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Media & Entertainment - January, 2018

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• Disney Dodges 'Inside Out' Copyright Suit For Now
• Richard Simmons Slams 'Billing Fiesta' In Defamation Suit
• Attys Beat Concert Promoters In Row Over Racial Bias Suit
• FCC Is Focused On Private 5G Networks, Officials Say
• Ex-Fox News Anchor Says Book Editor Defamed, Extorted Her
• NY Comedians Cut Deal To End IP Suit Over TV Show Stunt
• Most Of Porn Co.'s IP Claims Cut From Video Hosting Suit
• Fox Scores Rights To Televise Thursday Night Football
• Athletes Tell 7th Circ. They're Cards In Online 'Casinos'
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Liberty Mutual, Avast Software
• 9th Circ. Won't Hold Twitter Liable For Fatal ISIS Attack
• Wash. AG Sees Surge In Comcast Service Plan Complaints
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• Tribal Group Asks 9th Circ. To Keep Casino Ruling Case Alive
• FCC's Carr Outlines Deregulation Plan To Spur 5G Buildout
• Tribe Settles Suit Over Hard Rock Casino Guest's Death
• Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers
• No Consensus On Conspiracy Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction
• 'The Girls' Author Says Ex's Copyright Suit Can't Stand
• Interactive Ad Firm Hits Ch. 11 After Losing Large Client
• Blackstone Inks Deal For $20B Thomson Reuters Unit
• Concert Fraudster's Prison Sentence Fair, 3rd Circ. Says
• Gaming Group Says $4.8B To Be Illegally Bet On Super Bowl
• Russ August Lures Entertainment Pros From DLA Piper
• DLA Piper Media Practice Adds 2 Partners In LA
• Ailes Watched Fox News Anchors Undress, Ex-Host Says
• Advocates Push Facebook To Nix Messenger Kids App
• U2 Beats Copyright Suit Over Decades-Old Song
• Pepper Hamilton Has To Face Jury In Breach-Of-Duty Dispute
• Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• Tinder Must Face Age Discrimination Suit, Appeals Court Says
• Rakoff Jails DMX, Calls Rapper's Conduct A 'Screw You'
• Facebook Fights Class Cert. Bids In Biometric Privacy Row
• Altaba Seeks To Toss Yahoo-Verizon Sale Noteholder Bonus
• Universal, Amazon Near TickBox Injunction, But Extent Hazy
• Copyright Board Hikes Streaming Music Royalties
• Facebook Rolls Out Privacy Tools As New EU Law Looms
• Fox Sports Cos., Execs Duck Some Of TV Rights Bribery Suit
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Ex-Disney Chair Ovitz Settles Privacy Suit Over Celeb PI
• GVC Subsidiary Slapped With €187M Tax Bill In Greece
• Top EU Court Asked For Input On Portuguese Antitrust Fight
• Film Cos. Want OK Of $4.4M Award Against UAE Distributor
• BBC, Guardian Can't Move Suit Over Paradise Papers Leak
• Bipartisan Net Neutrality Legislation Possible, GOP Rep. Says
• FCC Unanimously Pans Call For Gov't-Run 5G Network
• Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Davis Wright
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Netflix, SAG Weigh In On Opposite Sides In FX 'Feud' Row
• NAB Seeks To Oppose Media Ownership Deregulation Suit
• 'We Shall Overcome' In Public Domain, Publisher Agrees
• Redbox Says Disney's Misusing Copyrights, Blocking Sales
• Texas City Immune From Car Crash Death Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Brand Battles: Warner Bros., Sazerac, Amazon
• FCC Wants More Owner Info In Spanish Broadcaster Probe
• CBS Wins Atty Fees In 'Exceptionally Weak' Patent Suit
• Boston Herald Unions Fight To Keep CBAs Ahead Of Sale
• FCC's O'Rielly Wants To Roll Back Kids' Program Mandate
• Dish Can't Trim Class Members Owed $61M In Robocall Row
• M&E Practice Group Of The Year: Ballard Spahr
• NBC, Questlove Accused Of Bias In 'Tonight Show' Firings
• Ex-Weinstein Aide Alleges Harassment, Condom Cleanup
• Music Modernization Act: 4 Big Things You Need To Know
• Disney, Fox Fight To Toss IP Suit Over Visual Effects
• DHS Bid To Reveal Anti-Trump Twitter User Prompts FOIA Suit
• WWE's McMahon To Reboot Apolitical Fan-Centric XFL In 2020
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Deals Pro From Mitchell Silberberg
