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Latest News in Media & Entertainment
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August 17, 2018
Disney May Not Be Magical For Autistic Guests: 11th Circ.
The Eleventh Circuit revived 30 consolidated lawsuits alleging Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. fails to properly accommodate guests with autism by making them wait for rides, ruling Friday that a bench trial should decide whether those visitors have access to the same experience as nonautistic patrons.
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August 17, 2018
Cooley Adds Ex-Boies Schiller Trial Partner In NY
Cooley LLP said Thursday that it has hired a former Boies Schiller Flexner LLP trial partner with experience representing financial institutions and sports and entertainment clients in securities and antitrust litigation, as well as in international and domestic arbitrations, bolstering its offerings in New York.
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August 17, 2018
HUD Claims Facebook's Housing Ads Are Discriminatory
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has hit Facebook Inc. with an administrative complaint that accuses the social media giant of using discriminatory advertising practices to target home buyers, according to New York federal court documents filed Friday in a related lawsuit.
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August 17, 2018
TV 'White Spaces' Program Lacks Oversight, NAB Says
The so-called TV white spaces program that repurposes unused broadcast spectrum gaps is fraught with errors and is egregiously unsupervised, the National Association of Broadcasters has told the Federal Communications Commission.
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August 17, 2018
Jefferson Airplane Singer Says NY Hospital Ended His Career
A Manhattan hospital and several doctors are accused of committing medical malpractice that purportedly caused a career-ending injury to Jefferson Airplane co-founder and singer Marty Balin, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.
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