Media & Entertainment

  • October 20, 2025

    DC Says Its Ready To Pick Subgrantees For BEAD Money

    The District of Columbia has received the green light from the federal government on how it plans to use its $100 million slice of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program pie after a Trump administration revamp of the program made all the states and territories rework their proposals.

  • October 20, 2025

    Meta Faces Massive Cut To $167M Win Over WhatsApp Hack

    A California federal judge said Friday that WhatsApp parent Meta must either accept a cut of its $167.25 million punitive damages win against spyware-maker NSO Group to $4 million or go to trial again over the proper amount of damages, concluding that the amount awarded by a jury was "excessive."

  • October 20, 2025

    Squires Gives Entropic Chance To Save Patent Claims

    The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has to take another look at certain claims the board found invalid in an Entropic Communications local area network patent challenged by Dish Network.

  • October 20, 2025

    Radio Co. Challenges Nielsen's National-Local Data 'Tying'

    Cumulus Media sued Nielsen in New York federal court last week, as the local and national radio network owner seeks temporary and lasting blocks on a new ratings data policy Cumulus says entrenches Nielsen's monopolies by conditioning comprehensive nationwide data on subscriptions to the data for local geographies.

  • October 20, 2025

    Trump Media Aims To DQ Gunster In Fight With Investors

    Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, is fighting with investors over whether Gunster should be allowed to represent them against the company's lawsuit over taking the business public in light of a Florida state judge's ties to the firm.

  • October 20, 2025

    Mobile Cos. Ask FCC To Revisit Local Interconnection Rule

    Wireless carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to ditch a rule that allows local exchange carriers to request interconnection agreements with mobile providers, triggering procedures the carriers say can be overly burdensome.

  • October 20, 2025

    LA Reid's Former Attys Face Sanctions Bid In Sex Assault Suit

    Attorneys for a producer accusing music executive Antonio "L.A." Reid of sexual assault asked a New York federal judge to sanction his former lawyers for allegedly causing unreasonable delays to the proceedings, most recently preventing a trial from proceeding as scheduled in September.

  • October 20, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    This past week, the Delaware Chancery Court and Supreme Court handled a crowded corporate docket, weighing blockbuster merger appeals, shareholder settlement objections, fights over control involving an NBA franchise and a high-profile appeal from Elon Musk involving a massive payday from Tesla.

  • October 20, 2025

    UK Steps Up Antitrust Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger

    The U.K. antitrust regulator escalated its investigation into Getty's proposed acquisition of Shutterstock, citing on Monday "realistic" risks that a combined $3.7 billion entity could harm competition.

  • October 17, 2025

    Angels Couldn't Oversee Pitcher The Night He OD'd, Jury Told

    A former Los Angeles Angels communications executive told a California federal jury Friday that the team had no ability to control or oversee pitcher Tyler Skaggs and the staffer who supplied him with drugs on the night Skaggs overdosed because both employees were off duty at the time.

  • October 17, 2025

    Audible Users Blocked From Using Calif. Law In Privacy Row

    A pair of Audible customers can't sustain claims that the audiobook provider violated California's wiretap law on allegations it shared their browsing and listening activities with Meta Platforms Inc. because they agreed to litigate any disputes under Washington law when they signed up for the service, a federal judge in Seattle held in tossing the proposed class action for now.

  • October 17, 2025

    Jury Clears Disney Unit Of Bias In '9-1-1' Actor's Vax Firing

    A California federal jury cleared a Disney-owned television unit of religious discrimination Friday for firing an actor from the ABC show "9-1-1" after he refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, finding he did not sincerely hold a religious belief opposing vaccinations. 

  • October 17, 2025

    Texas Youth Join Big Tech In Challenging New App Store Law

    Advocacy group Students Engaged in Advancing Texas has joined tech industry giants in challenging the Lone Star State's new law requiring app store owners to verify users' ages and block minors from downloads and purchases without parental consent, arguing the measure illegally imposes restrictions on protected speech and information.

  • October 17, 2025

    Charter-Cox Deal Called Rational, Given Cable Biz Decline

    Conservative think tank Free State Foundation thinks the Federal Communications Commission should give Charter Communications' $34.5 billion plan to merge with Cox Communications the green light, given the fact that "cable television is deep in decline."

  • October 17, 2025

    Texas Appeals Court Revives Yelp Abortion Notice Suit

    The statewide Texas appeals court revived Texas' claims that Yelp misled customers about crisis pregnancy centers' limited services, finding that a lower court got it wrong by tossing the suit for lack of personal jurisdiction.

  • October 17, 2025

    W.Va. Says Pole Owners Must Replace Old Utility Poles

    Utility poles that have been "red tagged" for replacement must be replaced by whoever owns them, not the utility that is paying to use them, West Virginia's Public Service Commission has declared.

  • October 17, 2025

    Fla. Panel Urged To Revive Defamation Suit Over Peacock Doc

    A woman alleging she was falsely portrayed by a Peacock docuseries character as a pimp and sex worker urged a Florida appeals court Friday to revive her defamation lawsuit against the network, arguing her case should go before a jury. 

  • October 17, 2025

    Fired 'Lincoln Lawyer' Writer Alleges Antisemitism At A&E

    A former writer for the legal drama television series "The Lincoln Lawyer" has sued A&E Television Networks LLC and a television showrunner in California state court, alleging his supervisor discriminated against him and he was ultimately fired because he is Jewish.