• Grindr Not Responsible For Offensive Profiles, Court Says
• EU High Court Axes Class Claims In Facebook Privacy Row
• Calif. Mayor Quits Broadband Panel, Decries Industry Tilt
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Pfizer, Carlyle Group
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Casino Ch. 7 Trustee Can't Force Turnover Of CEO's Assets
• Weil Atty Helps Secure Loans For 3 Of 2017's Largest Deals
• Ex Ad Agency Worker Claims Dr Pepper Exec Groped Her
• Texas Sex Trafficking Victim Sues Websites, Hotels
• Investor In Stan Lee Media Company Challenges Merger
• $155M Transfers OK'd On Appeal In Detroit Casino's Ch. 11
• Philly Casino Developer Pays $40.1M For Second Pa. License
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Luye, Microsemi
• FCC Chief Plugs Achievements Amid Net Neutrality Flak
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, New Wave Loans, Showtime
• Enrique Iglesias Sues Universal For Streaming Royalties
• AT&T Ad Pushes 'Internet Bill Of Rights'
• Split 6th Circ. Orders New Trial In Theater Bias Case
• Grumpy Cat Gets Mad Over IP Coffee Case, Wins $710K
• Senators Push For Big Changes To Music Licensing
• $26 For A Whopper? Burger King Takes On Net Neutrality
• Dems Want More Agencies In FCC Fake Comment Probe
• Time For Legalized Sports Betting, NBA GC Tells Lawmakers
• 10 Antitrust Developments And Trends To Watch In 2018
• Fired Reporter Accuses The Young Turks Of Racial Bias
• Deals Rumor Mill: Facebook, Deutsche Telekom, ComScore
• Convicted South American Soccer Bosses Seek New Trial
• Eisner Jaffe To Rep Weinstein Co. In Film Rights Dispute
• No Need For FCC Involvement In Starz Dispute, Altice Says
• EEOC Notches $230K In Bias Deals In Two Days
• Blank Rome Slams DQ Bid Amid Producers' Plane-Crash Suit
• Direct Listings No 'Doomsday' For Law Firms
• Kevin Costner Says Chinese Film Co. Won't Pay Settlement
• Mass. State Senator Proposes Daily Fantasy Sports Tax
• Calif. Tribe Says Appeal Of Casino Ruling Must Be Tossed
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• 'Judge Judy' Cut Producers Out Of $95M Deal, Suit Claims
• ISPs, Media Cos. Face Unique Risks Amid Security Threats
• Judge Aids BuzzFeed Hunt For Cypriot Info In Defamation Suit
• Murdochs' Power Concerns Regulator Weighing Fox-Sky Deal
• Breaking The Workplace Silence Safely
• Ex-Fox Exec Claims Retaliation After Skirt-Lifting Comment
• AT&T May Get DOJ's 3rd Party Info In Merger Fight
• FCC Should Take Fresh Look At Comcast-NBCU, Group Says
• Altice Wrongly Dropped Movie Channels, Starz Tells FCC
• John Beahn Joins DLA Piper's Telecom Practice In DC
• DOI Takes Land Into Trust For Tribe's Okla. Casino Plan
• $3.75M Award Over Sale Of 'Daily Mail' URL OK'd
• Russia's Mail.Ru To Pay $100M For Esports Co. ESforce
• Ace Ducks Nasdaq Coverage In $26M Facebook IPO Suit
• Ex-Owner Still Can't Contract With Casino, Pa. Court Says
• Spokeo Standing Fight Won't Go Another Round At High Court
• Caesars-Affiliated VICI Properties Launches $1B IPO
• 3rd Circ. Confirms Limits Of The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• 5 Things Advertisers Learned From NAD Last Year
• Record Cos. Sue Music App Over 'Massive' Infringement
• Fla. Atty In Allied Veterans Gambling Case Wins Costs
• 'Jersey Shore' Star, Brother Plead Guilty To Tax Charges
• Feds, Wis. Tribe Stand By BIA Gaming Compact Decision
• Media Groups Fight To Undo FCC Ownership Deregulation
• Brand Battles: Green Bay Packers Tackle 'Titletown' TM
• FCC Urged To Cut Siting Fees For Tribal Broadband
• Los Angeles Times Staff Vote 248-44 To Join Union
• BoingBoing Owner Wants Out Of Playboy's Copyright Suit
• An Important Evidentiary Issue In The 'Blurred Lines' Appeal
• Sony, Movie Producer Settle Suit Over 2014 Cyberattack
• Fired 'Walking Dead' Producer Sues AMC Again, Seeks $10M
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, FirstCaribbean, Boeing
• Fox Seeks To Toss 'Gone Girl' Infringement Suit
• Strip Club Can't Enforce 'Sham' Arbitration Pacts: 4th Circ.
