Law 360

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Attorneys should entertain the possibility of the metaverse becoming a matter of interest in real-world courts by considering what could cause actions outside the virtual world and digital forensics hurdles to be cleared in demonstrating the offense, identifying the culpable parties and collecting damages, say attorneys at Keystone Strategy.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bloomberg Law News ] * Florida passes social media ban, earning the state another round of costly litigation that it will lose. Bloomberg Law News ] * Florida passes social media ban, earning the state another round of costly litigation that it will lose. Honestly, feel free to keep mismanaging funds, boys. [

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. has made a change to a policy that bans lawyers from its venues if they have "active litigation against…

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Law 360

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2023

A Delaware vice chancellor plans to reject an AMC Entertainment investor's calls to disqualify a Prickett Jones & Elliott PA attorney appointed to review filings as the court prepares to consider the roughly $130 million settlement of litigation over a purportedly unfair stock conversion.

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Law 360

MAY 23, 2022

A New York appeals court's recent decision in Worldview Entertainment v. Woodrow joins a growing trend of decisions denying discovery of litigation funding documents, highlighting that commercial legal finance should be treated just like any other financing in commercial litigation, says Andrew Cohen at Burford Capital.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Country singer Andy Stone, A.K.A Vince Vance, has renewed his lawsuit against Mariah Carey, which claims that her holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ infringes the copyright of his song with the same name. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

A court denied Netflix’s request for GoTV Streaming to supply documents relating to the source of its patent litigation funding. Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri discuss this dispute on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel. Read more about this case here.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sigma Khan at Henein Hutchison uses the recent Hollywood labor strikes — one of the first instances of a mass entertainment industry legal conflict where concerns over artificial intelligence's intrusion into the workspace has become a crucial issue — to analyze how litigation, legislation and contracts can aid in a landscape transformation precipitated (..)

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The cases continue to flow to the court, and will continue so long as appellate panels continue to entertain them. I’m quite skeptical of parties use of Section 1404 in patent litigation. All of the parties listed above are major nationwide companies that have successfully litigated in courts across the country.

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Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2023

An objector to a $20 million fee request from AMC Entertainment stockholders who recently settled their litigation with the company over a controversial share conversion has asked the court for an interim attorney fee award of $650,000, arguing she properly fought the fee request while the defendants "stayed silent."

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Launched in 2020, The Briefing posts weekly episodes covering current intellectual property issues related to trademark, copyright, entertainment, and sports, as well as IP litigation and intellectual property in the news. The podcast is available on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, and many other platforms.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v. The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2024

The short order by the Supreme Court, considering the arguments and the High Court’s order , declined to entertain the petition and dismissed the special leave petition. The petition was filed against the government’s limit of two weekly visits for undertrial prisoners lodged in Delhi prisons.

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Patently O

JANUARY 21, 2021

I’ll mention here that the new Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff is an litigator, and has handled a number of intellectual property cases. These were primarily entertainment related copyright and trademark cases, although he has worked on a few patent cases as well. Examples: Jukin Media, Inc. Viumbe, LLC et al.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A former K&L Gates LLP partner has joined Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC as the chair of the firm's sports and entertainment practice, and Irell & Manella LLP has brought on a former Kobre & Kim LLP intellectual property litigator to its Washington, D.C., Here are the details on these and other notable hires.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Calcutta High Court of the Indian state of West Bengal dismissed Thursday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a special investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in early January. Hence, the petition was not entertained.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The lawsuit accuses OnlyFans and Facebook of targeting third-party adult entertainment websites to preserve OnlyFans' market position--in some cases going so far as to flag performers' content as terrorist propaganda.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 19, 2021

The lawsuit alleges that New York has needlessly endangered restaurants, gyms, and certain indoor entertainment venues with targeted restrictions.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Have you ever had one of those weekends where you just want to watch entertaining TV? No news, no documentaries, no dramas, just entertain me. Not many firms still do this, but I remember when I was a litigation paralegal, our office had one once a month. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? It’s just a funny, romantic comedy.

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Law 360

JULY 12, 2021

A London judge ruled that Caesars Entertainment Inc. must halt Nevada litigation against Markel Bermuda Ltd. over pandemic-related losses, citing an arbitration provision, a move that experts said will send the dispute to an insurer-friendly venue.

