Media & Entertainment

  • October 16, 2025

    Library Services Co. Accused Of Layoff Without Proper Notice

    A Georgia company that identifies as the largest supplier of library content, software and services to public and academic libraries in the U.S., terminated at least 300 employees without proper notice as part of a mass layoff without meeting a federal 60-day notice requirement, according to a proposed class action.

  • October 16, 2025

    Songwriters Claim Udio AI Was Trained On Copyrighted Music

    A group of songwriters is suing artificial intelligence company Udio AI, claiming its music-generating AI models were trained using copyrighted music scraped from the internet.

  • October 16, 2025

    NetChoice Fights Colo. 'Cigarette-Style' Social Media Law

    A lawyer for an internet trade association urged a federal judge Thursday to block a Colorado law set to take effect next year, comparing its requirement for social media platforms to display warnings for minors to the mandated warning labels on tobacco products.

  • October 16, 2025

    FCC Republican Calls Upper C-Band Rework Critical To 6G

    The Federal Communications Commission is wasting no time gearing up for a potential spectrum overhaul in the upper C-Band, with the approach of 6G wireless being a big motivator, according to an agency Republican.

  • October 16, 2025

    Authors Say Salesforce Used Pirated Books To Train Its AI

    A pair of authors accused Salesforce of improperly training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works, telling a California federal court Wednesday that the cloud-based software company used their pirated books in "its acts of massive copyright infringement."

  • October 16, 2025

    Consumer Group Seeks Role In Nationals' Hidden Fees Suit

    A national consumers group asked a Washington, D.C., federal court for permission to intervene as a plaintiff in what it called a "copycat" proposed class action against the MLB's Washington Nationals over hidden ticket fees so it can request a stay and protect the progress it has made in its own state court lawsuit.

  • October 16, 2025

    Ga. Tax Worker Seeks Interest On Chrisley Slander Award

    A Georgia Department of Revenue employee who was awarded $755,000 in her slander case against former reality star and convicted fraudster Todd Chrisley asked a federal judge to grant her post-judgment interest, which she said was mandatory but not spelled out in her judgment.

  • October 16, 2025

    High Court's FCC Broadcast Rulings Criticized As 'Outdated'

    A think tank called for overturning two U.S. Supreme Court rulings from decades ago that gave the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate broadcast speech, saying the decisions don't match the realities of today's economy.

  • October 16, 2025

    Musk, Twitter Investors Denied Early Wins In Fraud Suit

    Elon Musk and investors of X, formerly known as Twitter, are headed toward trial in a class action suit accusing the billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, after a California federal judge denied the parties' cross-motions for an early win in the case.

  • October 16, 2025

    'GirlDad' TM Fight Expands To 'GirlMom,' 'BoyDad,' 'BoyMom'

    A trademark battle over the "GirlDad" trademark expanded to the marks "GirlMom," "BoyDad" and "BoyMom" as an apparel company accused a rival of infringing all four in Ohio federal court.

  • October 16, 2025

    Gabelli, Entwistle Make Lone Paramount Suit Pitch In Del.

    A fund of Paramount Global Inc. investor Mario Gabelli notified Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday that no other stockholders have sought to lead a suit challenging Paramount Global's $8.4 billion acquisition by David Ellison's Skydance Media, with the fund seeking lead plaintiff status and Entwistle & Cappucci and Farnan LLP to be lead counsel.

  • October 16, 2025

    Netflix Keeps Win In Documentary IP Suit From Atty's Film Co.

    A New Jersey federal judge this week declined to reconsider his order throwing out an attorney's copyright infringement suit against Netflix Inc. over his documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.

  • October 16, 2025

    Music Giants Say Cox Case Isn't About Grandma Losing Wi-Fi

    Leading music publishers have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that internet service providers can be contributorily liable for their customers' piracy if they fail to take action, saying a jury verdict against Cox Communications that led to a $1 billion award showed that the company "made a deliberate and egregious decision" to put profits first.

  • October 15, 2025

    Ex-Angels Exec Denies Knowing 'Erratic' Staffer Sold Drugs

    A former executive with the Los Angeles Angels denied on the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over star pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death that he was aware the team's then-communications director was selling drugs to players or had an illegal drug problem, but did say he displayed "erratic" behavior.

  • October 15, 2025

    Meta Likely Can't Nix Users' Claims It Profited Off Hackers

    A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's not inclined to grant Meta's request to toss a putative class action claiming the company lets hackers take control of Facebook accounts while it still profits from users' data, but said he'd trim a "plausible" breach of contract claim with leave to amend.

  • October 15, 2025

    $60M Deal Gets Final OK Over Adviser's Role In Ponzi Scheme

    An Illinois state judge on Wednesday gave the final nod to a settlement deal that includes a $60 million judgment, ending investors' negligence claims against their investment adviser, though claims remain ongoing against a movie producer who allegedly misused their investment funds.

  • October 15, 2025

    5th Circ. Upholds Bargaining Order Against Nexstar

    A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a bargaining order issued by the National Labor Relations Board against Nexstar on Wednesday, rejecting the media company's attempt to shed an obligation to negotiate with a newly installed Communications Workers of America affiliate at two of its Denver television stations.