• GM Says Car Entertainment Systems Not Recording Devices
• NLRB Defends Vegas Show Retaliation Finding To DC Circ.
• Claims In Twitter, Instagram $5.3M Privacy Deal Flagged
• Disney Keeps AIG Dispute Over 'Pink Slime' In Arbitration
• Google Rules Undercut Decency Law Immunity, D.C. Circ. Told
• 4th Circ. Formally Tosses Redskins Trademark Ruling
• Discovery, Scripps Offer EU Concessions For $14.6B Merger
• The Eagles Settle TM Case Over Real-Life Hotel California
• FCC Chief Prods Broadcasters To Put Out Blue Alerts
• Key Takeaways From FTC's VTech Privacy Enforcement
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, J&J, Weinstein Co.
• DraftKings, FanDuel Blast Student-Athlete Appeal In IP Row
• Excessive Powers Fueled Ex-Pa. AG Leak Probe, Panel Hears
• Live Nation Can't Get PTAB To Review Ticket-Resale Patent
• Utah Law Can't Restrain Fed. Tax Collection, 10th Circ. Told
• Ex-Sen. Dodd, Eli Lilly Litigation Head Join Arnold & Porter
• MGM Wants Fees After Magazine's 'Baseless' Trademark Suit
• Former Al Jazeera GC Joins DLA Piper In Qatar
• Author Says Texas A&M Athletics Can't Avoid Copyright Suit
• Caesars Palace Owner Rejects MGM Growth's $6B Offer
• Public Interest Groups File Early Net Neutrality Challenges
• Redbox Calls Disney Copyright Suit 'Anti-Competitive'
• 'Jersey Shore' Star, Brother To Plead Guilty In Tax Case
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Departure Of Defense Counsel Leaves 2nd KIT Trial In Limbo
• ComScore Investors Ink $110M Deal Over Inflated Stocks
• NYC Hospital Caused Eagles Guitarist's Death, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, JD.com, WME
• Vistaprint Sent Anti-Gay Pamphlets On Eve Of Wedding: Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Patent Win For 'Warcraft' Maker, Others
• Senate Dems Unite On Effort To Reverse Net Neutrality Order
• Akerman Hires Ex-Sedgwick IP Media Duo In LA
• Real Estate Rumors: Scripps, Piedmont, Empire State
• Tribes Win Bid To Pause Burial Grounds Suit Until April
• Ice Cube's Hoops League Looks To Stuff Rival's Suit
• EU Raids Euromoney Unit Amid Industrial Paper Probe
• Avid's $1.3M Deal With Investors Over Stock Drop Gets OK
• Euro Trade Groups Urge Justices To Side With Microsoft
• The Legal Case Against Weinstein's Suppression Efforts
• Structuring Unpaid Internships After Wang V. Hearst
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Live Nation Settles Songkick Antitrust Suit In $110M Deal
• D.C. Circ. Finds For Feds, North Fork Tribe In Casino Row
• Ex-General's Private Emails Sought In Stuxnet Leak Probe
• Caesars Palace Wins Sanction On Gambler Facing $3M Debt
• 11th Circ. Says Seaquarium Orca Not Harmed By Conditions
• Ex-Knicks Star's Defamation Claims Run Into Doubting Judge
• Brand Battles: James Bond, NFL, Marriott, Delta
• $4.5M Settles Katzenberg DreamWorks-Comcast Merger Suit
• Yahoo Tells 9th Circ. TCPA Suits Not Excluded From Coverage
• Microsoft Tells High Court Feds Can't Grab Overseas Info
• Municipal ISPs Offer Better Value, Harvard Study Suggests
• MLS, Electronic Arts Launch Esports League
• Nonprofit Draws Broadcaster Ire With NYC Streaming Service
• FTC Sharpens Data Security, Privacy Arrows With VTech Pact
• FCC Pauses Review Clock For $3.9B Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• A Survey Of In-House Attorney Views On Trade Secrets
• 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2018
• Acquitted Former Peruvian Soccer Boss Still Faces Charges
• TiVo Launches 2 More Patent Suits In Comcast IP Battle
• Drake's Virginia Black Whiskey To Uncork $30M 'Mini-IPO'
• Suing Models Seek To Freeze Assets Of Fla. Swingers Club
