Paramount will have to wait until March 2027 to defend its proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery at trial, a schedule that could expose the company to as much as $1.5 billion in additional costs if the deal remains unfinished.A federal judge set the antitrust trial to begin... Read More »
Buc-ee’s has sued the company behind Beaver’s Mini Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio, claiming the neighborhood store’s name, cartoon beaver, and red signs are likely to be mistaken for the travel center chain’s protected branding.Buc-ee’s filed the complaint July 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio... Read More »
Warner Bros. could lose the right to develop a sequel to its 2023 hit “Barbie” unless it reaches new agreements with stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and director Greta Gerwig by December, when the studio’s rights are set to revert to Mattel.The studio did not secure sequel commitments from... Read More »
California’s Delete Act entered a major new phase on August 1, requiring registered data brokers to begin processing residents’ requests to erase personal information collected about them.The law created the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, known as DROP, which allows a California resident to send one deletion request to more... Read More »
A nationwide preliminary injunction covers qualifying Division I athletes who began competing in college during the 2022-23 school year, although transfer, roster, and professional-status rules remain in place.A federal judge in Colorado has temporarily ordered the NCAA to allow a nationwide group of Division I athletes to compete for a... Read More »
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Olivia Trusty are now facing formal ethics complaints from two separate government watchdog groups over gifts they accepted from Paramount, adding fresh scrutiny to the agency's handling of the company's pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.The Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens for... Read More »
Federal and state regulators have sued Hims & Hers Health, alleging the telehealth company charged hundreds of thousands of consumers for prescription subscriptions without their informed consent and shared sensitive health information with advertising platforms despite promises that its service was private and discreet.The Federal Trade Commission, California, and the... Read More »
The Justice Department has asked a Washington, D.C., judge to dismiss the felony case against a former U.S. Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying newly obtained records show the pool’s coating failed because of a rushed and flawed installation rather than vandalism.Prosecutors filed the motion July... Read More »
Texas’s law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms faces a new state court challenge, with three Houston parents arguing that the mandate violates Texas religious freedom law and a voter-approved constitutional protection for parental rights.Emily Roth, Audrey Rosa Nath and Sanjam Kaur Sohal filed the case in Harris... Read More »
New York has sued prediction market operator Kalshi, accusing the company of running an unlicensed gambling business that allows users to wager on sports, elections, television shows and other events through its website and mobile app.Attorney General Letitia James filed the petition July 31 in New York County Supreme Court.... Read More »