  • October 15, 2025

    Valve Seeks To Toss 'Overlapping' $21M Arbitration Fee Suit

    Valve Corp. is asking a Seattle federal judge to throw out a proposed class action seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from the software company, claiming the suit is part of a scheme by law firm Mason LLP in which attorneys are seeking identical relief through redundant court challenges.

  • October 15, 2025

    Cybersecurity Co. F5 Says Hackers Infiltrated Its Systems

    Cybersecurity company F5 Inc. revealed Wednesday that hackers had crept into its systems and maintained long-term access to certain platforms, and that the breach has been contained, an infiltration that comes amid similar attacks on the legal and technology sectors by hackers with suspected ties to foreign governments.

  • October 15, 2025

    Goldstein Can't Dismiss 2016 Tax Charges As Time-Barred

    A Maryland federal judge denied SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein's motion to dismiss four of the 22 federal tax charges brought against him in January, ruling that his defense that the counts stemming from the 2016 tax year should be time-barred will have to be raised at trial.

  • October 15, 2025

    Professor Takes 'Rapunzel' TM Case To Supreme Court

    A law professor seeking to challenge a "Rapunzel" trademark as a consumer of fairy-tale toy characters has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her out after the Federal Circuit upheld a finding that she lacked standing because her alleged injury wasn't commercial in nature.

  • October 15, 2025

    Parents Urge 9th Circ. To Reject Meta's Section 230 Appeal

    Parents and school districts are urging the Ninth Circuit to reject Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid for immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, saying the company behind Facebook and Instagram can't use the measure for vaguely defined publishing-related activity.

  • October 15, 2025

    Cal Poly Athletes Told Objections To NIL Deal Don't Hold Water

    The members of a college swimming and diving team that was eliminated by its school last March should blame the school itself for its demise, not the negotiators of a $2.78 billion class action athlete compensation settlement, the NCAA and the athlete class representatives told a California federal court in response to their objections.

  • October 15, 2025

    Newsmax Says It Can Refile Fox Antitrust Fight In Wisconsin

    Newsmax is fighting back against Fox Corp.'s attempt to ship the conservative cable news broadcaster's antitrust suit back to Florida, saying there's no evidence that it's "clearly more convenient" to litigate the matter in the Sunshine State compared to Wisconsin.

  • October 15, 2025

    Carriers Take Heat From Hill GOP Over Sens.' Phone Data

    The Big Three phone carriers face growing pressure from Capitol Hill Republicans over reports that they tracked eight senators' cellphone data at the FBI's request, with one lawmaker saying there was no "criminal predicate" for the subpoenas.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    The Fallout Of Drake's Defamation Suit Against UMG

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    Hip-hop duo Clipse's recent comeback was caught in the undertow of the ongoing Drake v. Universal Music Group defamation litigation, which points to the troubling possibility that if labels can be held liable for promoting allegedly defamatory lyrics, they may preemptively sanitize content to avoid lawsuits, says Henry Williams IV at Gordon Rees.

  • Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling

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    The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • Mitigating Employer Liability Risk Under Sex Assault Rule

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    The American Law Institute's newly approved rule expands vicarious liability to employers for certain sexual assaults that employees commit, which could materially increase employers' exposure unless they strengthen safeguards around high-risk roles, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Art Market Must Prepare For More AML Scrutiny

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    Calls for art market regulation continue to grow, as evidenced by a recently introduced bill that would subject it to the Bank Secrecy Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so participants should consider adopting basic, risk-based controls, says Jane Levine at The ArtRisk Group.

  • Series

    Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • Despite SEC Reset, Private Crypto Securities Cases Continue

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration has charted a new approach to crypto regulation, the industry still lacks comprehensive rules of the road, meaning private plaintiffs continue to pursue litigation, and application of securities laws to crypto-assets will be determined by the courts, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Top Takeaways From Trump's AI Action Plan

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    President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan represents some notable evolution in U.S. policy, including affirmation of the administration's trend toward prioritizing artificial intelligence innovation over guardrails and toward supporting greater U.S. private sector reach overseas, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Reel Justice: 'Eddington' Spotlights Social Media Evidence

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    In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.

  • It Ends With Us Having No Coverage?

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    A recent suit filed by Harco National Insurance disclaiming coverage for Wayfarer and Justin Baldoni's defense against Blake Lively's claims in the "It Ends With Us" legal saga demonstrates that policyholders should be particularly cautious when negotiating prior knowledge exclusions in their claims-made policies, says Meagan Cyrus at Shumaker.

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

  • 9th Circ. Leaves Scope Of CIPA Applicability Unclear

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    Three recent Ninth Circuit decisions declined to directly address whether all of the California Invasion of Privacy Act's provisions actually apply to internet activity, and given this uncertainty, companies should heed five recommendations when seeking to minimize CIPA litigation risk, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust

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    Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.

  • Series

    Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.

  • 6 Tips On Drafting Machine Learning Patents Post-Recentive

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    While the Federal Circuit's decision in Recentive v. Fox narrows the scope of patent-eligible machine learning applications, there are several drafting and prosecution strategies that may help practitioners navigate Section 101 challenges, say attorneys at BCLP.

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