Reed Smith wins legal fees, malpractice row with 50 Cent
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Reed Smith Wins Legal Fees, Malpractice Row With 50 Cent
By Aaron Keller
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday affirmed a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that forces rapper Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 Cent, to pay $429,080 in prepetition legal expenses to Reed Smith LLP and a former partner he fired prior to an underlying trial.
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Fox Inks $12M Deal In Ex-Producer’s Hostile Workplace Suits
By Lauren Berg
Fox News Network will pay $12 million to resolve a fired producer’s claims that she was “constantly undermined and scapegoated” in the network’s misogynistic workplace and that she was told to give “evasive” answers in Fox’s landmark legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, her attorneys announced Friday.
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Prosecutors Say Spacey Was ‘Sexual Bully’ As Trial Begins
By Ronan Barnard
Actor Kevin Spacey was a “sexual bully” who sexually assaulted four men from 2001 to 2013, prosecutors said at the beginning of his trial at a London criminal court on Friday.Read full article » | Save to favorites »‘
Rust’ Prosecutors Don’t Want Alleged Drug Witness ID’d Yet
By Phillip BantzNew Mexico prosecutors want a state judge to shield the identity of a person who claims to have received a bag of cocaine from “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed following the fatal on-set shooting of the film’s cinematographer.
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Court Says Web Designer Can Turn Away Gay Customers
By Vin Gurrieri
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Christian website designer in Colorado can refuse services for same-sex weddings, finding that her free speech rights would be violated if she were exposed to legal liability under the state’s anti-discrimination law.
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Justices Rule Free Speech Law Does Not Apply In Astros Suit
By Elaine Briseño
The Texas Supreme Court, in a split decision on Friday, ruled a lawsuit revolving around communications that took place between the Houston Astros’ former and current owners during the sale of the team is a “garden variety” dispute between a “private buyer and a private seller” and therefore not subject to the state’s pre-2019 anti-SLAPP statute.
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Save to favorites »AMC Stock-Split Deal In Del. Not A Total Fix, Atty Says By Jeff MontgomeryAn attorney for AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. stockholders who sued over a complex, forward-reverse stock split in Delaware Chancery Court told a vice chancellor during a settlement hearing Friday that many grievances in the case “can’t be cured with me at this podium and Your Honor on the bench writing Delaware law.”Read full article » | Save to favorites »
Citing Lapse, Blogger Wants Aviation Atty’s Claims Tossed
By Christine DeRosaA Connecticut-based blogger and journalist has again asked a federal court to dismiss a defamation suit against her by aviation attorney Manuel von Ribbeck after he failed to respond to her motion to dismiss by the court’s deadline.
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Save to favorites »LIV-PGA Tour Deal, NFL Crackdown Highlight 1st Half Of 2023
By Elaine Briseño
The first half of 2023 featured many memorable moments in the legal world of sports and betting, from the record-breaking sale of the Washington Commanders to the WWE-UFC and PGA Tour-LIV Golf mergers, plus the NFL’s crackdown on players who violated its policy on gambling.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
EA Beats TRO Bid To Block Athlete Likenesses In Video Game
By Henrik Nilsson
A California federal judge on Friday shot down The Brandr Group LLC’s bid for a temporary restraining order in a suit accusing Electronics Arts Inc. of exploiting student athletes for an upcoming video game, saying the agency failed to show any risk of immediate harm.
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League Of Legends Maker Settles ‘Riot’ TM Suit Against T2M
By Bonnie EslingerRiot Games, the creator of hit video game League of Legends, informed a California federal court that it has settled its trademark infringement case against a company marketing a game controller called “RiotPWR.”
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Warhol ‘Shatters’ Jeff Koons’ Fair Use Defense, Designer Says
By Andrew KarpanBoth Jeff Koons and a set designer who sold a piece more than 30 years ago to be used by the former porn star and Italian parliamentarian Cicciolina said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling concerning Andy Warhol’s transformation of a Prince photograph supports their respective copyright claims on photos that Koons made of Cicciolina.
