Upper Tribunal said Monday. 

  • March 17, 2025

    Filmmaker Questions Netflix Defense In IP Suit Over 'Rez Ball'

    A filmmaker who alleges that Netflix, NBA superstar LeBron James and others lifted elements from one of his scripts to make the streaming service's movie "Rez Ball" has urged a California federal court to deny the defendant's bid to file an early summary judgment motion, saying comprehensive discovery is needed first.

  • March 17, 2025

    'Matrix' Film Producer Files Ch. 11 After Warner Bros. Row

    Film production company Village Roadshow filed Chapter 11 in Delaware on Monday, listing about $390 million of debt and blaming a fight with production partner Warner Bros. over the release of a 2021 sequel to "The Matrix" for its financial problems.

  • March 14, 2025

    Looming Virginia AI Bill Likely Just Start Of State Law Flood

    Virginia is on the brink of becoming the second state to regulate high-risk uses of artificial intelligence, a move that would kick-start the formation of a patchwork that is similar to the one emerging in the data privacy realm and that is expected to rapidly expand in the wake of the federal government's disavowal of stringent rules in the AI space.

  • March 14, 2025

    Newsmax Says It Shelled Out $40M To End Smartmatic Suit

    Newsmax Media Inc. paid $40 million in last year's settlement with Smartmatic USA Corp. to put to rest the election technology company defamation suit ahead of trial, according to a disclosure recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • March 14, 2025

    'Pig Butchering' Crypto Site Must Pay $2.5M, Judge Says

    A purported crypto trading platform has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million after failing to respond to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims that it was at the heart of a so-called pig-butchering scheme — or a scam that sees victims fleeced by fictitious, chatty social media users.

  • March 14, 2025

    'Final Fantasy' Maker Says Rival Created Copycat Game

    Square Enix, the creator behind Final Fantasy, sued a Chinese company in Washington federal court for allegedly releasing an infringing role-playing video game that uses substantial elements of Square Enix's Front Mission – 2089: Borderscape, including characters, game mechanics and visual designs.

Expert Analysis

  • Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement

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    While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.

  • Lights, Camera, Real Estate: Preparing For Film Facility M&A

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    As the entertainment industry struggles to recover from multiple strikes and a decline in production, certain aspects of selling or acquiring production facilities may become important to consider, as these assets are valued very differently from typical commercial real estate properties, say attorneys at Olshan Frome.

  • Nintendo Suit May Have Major Impact On Video Game Patents

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    If Nintendo and The Pokémon Co. win their patent infringement case in Japan against Pocketpair, the game developer behind Palworld, it could pose new challenges for independent game creators — but it could also encourage innovation, says Charles Morris at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Risk Disclosure Issue Remains After Justices Nix Meta Case

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    After full briefing and argument, the U.S. Supreme Court recently dismissed Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank as improvidently granted, leaving courts with the tricky endeavor of determining when the failure to disclose a past event in an Item 105 risk disclosure is materially misleading, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Netflix Dispute May Alter 'Source' In TM Fair-Use Analysis

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    ​The Ninth Circuit’s upcoming decision in Hara v. Netflix​, about what it means to be source-identifying​, could change how the Rogers defense protects expressive works that utilize trademarks in a creative fashion, says Sara Gold at Gold IP.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Tracking The Uncertainty Of The FTC's Negative Option Rule

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    The fate of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule requiring businesses that utilize negative options to provide consumers with a simple cancellation method remains in limbo as it faces multiple legal challenges and the threat of possible congressional action looms, say attorneys at Manatt.

  • Plugging Gov't Leaks Is Challenging, But Not A Pipe Dream

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    As shown by ongoing legal battles involving New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Sean “Diddy” Combs, it’s challenging for defendants to obtain relief when they believe the government leaked sensitive information to the media, but defense counsel can take certain steps to mitigate the harm, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Key Takeaways From FDA's Latest Social Media Warnings

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's latest untitled letter concerning a drug company's social media promotion provides lessons for how companies should navigate risk presentation, FDA labeling requirements and superiority claims, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • California Supreme Court's Year In Review

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    Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.

  • Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks

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    A lawsuit recently filed in an Illinois federal court against marketing agency Publicis over its work for opioid manufacturers highlights an uptick in litigation against professional service providers hired by clients that engaged in alleged misconduct — so potential targets of such suits should be sure to conduct proper risk analysis and mitigation, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Series

    Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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