• Water Balloon Toy Makers Square Off Over IP In Fed. Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling In Tribal Casino Row
• 3rd Circ. Revives Fee Claim In Failed Philly Casino Ch. 11
• Studios Expand Streaming Device War With Dragon Box Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Peter Thiel, Xerox, Dropbox
• Net Neutrality Reversal Gains Hill Support As Hurdles Loom
• Martin Luther King Jr. And Copyright: 5 Things To Know
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Think Tank Slams Attacks On FCC's Pai Over Net Neutrality
• Sweden's Tele2 Pays $3.2B For Cable Provider Com Hem
• Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw Stole Hit Song, Suit Says
• AT&T Merger Fight No Outlier, FTC Competition Head Says
• Column On Teen's Death Not Defamatory, Texas Justices Told
• Pa.'s Casino Expansion: 3 Legal Battlefields To Watch
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Nestle, Aramco
• Facebook, Feds Narrow Dispute Over IRS Summonses
• Real Estate Rumors: Discovery, CBRE Global Investors, Cofe
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Facebook's Alice Win On Database Patent
• Fantasy Sports Drove $3M In Taxes To NY In 2017, Group Says
• Feds Fight Boston Officials' Bid To Toss Extortion Suit
• FCC To Tackle Telecom Subsidy Auction, Open Analysis Unit
• Trump Atty Sues BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS Over Russia Dossier
• Casino Tells 9th Circ. NLRB Ruling Irrelevant In Union Suit
• Global Perspectives On High Court Microsoft Warrant Case
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Canada Strikes Deal With HarperCollins Over E-Book Pricing
• 11th Circ. Says Commodores Founder Can't Use Band's Marks
• Fox Beats Ex-Exec's Suit Over Leaked Sex Assault Deal
• Copyright Conundrum: Anatomy Of A Circuit Split
• 'Jersey Shore' Star, Brother Reject Plea Deals In Tax Case
• Ind. Lawmaker Introduces Sports Gambling Bill
• 6th Circ. Says Tribe Can't Intervene In Mich. Casino Spat
• Cadwalader Out To Sink Six Flags Proxy Malpractice Beef
• EHarmony Agrees To Pay $2.2M To End Auto-Renewal Suit
• Penn National Sues Pa. Over Gambling Expansion Law
• Fed. Circ. ​Ruling May Trigger New Wave Of TM Applications
• Ticketmaster Says Scalpers Can't Duck Bot-Buying Claims
• Telecom Policy Wish List For 2018
• Endeavor Ups Branding, Marketing Power With 160over90 Buy
• Texas Citizens Participation Act: A Broad Dismissal Tool
• LA Times Must Face New Trial Over Damages In Age Bias Suit
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• Twitter Accused Of Violating Conservative's Free Speech
• Cook County Must Provide Instant Access To E-Filed Suits
• High Court Declines To Review 7 IP Cases
• Developer Grabs Atlantic City's Revel For $200M
• VTech To Settle FTC Children's Privacy Claims For $650K
• Fusion GPS Seeks Judge's Recusal In Dossier Subpoena Case
• Justices Won't Weigh In On Martha's Vineyard Casino Battle
• Cumulus' Ch. 11 Plan Releases Draw US Trustee Scrutiny
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Fyre Fest Organizer Nixed From Suit After Service Failure
• High Court Must Rein In FCC Authority, Petitioner Says
• Supreme Court Shuts Off Fla. Satellite-Cable Tax Battle
• Justices Want SG's View On Circuit Split Over Copyright
• High Court Won't Review 4th Circ. Joint Employer Test
• Discovery In AT&T Merger Row On Pace, Attorneys Say
• Net Neutrality Final Order Set For Legal Challenges
• ITC To Look Into Nintendo, Others' Graphics Processors
• TransUnion, Chamber Back Spokeo's High Court Standing Bid
• Basketball Referee's Suit Over Death Threats Sent To Ky.