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UK Litigation Roundup: Here’s What You Missed In London
By Tabitha Burbidge
The past week in London has seen law firm Simkins LLP hit dot-com investor Robert Bonnier with a breach of contract claim, Russian oligarch and CEO of Nornickel Vladimir Potanin sued for a second time by aluminum giant Rusal, and easyJet’s parent company sue four more companies in trademark claims over the term “easy.” Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.Read full article » | Save to favorites »
PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION
Big Tech Sues Arkansas Over New Child Social Media Limits
By Dorothy Atkins
A Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing Big Tech companies like Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and TikTok Inc. filed a federal court suit challenging the constitutionality of a new Arkansas state law that requires parental permission to register for social media accounts and age checks to access certain online platforms.
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FTC Pitches Crackdown On Fake Reviews, Social Media Tricks
By Bonnie Eslinger
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that it is proposing a new rule to thwart marketers from using fake reviews, suppressing negative reviews, paying for positive reviews and falsely boosting social media indicators, saying such practices deceive consumers looking for honest feedback on products and services.Read full article » | Save to favorites »
EMPLOYMENT
Disney Shorted Women Middle Managers $150M, Workers Say
By Lauren Berg
The Walt Disney Co. has paid its women employees in middle management at least $150 million less than men in substantially similar positions, according to a lawsuit filed by a group of current and former Disney employees, who on Friday asked a Los Angeles judge for class treatment.
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Ex-Boston Globe Exec Says Publisher Reneged On Pay Deal
By Julie ManganisA former Boston Globe Media Partners president is claiming he was pushed out by the newspaper’s owners so they could avoid paying him potentially millions in incentive pay after he turned around the company’s finances.
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EverGlade Calls BDO’s $5.2M Fee Request A ‘Death Sentence’
By Leslie A. PappasA consulting firm founded by a former BDO USA LLP partner that lost a defamation lawsuit by default due to “egregious acts of spoliation” urged the Delaware Superior Court Friday to reject BDO’s request for $5.23 million in attorney fees and expenses, calling the proposed amount “a death sentence.”
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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR
Convicted Ex-FIFA Exec To Be Freed Early For Health Reasons
By David Steele
The former head of the South American international soccer federation, convicted and imprisoned in the wide-ranging FIFA corruption investigation, will be granted early release on July 5 to receive badly needed treatment for his failing eyesight, over the opposition of federal prosecutors, a Brooklyn federal judge has ruled.
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Musk Wants 2nd Circ. To Rethink His Bid To Undo SEC Deal
By Lauren Berg
Elon Musk wants the Second Circuit to rethink his request to back out of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settlement requiring the CEO to submit to oversight of his Tesla-related tweets, asking the court Friday to address his argument that the consent decree stifles his First Amendment rights.
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Chancery OKs Requested $300K Fee In Telepathy Labs Suit
By P.J. D’Annunzio
The Delaware Chancery Court has awarded $300,000 in attorney fees to an investor that sued chatbot company Telepathy Labs Inc. for defective corporate decisions made by the sole member of its board, reasoning that the fees were well-earned because of the “substantial benefit” the litigation brought to the company.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Full 5th Circ. Agrees To Rehear Ruling On FCC Subsidy Fees
By Nadia DreidThe Fifth Circuit has said yes to a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s fund for providing universal communications services — an issue that the plaintiff in the case is pressing in multiple circuits.
Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »Banned Attys Can’t Pause Twitter Suit In Calif. Amid AppealBy Emily JohnsonA California federal judge has refused to pause a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. from two attorneys whose social media accounts were banned in 2019 in the wake of tweets allegedly criticizing now-Vice President Kamala Harris, while the attorneys appeal a transfer order before the Eleventh Circuit.
Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »Supreme Court Won’t Hear $3B Spectrum Credit AppealBy Katie BuehlerThe U.S. Supreme Court declined Friday to hear a challenge to a Federal Communications Commission decision denying spectrum auction discounts to two small service providers after the agency found they were substantially bankrolled by Dish Network Corp. and not qualified for the promotion.
2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »HOSPITALITYTaft Stettinius Missed Conflicts In Rush To Merge, MGM SaysBy Danielle FergusonMGM Resorts International is suing its “loyal legal advisers” Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Michigan state court, alleging the firm violated professional conduct rules by merging with another firm that was representing MGM’s opponent in an arbitration without telling the company about it.
Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »BANKRUPTCYIMedia Brands Gets 2 Weeks Of Cash, Vows To Seek DIPBy Leslie A. PappasShopping channel hub iMedia Brands Inc. got a Delaware bankruptcy court’s nod on Friday for temporary access to cash collateral, and vowed to return to court next week with a proposal for bankruptcy financing and possibly a potential buyer for some of its assets.
