Media & Entertainment

  • May 08, 2026

    Communal Streaming App Says IPhone Removal Monopolistic

    Communal video streaming app Rave has filed five separate lawsuits against Apple, including in a New Jersey federal court, accusing the technology giant of booting it from iPhones and Macs under pretextual claims of fraud and spreading malware, which the app says were invoked to protect Apple's SharePlay and its iPhone monopoly.

  • May 08, 2026

    ABC Accuses FCC Of Trying To Chill Speech On 'The View'

    ABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of trying to trample its First Amendment rights by targeting long-running talk show "The View" with an investigation into whether it has been violating the agency's "equal time" rule for political candidates.

  • May 08, 2026

    2 Firms Advise On OnlyFans Stake Sale At $3.15B Valuation

    OnlyFans owner Fenix International Ltd. said Friday it has agreed to sell a minority stake to investment firm Architect Capital in a deal valuing the company at $3.15 billion, with the transaction aimed at expanding the platform's financial services and creator tools.

  • May 08, 2026

    Google Denied Early Bid To Pause Search Data Sharing Duties

    A D.C. federal court rejected Google's request to pause parts of an order in the government's search monopolization case requiring it to give rivals syndicated search results and data, but will allow Google to try again once a competitor is lined up for access.

  • May 08, 2026

    Squires Says Yes To 7 Patent Petitions, No To A Dozen More

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted seven petitions for patent review under the America Invents Act and denied 12 other petitions, including a host of challenges by Cisco Systems and Samsung Electronics.

  • May 08, 2026

    'Good Day' To Toss Song Credit Suit, Nappy Roots Says

    Rap group Nappy Roots asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to toss a copyright infringement lawsuit from the musicians behind the sample for their track "Good Day," arguing the claim is in fact a bid for co-authorship filed over a decade and a half too late.

  • May 08, 2026

    Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, V&E Steer Latest Hot Deals

    A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals.

  • May 08, 2026

    Publishers Seek Default, $19.5M From 'Shadow Library'

    Thirteen major book publishers have asked a New York federal court to enter a default judgment against Anna's Archive, seeking $19.5 million in damages after the alleged "shadow library" failed to respond to claims that it illegally distributes pirated books and research papers.

  • May 08, 2026

    Combs Accuser's Atty May Face Contempt Over AI Sanctions

    An attorney has been ordered to appear in New Jersey federal court to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt for not complying with a sanctions order over an AI-hallucinated case citation he filed in his client's civil lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs.

  • May 08, 2026

    Paramount, Special Effects Co. Resolve 'Scream' Mask Cases

    Paramount Pictures Corp. and special effects company Alterian Inc. resolved a pair of cases filed against each other over the iconic "Ghostface" mask from the "Scream" movie franchise.

  • May 08, 2026

    Mike Lindell's Atty Sanctioned Again For False Case Citation

    A Colorado federal judge has sanctioned the attorney defending Mike Lindell in a defamation lawsuit brought by a Dominion Voting Systems executive for a second time after finding an incorrect citation in a filing, despite the attorney's representation that the mistake was a product of human error, not artificial intelligence.

  • May 08, 2026

    Prosecutors Oppose Move To Put Off Goldstein Sentencing

    Federal prosecutors are claiming that SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein may have violated his pretrial release conditions when he racked up over $1.7 million in gambling income last year, telling a federal judge not to delay sentencing for the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer.

  • May 08, 2026

    Ex-Exec's Severance Fight Against Media Cos. Ends In NJ

    A New Jersey federal judge closed the books on a years-long severance dispute between A360 Media LLC, Bauer Media Group USA LLC and a former executive, after entering a sealed opinion and order terminating the case.

  • May 08, 2026

    Netflix, Staffing Co. Denied Full Pay, Breaks, PAGA Suit Says

    A former Netflix Animation worker has accused the company and a staffing agency in a proposed class action and Private Attorneys General Act suit in California state court of denying legally compliant meal and rest breaks, requiring unpaid off-the-clock work, and failing to pay minimum and overtime wages.

  • May 08, 2026

    Mattel Investor Urges Sale To PE, Toy Makers Or Media Cos.

    A longtime shareholder of toy and entertainment company Mattel says the company would be better positioned for long-term growth under new ownership, including by private equity firms, rivals such as Hasbro, or major media companies.

  • May 08, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen Morrisons sued by a former logistics partner, EDF and Cripps LLP face a claim brought by a family estate near Hinkley Point C and a former BBC broadcaster file a defamation claim against a Welsh news site over articles linking her to Russian state media and conspiracy theories. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • May 07, 2026

    OpenAI CEO Altman Fueled 'Toxic Culture Of Lying,' Jury Told

    California federal jurors weighing Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion on Thursday watched prerecorded testimony from a former OpenAI board member who voted to oust CEO Sam Altman in 2023 over concerns his pattern of lies and deception fostered a "toxic culture of lying."  

  • May 07, 2026

    Taylor Swift Says Vegas Artist Sought 'Showgirl' Confusion

    Taylor Swift clapped back at a Las Vegas performer accusing the pop powerhouse of infringing her "Confessions of a Showgirl" trademark, telling a California federal judge it's her accuser who has impermissibly "flooded" her social media with posts mimicking "The Life of a Showgirl" to capitalize on Swift's fame.

  • May 07, 2026

    Ye Used Infringing Song As Listening Party 'Lure,' Jury Told

    A damages expert for an artists rights holding company told a California federal jury on Thursday that Ye owes over $500,000 in damages for allegedly using an unauthorized sound recording in an early version of his Grammy-winning song "Hurricane," saying Ye used it to "lure" fans into the lucrative listening party.

