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Law.com

Keeping Tabs On Antitrust Actions In Entertainment Industry Sectors

The growth in size of companies dominating sectors of the entertainment industry has been subject to antitrust challenges with mixed results. What are some notable recent developments in this area?
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Compelled Arbitration of Coaches' Claims Against NFL Is Denied Reconsideration

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
2 minute read

International Edition

The 2024 Paris Olympics Are One Year Out. The Lawyers Are Getting Ready

The Summer Olympic Games open in the City of Light one year from today and lawyers, like the athletes who will compete, need to be prepared.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Meet the Lawyers Behind the Blockbuster Messi Deal

Hogan Lovells represented Inter Miami, Skadden represented the global soccer superstar, and Proskauer Rose represented Major League Soccer.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Controversy, Criticism, Profit: PGA and LIV Golf Merger Leaves Many Unanswered Questions

A look at the PGA/LIV pending litigation and potential legal, economic and political ramifications of the merger.
7 minute read

Law.com

The Other Recent Infringement Lawsuit Judgment Over Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud'

The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his 2016 Grammy-winning Song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court. But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to proceed.
5 minute read

The Recorder

College Athletes Agency Claims Game Developer Interfered With Contracts in EA Sports College Football Release

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

Not a 'Done Deal' Yet: Antitrust Lawyers React to PGA-LIV Merger News

"Here you had the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in this yearlong legal battle where each party was suing the other party. Whatever they were doing to reach their agreement was done extraordinarily secretly. I didn't hear of any leaks [to the media] or things like that," antitrust attorney James Fishkin said.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the (Past) Week: S&C and MLB Get Bankruptcy Ruling Forcing Diamond Sports to Pay Full Broadcast Fees

Jim Bromley and Ben Walker of Sullivan & Cromwell helped persuade a bankruptcy judge that MLB had offered to reacquire telecast rights from Diamond Sports Group, which owns regional sports networks that broadcast multiple teams' games.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Defamation Case, NY Court Says Producer Dr. Luke Must Prove Singer Kesha Acted With 'Actual Malice'

The Court of Appeals' majority rejected the music producer's contention that he was not famous enough to be deemed a public figure.
6 minute read

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