Live Nation is doubling down on its effort to reverse a jury verdict that found the company had monopolized significant portions of the live entertainment business, arguing in new court filings this week that state enforcers never proved the kind of harm antitrust law actually requires. In a filing submitted last... Read More »
Meta is fighting back against what it calls an extraordinary and unjustified demand for damages ahead of a high-stakes trial over allegations that its platforms were built to hook young users. In a filing submitted Monday, the company argued that four states, California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, are pursuing more... Read More »
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a $25 million copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift by an amateur poet, marking the second time the same plaintiff has had nearly identical claims thrown out of court.U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled Monday that Kimberly Marasco, who filed the complaint without... Read More »
Prince Harry and six other public figures have lost their High Court privacy battle against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, after a judge ruled they had not produced sufficient evidence to back up their claims of unlawful newsgathering.Justice Nicklin, who presided over the... Read More »
Apple is asking a federal judge in California to shut down a proposed class action accusing the company of dodging a court order meant to let app developers steer customers toward cheaper, outside payment options, arguing the developers behind the case already gave up this exact fight once before.The company... Read More »
Entertainment agency Roc Nation has asked a federal judge in New York to strike portions of a legal brief filed by Terrance Dixon in an ongoing sanctions dispute, alleging that the filing relies on fabricated quotations that appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence rather than pulled from actual... Read More »
Netflix pressed a federal judge in California to force a Finnish businessman, Lauri Valjakka, and his former patent attorney to jointly pay roughly $3 million in legal fees, arguing that both men pursued patent litigation against the company despite knowing the underlying patent claim was invalid from the start. During a... Read More »
A federal judge in California has declined to shut down a sprawling copyright lawsuit over the origins of the rhythmic backbone of reggaeton music, ruling that both sides fell short of the bar needed to win the case outright and that a jury will ultimately have to sort out the... Read More »
A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out evidence gathered from a stack of computers, phones and storage devices seized from Matthew Weiss, a former University of Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking into the online accounts of female college athletes, ruling that the state search warrants used to... Read More »
7-Eleven has sued Nike in federal court in New York, alleging that the sneaker giant lifted the convenience store chain's trademark orange, green and red stripe design for a new shoe set to hit shelves on July 11, a date that doubles as "7-Eleven Day," when the chain traditionally gives... Read More »
Argentinian singer Ricardo Montaner, born Hector Reglero, has filed suit against Universal Music Group in federal court in Florida, accusing the company of continuing to distribute his music without permission long after a licensing agreement with one of its subsidiaries had expired. According to the complaint, Universal wrongly operated as... Read More »
A California man from Hawthorne pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from a fake ransom note he sent to the family of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie, during the frantic search for her following her disappearance earlier this year. Derrick Callella, 42, admitted in... Read More »
The British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan announced Friday that it intends to pursue a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of mischaracterizing the group in the wake of its widely discussed performance at Glastonbury in 2025. In a statement posted to social media, the band said the corporation moved... Read More »
A federal judge in New York has ruled that concertgoers who purchased Ticketmaster tickets on the secondary market must take their antitrust claims to arbitration rather than pursue them in court, siding with Live Nation's argument that an arbitration clause buried in its terms of service is legally enforceable.U.S. District... Read More »
A years-long legal battle between rapper T.I., his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris, and toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment reached another setback for the couple this week. A jury delivered its verdict Wednesday in the fourth trial connected to the case, declining to award any punitive damages after determining that MGA had... Read More »
