The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a former Pennsylvania judge’s First Amendment challenge to his suspension over pro-Democrat Facebook posts, leaving in place a ruling that gives the state broad authority to restrict partisan political speech by judges serving on the bench.The justices denied Mark B. Cohen’s petition on October... Read More »
Howard Stern’s former executive assistant is trying to revive her lawsuit against the radio host and his wife after a New York judge dismissed her challenge to disputed confidentiality agreements earlier this year.Leslie Kuhn has appealed the July 29, 2026, ruling that threw out her case against Howard Stern, Beth... Read More »
Paramount has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, closing an $81 billion takeover valued at about $111 billion including debt and combining two of Hollywood’s oldest studios with HBO, CNN, CBS, and some of the entertainment industry’s largest franchises.The transaction closed October 6, 2026, after Paramount cleared federal antitrust... Read More »
Disney asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Federal Communications Commission from conducting an early review of eight ABC television licenses, arguing that the Trump administration is using the agency’s regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes.The FCC urged U.S. District Judge Loren... Read More »
Disney and filmmaker James Cameron have defeated a copyright lawsuit seeking at least $500 million over claims that Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash copied elements of another science-fiction project.U.S. District Judge George H. Wu dismissed animator Eric Ryder’s case on October 1, 2026, finding that... Read More »
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has won a temporary court order blocking Minnesota from enforcing its first-in-the-nation ban on AI tools that can generate realistic nude images of identifiable people, escalating a First Amendment fight over Grok and AI-generated sexual images.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit... Read More »
Interscope Records is facing a lawsuit seeking more than $25 million over the recording rights to Gigi Perez, with an early label partner claiming Universal Music Group improperly redirected the singer’s rights to another UMG label after her career took off.Mogul Vision LLC sued UMG Recordings Inc. on September 30,... Read More »
Halle Berry is asking a Los Angeles court to restore 50/50 custody of her son with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, directly denying his allegation that she choked the 13-year-old during a confrontation that led a judge to restrict her parenting time.In an Oct. 5, 2026, declaration, Berry said she has never... Read More »
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, is challenging search warrants used to raid his residences during an investigation into allegations that he shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein.The former prince has been granted permission to ask Britain's High Court to quash the warrants, which authorized searches of Marsh Farm on... Read More »
Olivia Dean’s song “I’ve Seen It” is at the center of a new copyright lawsuit claiming the track copied the distinctive melody of Bill Withers’ Grammy-winning “Just the Two of Us.”Mattie Music Group filed the complaint on October 1, 2026, in federal court in Los Angeles against Capitol Records, Universal... Read More »