  • May 07, 2026

    Proposed Meta Age Reforms Echo Europe Efforts, Judge Told

    An online safety expert testified Thursday that Meta would not be unduly burdened by age-verification reforms New Mexico's attorney general is seeking in a $3.7 billion bench trial over harm to teen users of its social media platforms, given that European regulators in recent weeks announced nearly identical demands.

  • May 07, 2026

    Bloomberg, RPX Want Ramey's Defamation Suit Tossed

    Bloomberg Law, Unified Patents and RPX hit back at patent attorney Bill Ramey's defamation suit accusing them of a "coordinated campaign" to sink his standing as a litigator, with RPX saying his Texas federal court case "is big on hyperbole and short on facts."

  • May 07, 2026

    SAG-AFTRA Wants Out Of Singer's 'Furious 7' Royalties Suit

    The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and its intellectual property rights distribution fund are seeking to escape a singer's lawsuit filed in California federal court claiming underpayment for his vocals in a song used in the film "Furious 7," arguing the claims are barred by federal law.

  • May 07, 2026

    Bayer Sued Over Healthy Sperm Claim On 'One A Day' Pill

    Bayer AG has been hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court alleging that claims on its Men's One A Day Pre-Conception Health Multivitamin supplements misleadingly convey that they could improve chances of conception and support sperm health.

  • May 07, 2026

    Warren Asks Meta About Reported Stablecoin Payment Plans

    The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide more information about the company's reported plans to introduce stablecoin-based payment features for its users, accusing it of a "deeply troubling" lack of transparency about the project.

  • May 07, 2026

    Kalshi Nets $1B Fundraise, Reaches $22B Valuation

    Kalshi, guided by Cooley LLP, announced Thursday that it raised $1 billion for its Series F fundraising round as it reached a $22 billion valuation.

Expert Analysis

  • Character.AI Case Highlights Agentic AI Liability Questions

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    The recently settled litigation against Character Technologies Inc. provides an early case study for exploring salient legal issues related to agentic artificial intelligence, such as tort liability, strict liability, statutory liability and contractual liability, says Samuel Mitchells at Smith Gambrell.

  • Series

    Volunteering With Scouts Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an assistant scoutmaster for my son’s troop reaffirmed several skills and principles crucial to lawyering — from the importance of disconnecting to the value of morality, says Michael Warren at McManis Faulkner.

  • Compliance Takeaways Amid Subscription Practices Scrutiny

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    The Federal Trade Commission's prioritization of enforcement regarding deceptive billing and cancellation practices in recurring subscriptions, and new click-to-cancel rulemaking expected on the horizon, carry key takeaways for companies using recurring subscriptions to sell products or services, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

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    Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.

  • Aligning Microsoft Tools With NYC Bar AI Recording Guidance

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    The New York City Bar Association’s recently issued formal opinion, providing ethical guidance on artificial intelligence-assisted recording, transcription and summarization, raises immediate questions about data governance and e-discovery for companies that use Microsoft 365 and Copilot, say Staci Kaliner, Martin Tully and John Collins at Redgrave.

  • Social Media Trial Raises Key Product Safety Questions

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    The trial underway in a California state court against Meta and Google is unprecedented, because it marks the first time a jury has been asked to consider whether social media platforms' engagement-maximizing design can be treated as a product safety issue, or whether it is inseparable from protected expression, says Gary Angiuli at Angiuli & Gentile.

  • 5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

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    A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

  • Opinion

    AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness

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    As tribunals and arbitral institutions increasingly use artificial intelligence tools in their decision-making processes, ​​​​​​​clear disclosure standards and procedural safeguards are necessary to ensure that efficiency gains do not erode the fairness principles on which arbitration depends, says Alexander Lima at Wesco International.

  • Paramount-WBD Deal Would Widen Net For Antitrust Scrutiny

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    The fresh likelihood of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery raises the prospect of added intervention from the U.S. Department of Justice due to the companies' overlaps in key markets, and may signal expanded DOJ scrutiny of potential anticompetitive effects on supply chains, says Shubha Ghosh at the Syracuse University College of Law.

  • What Recent Dataset Suits Signal For AI Training Litigation

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    Plaintiffs are moving away from abstract debates about artificial intelligence at large and toward dataset provenance, and three filings illustrate how provenance is pled using public dataset documentation, archives and discovery‑ready allegations about copying, retention and downstream handling, says Yulia Leshchenko at Name & Fame.

  • Series

    Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing piano and practicing law share many parallels relating to managing complexity: Just as hearing an entire musical passage in my head allows me to reliably deliver the message, thinking about the audience's impression helps me create a legal narrative that keeps the reader engaged, says Michael Shepherd at Fish & Richardson.

  • Rebuttal

    Substantial Legal Grounds Supported HPE-Juniper Challenge

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    A recent Law360 guest article argued that the Hewlett Packard-Juniper Networks settlement was part of a trend of antitrust agencies reanchoring themselves in evidence by resisting ill-founded merger challenges, but the complaint against HPE-Juniper actually relied on substantial legal grounds and modern analytical frameworks, says attorney Richard Wolfram.

  • AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks

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    A New York federal court's ruling, in U.S. v. Heppner, that documents created by a defendant using an artificial intelligence tool were not privileged, can serve as a guide to attorneys for retaining attorney-client or work-product privilege over client documents created with AI, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.

  • The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1

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    For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operation and well after, includes tough decisions, clear and specific communication, and cheerleading, says Peter Michaud at Ballard Spahr.

  • Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital

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    The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up — and recognizes that maintaining composure even when stressed is key to both succeeding professionally and maintaining faith in the legal system, says Lucy Wang at Hinshaw.

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