• Ticket Co. Bosses Settle SEC Probe For At Least $945K
• National Events DIP Lender Wasn't Wise To Ponzi: Examiner
• FIFA Win Could Hint At What's Next In NCAA Basketball Probe
• Employment Pact Seen As Paper Tiger In Trump-Bannon Feud
• Chamber Supports House GOP Effort On Net Neutrality
• Brand Battles: BuzzFeed's 'Wordy Wine' Hits Trademark Snag
• Texas Justices Pass On Erykah Badu Defamation Row
• Second Bidder's Fees OK'd For Boston Herald Ch. 11 Auction
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Suit Over Tribal Remains At Casino
• Net Neutrality Repeal Order Released By FCC
• Dating Site Swindler Hit With Nearly 4-Year Prison Term
• Facebook Won't Get $15M Bond Before Trade Secrets Trial
• FCC Says Reversal Of Main Studio Rule Takes Effect Jan. 8
• Senators Urge DOJ, FCC To Probe $3.9B Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• SXSW Tells 5th Circ. It's Not To Blame For Crash Death
• 9th Circ. Says Parts Of Idaho 'Ag-Gag' Law Unconstitutional
• Calif. Senate Leader Unveils State-Level Net Neutrality Bill
• Trump's Atty Threatens Writer, Publisher With Libel Suit
• Weinstein Co. Loses Attys Over Unpaid Bills In Rights Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Dalian Wanda, Axiata
• Stockbridge-Munsee Opposes Sanction In Wis. Casino Dispute
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Senate Dem Warns Of Russian Net Neutrality Interference
• Taylor Swift Seeks To Shake 'Shake It Off' Copyright Suit
• FIFA Convictions A Shot Across Bow Of Sports Corruption
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Nix Of Calif. County's Casino Suit
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Live Nation Concert Injury Insurance Battle Split In Two
• FIFA Verdict Rewards EDNY's Bold Aim At Far-Flung Schemes
• Shearman Guides Liberty Global In Latin American Spinoff
• Broadcasters Praise, Newspapers Pan Online Notice Proposal
• Judge Questions $1.3M Avid Tech Securities Class Settlement
• Worker Told Disney 'Doesn't Care' About Sick Father: Suit
• Conservative Group Blasts Municipal Broadband 'Hypocrisy'
• Mobile Ad Co. Says Uber Rewriting History To Ditch $20M Bill
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Ex-Fox News Worker Agrees To End Pregnancy Bias Suit
• NLRB Says Recent Ruling Impacts 9th Circ. Casino Spat
• Facebook Agrees To Mediate Search Patent Suit
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Record Co.'s 'Empire' TM Suit
• Chicago Photographer's Estate Sues French Gallery Over IP
• Cumulus Host Can't Shake $1.7M Verdict In Overpayment Row
• Tom Petty Publisher Hits Spotify With $1.6B IP Suit
• Phoenix Comicon Changes Name Amid San Diego TM Fight
• Revolution Media Disputes Boston Herald Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• IRS Knocks Whitney Houston's $11M Tax Bill Down To $2.3M
• Sports Psychologist, Football Coach End Retweet IP Fight
• Gloria Estefan's Hotel Wins $5.64M In Hurricane Claims Suit
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Goldberg Segalla Opens LA Office Led By Ex-Sedgwick Atty
• Cable Industry Group Warns Of Rising Retransmission Fees
• Cuomo, Hollywood Women Reveal Plans To Fight Harassment
• Businessman Says Philly Paper Falsely Said He Was Jailed
• Google, YouTube Seek Toss Of Suit Over Conservative Videos
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Cases To Watch In 2018
• Copyright Cases To Watch In 2018
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Predictions For 2018
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2018
• California Cases To Watch In 2018
• The Biggest Telecom Developments To Watch In 2018
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2018
• 5 Things To Watch For In FCPA Enforcement This Year