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Law 360

JULY 30, 2021

Buchalter brought on two attorneys, including the former chief legal officer of Newegg, to its litigation and corporate practice groups, and Dickinson Wright bolstered its Florida office with an attorney specializing in corporate and entertainment law. Here are the details on these and other notable hires.

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Fordham Law News

JANUARY 27, 2023

14] Since Ticketmaster’s 2010 merger with Live Nation Entertainment, it has faced criticism about its size, power in the entertainment industry, and how it displays the characteristics of a monopoly. [15] 20] When the case was brought by Tickets.com, Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment had not yet merged. [21]

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2023

The vagueness problems could be reduced by limiting the scope to adult entertainment settings. Section 2 of the Statute makes it “an offense for a person to perform adult cabaret entertainment,” either “(A) On public property; or (B) in a location where the adult cabaret entertainment could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

People have little problem dropping $15 per month on Netflix; but, if Netflix jacked the price up, or severely restricted the number of entertainment offerings included, there’d be a problem. An example would be a law firm that represents small businesses in litigation matters, selling a litigation risk audit for a flat fee.

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LegalReader

JUNE 2, 2021

A Disney executive has filed a lawsuit against the entertainment company, claiming it discriminated against him on the basis of his sexual orientation. According to Fox News, the lawsuit was filed just days before Disney is scheduled to commence its Pride Month celebrations.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 1, 2023

The Supreme Court today agreed to answer this question posed by the Ninth Circuit in Another Planet Entertainment, LLC v. The court has shown no interest in COVID insurance issues when they arise in state court litigation. It denied petitions for review in three of those cases and denied a depublication request in a fourth.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 15, 2022

This year’s meeting featured a handful of extraordinary keynote speakers, engaging session topics, dozens of CLE opportunities, and a great lineup of vendors and entertainment. Guests Saba Syed , Brent Turman and Barrett Robin discuss the latest on Litigation and Its Impact on the Live Events Industry.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Colletti shifts gears to a reality TV discussion with entertainment lawyer Toni Long about HGTV’s “ Windy City Rehab ,” which ended its first season mired in litigation and stop-work orders. HGTV’s Windy City Rehab is in the midst of airing season two.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 16, 2021

From finances to entertainment, AI is reshaping how many industries go about their work. Civil Litigation. In some ways, this technology is even more helpful in other areas, like civil litigation. Partnerships, M&As, and similar proceedings go much more smoothly with less risk of future litigation.

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InHouseBlog

AUGUST 6, 2023

The CEO explained that he does not see a need for or have a return on investment justification for a General Counsel, as he is not contemplating going public for some time, he does not have litigation, his intellectual property needs are minimal and he has a non-lawyer handling contracts.

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

On top of the growth of ecommerce and home-based entertainment options, the pandemic struck the sector particularly hard. The new entity then files for bankruptcy, shielding the assets of the parent company from litigants’ claims. The industrial sector had the second-most bankruptcies during the period with 10.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

My primary areas of focus are Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, and Music Entertainment Contract Law. Because the alleged victim was a prominent businessman with influence, litigation was rather contentious. We are very blessed that some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. Domestic litigation , legal scholarship, and several reports or resolutions of the UN human rights treaty bodies have explored the relationship between climate change and human rights. The UNGA adopted resolution (A/77/L.58)

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Whether you’re a 30-year veteran stenographer or a 25-year-old student at a community college, you should be actively learning about the full breadth of tech tools available to you, not just AI , and learning about how legaltech solutions in the litigation space contribute to or consume your work product, the official record.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Centro sued the board in the federal court because of provisions of PROMESA that channel almost all forms of litigation against the board to federal (rather than local) courts. Apparently all agree that Puerto Rican law would recognize such a suit against Puerto Rico itself in the Puerto Rican courts.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 11, 2023

See, e.g., Big Dipper Entertainment, LLC v. In fairness, appellate briefs come late in the life of any dispute, and litigants may well be legitimately frustrated by one another by that time. City of Warren , 641 F.3d 3d 715, 719 (6th Cir.

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