  • October 17, 2025

    Newsmax To Build Crypto Reserve With Bitcoin, Trump Coin

    Newsmax Inc. plans to purchase up to $5 million worth of bitcoin and President Donald Trump's meme coin in the coming year, joining the ranks of public companies adding cryptocurrency to their strategic reserve.

  • October 17, 2025

    Mich. College Must Face Meta Pixel Tracking Class Action

    A Michigan federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a proposed class action claiming a private liberal arts college used an automated tracker and disclosed to Meta the watch history of visitors who accessed online lectures.

  • October 17, 2025

    Trump Refiles $15B NYT, Penguin Suit After 'Florid' Suit Axed

    President Donald Trump refiled his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, its reporters and Penguin Random House in Florida federal court Thursday after a judge criticized Trump's initial "florid and enervating" suit for purportedly functioning like a "megaphone for public relations" and directed Trump's counsel to refile.

  • October 17, 2025

    Texas Readies $1.3B Spending Plan For Broadband Access

    Texas, which was originally allocated $3.3 billion under the Biden administration, is about to submit its plans for using the $1.3 billion in federal broadband funding that was eventually awarded after a Trump administration revamp of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

  • October 17, 2025

    Arson, Stalking Claims Not Defamatory, NC Biz Court Rules

    A Virginia couple has lost their bid for a pretrial win on claims their former friends defamed them online, with a North Carolina Business Court judge finding the posts weren't defamatory and their identities couldn't otherwise be easily deduced.

  • October 17, 2025

    Bankruptcy Ends Sex Assault Suit Against Cyndi Lauper's Son

    A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed a sexual assault suit against the rapper son of '80s singing star Cyndi Lauper, saying the plaintiff missed her chance to argue against a bankruptcy judge's discharge of the claims earlier this year.

  • October 17, 2025

    Slipknot Sues Anonymous Slipknot.com Domain Squatter

    Metal band Slipknot has sued the owners of the domain slipknot.com, claiming they are seeking to capitalize on the fame associated with the Slipknot mark.

Expert Analysis

  • How Calif. Law Cracks Down On Algorithmic Price Fixing

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    Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws this month significantly expanding state antitrust enforcement and civil and criminal penalties for the use or distribution of shared pricing algorithms, as the U.S. Department of Justice has recently wielded the Sherman Act to challenge algorithmic pricing, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal

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    As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • FTC's Consumer Finance Pivot Brings Industry Pros And Cons

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    An active Federal Trade Commission against the backdrop of a leashed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be welcomed by most in the consumer finance industry, but the incremental expansion of the FTC's authority via enforcement actions remains a risk, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

  • Series

    Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.

  • Opinion

    Courts Must Continue Protecting Plaintiffs In Mass Arbitration

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    In recent years, many companies have imposed onerous protocols that function to frustrate plaintiffs' ability to seek justice through mass arbitration, but a series of welcome court decisions in recent months indicate that the pendulum might be swinging back toward plaintiffs, say Raphael Janove and Sasha Jones at Janove Law.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

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    Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • How The FTC Is Stepping Up Subscription Enforcement

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    Despite the demise of the Federal Trade Commission's click-to-cancel rule in July, the commission has not only maintained its regulatory momentum, but also set new compliance benchmarks through recent high-profile settlements with Match.com, Chegg and Amazon, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Enter The Wu-Tang Ruling That May Change Trade Secret Law

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    A New York federal court's recent holding that a Wu-Tang Clan album qualifies as a trade secret provides the first federal framework for analyzing trade secret claims involving assets valued primarily for exclusivity, potentially reshaping Defend Trade Secrets Act jurisprudence for the digital economy, says Jason Bradford at Jenner & Block.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job

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    After 23 years as a state and federal prosecutor, when I contemplated moving to a law firm, practicing solo or going in-house, I found there's a critical first step — deep self-reflection on what you truly want to do and where your strengths lie, says Rachael Jones at McKool Smith.

  • Breaking Down The Intersection Of Right-Of-Publicity Law, AI

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    Jillian Taylor at Blank Rome examines how existing right-of-publicity law governs artificial intelligence-generated voice-overs, deepfakes and deadbots; highlights a recent New York federal court ruling involving AI-generated voice clones; and offers practical guardrails for using AI without violating the right of publicity.

  • Mich. Ruling Narrows Former Athletes' Path To NIL Recovery

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    A federal judge's recent dismissal of a name, image and likeness class action by former Michigan college football players marks the third such ruling this year, demonstrating how statutes of limitation and prior NIL settlements are effectively foreclosing these claims for pre-2016 student-athletes, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.

  • Drug Ad Crackdown Demonstrates Admin's Aggressive Stance

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    Recent actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services targeting pharmaceutical companies' allegedly deceptive advertising practices signal an active — potentially even punitive — intent to regulate direct-to-consumer advertising out of existence, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach

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    In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.

  • Midjourney Cases Could Define Fair Use In Age Of AI Images

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    Recently filed litigation over Midjourney's use of artificial intelligence-generated images based on Disney, Universal and Warner Bros.' copyrighted characters display straightforward infringement issues favoring the plaintiffs, but also present an opportunity to clarify the fair use doctrine as it relates to generative AI, says Avery Carter at Arnall Golden.

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