2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »EXPERT ANALYSIS3 Takeaways From The Copyright Office’s AI WebinarA recent U.S. Copyright Office webinar addressed when and how applicants should disclose excluded content generated by artificial intelligence, providing some needed clarity on the theoretical principles laid out in its March guidance, say attorneys at Rothwell Figg.Read full article » | Save to favorites »A Look At Section 230 After High Court’s Refusal To ClarifyIn light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s declining to address Section 230 in a group of actions against major social media platforms, website operators and their counsel should err on the side of caution when engaging with or verifying users’ content, say Neusha Etemad and Anne Marie Ellis at Buchalter.
2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »OpinionAppellate Funding Disclosure: No Mandate Is Right ChoiceThe Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules’ recent decision, forgoing a mandatory disclosure rule for litigation funding in federal appeals, is prudent, as third-party funding is only involved in a minuscule number of federal cases, and courts have ample authority to obtain funding information if necessary, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.Read full article » | Save to favorites »LEGAL INDUSTRYJudge Prohibits Out-Of-State Lawyer From Using ChatGPTBy Sarah MartinsonA Montana federal judge has issued an order prohibiting an out-of-state attorney from using artificial intelligence drafting tools like ChatGPT to help with brief writing, making it the latest court order on the use of AI in preparing court filings.
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Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Plan
By Jon HillThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority with its plan to forgive more than $400 billion in federal loans held by millions of Americans, delivering a massive blow to one of President Joe Biden’s most ambitious policies.
High Court To Look At Gun Rights In Domestic Violence Cases
By Marco Poggio
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will rule on whether a federal law forbidding people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms violates the Constitution, one year after issuing a landmark decision that expanded gun rights.
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Rep. Raskin Calls On NFL To Release Report On Commanders
By David Steele
The ranking member of the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee pushed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday to “honor your commitment” to publicly release the report on the investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and workplace and financial misconduct against Washington Commanders officials and outgoing owner Daniel Snyder.
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Tweeting Protesters ‘Should Be Shot’ Wasn’t Literal, Atty Says
By Gina KimTaking the stand in her California State Bar disciplinary trial Friday, attorney Marla Brown conceded that she inaccurately called herself an LAPD union attorney in her Twitter bio but said her tweets calling for Black Lives Matter protesters to be shot merely expressed her frustration and weren’t meant to be literal.
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Eastman Stat Suggests No Need For Any Elections, Prof. Says
By Craig Clough
One statistic John Eastman relied upon to argue for election fraud suggests that states would only need to hold “one election once when a state was founded” because it wrongly assumes a political party’s support would not change over time, a Stanford University professor testified at Eastman’s California disbarment trial Friday.
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Judiciary ‘Deliberately Indifferent’ To Harassment, Court Told
By Hayley Fowler
The federal judiciary and a former public defender locked in a contentious battle over whether her report of workplace sexual harassment was handled correctly have doubled down on their bids for summary judgment with competing briefs filed in North Carolina federal court.
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Law360’s Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC tops this week’s U.S. Supreme Court-dominated list of Law360 Legal Lions, as the boutique worked to undo decades of legal precedent involving affirmative action in a controversial opinion.Read full article » | Save to favorites »
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
By Aaron WestThe U.S. Supreme Court issued several notable opinions this week, including one that struck down affirmative admissions policies and could lead to “years of litigation,” according to legal experts who spoke with Law360. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s controversial Activision merger continues to receive FTC scrutiny, and a new privacy lawsuit filed in California claims that artificial intelligence could “decide to eliminate the species.”
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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
For those who missed out, here’s a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.
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Podcast
Pro Say: Want The Sabbath Off? High Court Makes It Easier
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former postal worker who objected to working on Sundays because of religious reasons. The high court held that the Third Circuit shouldn’t have permitted the USPS to deny the Evangelical worker’s religious accommodation request, raising the bar on what kind of accommodation is so burdensome that an employer cannot be expected to honor it. Read full article » | Save to favorites »
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The Term: The Court Closes With LGBTQ Rights, Biden Plan
The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its term on Friday with a pair of monumental opinions. First, the court ruled that a Christian website designer in Colorado can refuse services for same-sex couples on account of her protected free speech rights, and in a second case it struck down President Joe Biden’s ambitious student loan forgiveness plan.
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