Law360: Media & Entertainment /media?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Media & Entertainment Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:02:37 +0000 Buchalter Adds Ex-Carlton Fields Attys To LA Office /media/articles/2380712?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380712 Buchalter has hired two former Carlton Fields attorneys as shareholders for its corporate team in Los Angeles and one of the announced hires is returning to the firm after almost 30 years. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:45:03 +0000 Del. Justices Won't Revive Hunter Biden Defamation Suit /media/articles/2380799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380799 Delaware's highest court on Monday affirmed a lower court's decision to toss defamation claims a computer repair shop owner lodged against Hunter Biden and others over media reports he asserted tied him to Russian disinformation, saying no reasonable person would have concluded that statements he alleged were defamatory concerned him. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:47:25 +0000 Meta Has No Grounds To Erase Flo Privacy Verdict, Users Say /media/articles/2380251?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380251 Flo app users opposed Meta's bid to overturn a California federal jury verdict that found it liable for using an online tracking tool to unlawfully retrieve sensitive health data users entered into the menstrual tracking app, arguing that the company can't scrap the decision because it doesn't "like" the outcome.  Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:21:02 +0000 California Tribe Looks To Undo Casino Union Arbitration Order /media/articles/2380499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380499 A California federal judge should nix an arbitrator's finding that a labor agreement, rather than tribal law, governs unionization at a Native American casino, the Wilton Rancheria tribe argued in a new lawsuit. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:07:01 +0000 Warner Bros. Denies 'Ugly House' Infringement At Del. Trial /media/articles/2380444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380444 An attorney for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. told a Delaware federal judge on Monday its popular "Ugliest House in America" show had "nothing to do" with HomeVestors of America Inc.'s "Ugly House" competition, kicking off an infringement trial where the latter company is seeking millions in disgorgement. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:02:03 +0000 SeatGeek Shares Users' Info With TikTok And Meta, Suit Says /media/articles/2380832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380832 A SeatGeek customer filed a proposed class action in California federal court alleging the ticketing platform is violating the state's "trap and trace" law by using tracking software tools created by TikTok and Meta to gather the personal data of SeatGeek's website visitors without consent for targeted advertising purposes. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:00:38 +0000 Build-A-Bear, Kelly Toys Settle TM Suit Over Stuffed Toys /media/articles/2380724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380724 Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. and Kelly Toys Holdings have settled a dispute in California federal court over stuffed toys in which Kelly Toys claimed Build-A-Bear's Skoosherz toys copied its popular Squishmallow line.  Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:51:00 +0000 Epic Says Google Ought To Pay Up For Play Store Fight /media/articles/2380713?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380713 While Google is busy appealing a ruling mandating that it open up its Play store, Epic Games isn't waiting to ask a California federal judge to order the technology titan to pay the $180 million in legal bills it racked up over the course of the five-year court battle. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:03:14 +0000 Ticket Resellers Flag Case Challenging FTC's Bots Probe /media/articles/2380329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380329 Ticket brokers accused by the Federal Trade Commission of bypassing Ticketmaster limits to buy and resell hundreds of thousands of concert tickets, including for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, have a previously pending case that seeks to block the agency's enforcement action. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:57:14 +0000 Texas Stock Exchange Wants In On Proxy Advisory Lawsuit /media/articles/2380615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380615 The Texas Stock Exchange and Texas Association of Business have moved to intervene in two lawsuits that proxy advisory firms have filed against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a state law restricting the firms, aiming to back up the law known as Senate Bill 2337. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:22:46 +0000 Google Can't Pause IP Suit To Wait On Justices' Cox Decision /media/articles/2380766?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380766 Google can't halt textbook publishers' infringement suit over pirated book ads while awaiting the Supreme Court's decision in Cox Communications' appeal regarding the liability of internet service providers when their service leads to online music piracy, a New York federal judge has ruled. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:14:32 +0000 NC Justices Say It's Golfer's Own Fault He Was Hit By Ball /media/articles/2380207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380207 The North Carolina Supreme Court won't let a golfer revive his suit alleging that another golfer and the city that owned a driving range are liable for injuries he sustained when he was hit in the eye with a ball, saying his claims are blocked because of his own negligence and failure to see to his own safety. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:09:48 +0000 Kari Lake Ordered Deposed In Voice Of America Closure Row /media/articles/2380525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380525 A Washington, D.C., federal judge flirted Monday with finding U.S. Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake in contempt of an order blocking what workers allege is the dismantling of broadcasting service Voice of America, but instead ordered her and other officials to sit for expedited depositions. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:04:30 +0000 X Sues Apple, OpenAI For Cutting 'Anticompetitive' Deal /media/articles/2380656?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380656 Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday made good on a promise that his artificial intelligence venture xAI would lodge an antitrust suit against Apple Inc. and OpenAI Inc. to target the companies' deal that integrated ChatGPT into the iPhone operating system, telling a Texas federal judge the arrangement stifles competition. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:48:58 +0000 Gilstrap Rejects Charter Rival's Bid For New Infringement Trial /media/articles/2380665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380665 U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Monday turned down Touchstream Technologies Inc.'s request for a new trial or favorable judgment on its claims of patent infringement against Charter Communications, saying Charter had not misled a jury that found infringement did not occur. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:11:35 +0000 Economists Say FCC Copper Line Phaseout Needed /media/articles/2380471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380471 Several outside economists told the Federal Communications Commission that its plan to phase out legacy copper telecommunications lines represents a rare chance to modernize FCC rules and should rank as a top priority. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:07:38 +0000 UMG Fights Salt-N-Pepa's IP Suit Over Masters /media/articles/2380590?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380590 UMG Recordings Inc. urged a New York federal court Friday to toss Salt-N-Pepa's suit demanding the copyrights for several of their hip-hop hits, including "Push It" and "Let's Talk About Sex," arguing the artists can't terminate UMG's grant of rights, and even if they could, UMG can still exploit derivative remixes. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:19:13 +0000 Nexstar Says Pride Memo Apology Didn't Name Managers /media/articles/2380527?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380527 Nexstar Media Group Inc. has asked a Michigan federal judge to cut short lawsuits filed by two television station managers ousted for telling reporters to adjust Pride Month coverage to appease conservative viewers, saying the managers have unearthed no false or defamatory statements. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:17:06 +0000 Alaska Looks To Reopen Tribal Gaming Lease Dispute /media/articles/2380520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380520 Alaska is asking a D.C. federal court to reopen a dispute that rejected an Indigenous tribe's bid to secure the right to open a bingo hall, alleging that the tribe is now claiming governmental powers over the land and treating it as Indian Country under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:15:21 +0000 Crypto Gaming Co. Says Musk's AI Startup Used Its Marks /media/articles/2380558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /media/articles/2380558 A blockchain-focused gaming firm has sued Elon Musk's xAI for infringing on its XAI trademark, accusing the artificial intelligence venture of sewing confusion among consumers and attempting to "bully" the crypto firm into signing off on the use of similar marks.