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New York State Of Mind: Recent Laws In The Empire State Reshape How Content Creators And Advertisers May Use AI

As New York leads the charge on consumer-facing AI regulation, creatives and advertisers look to new rules on using AI-generated "Synthetic Performers" and "Digital Replicas"...

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

FCC Download: Monthly Updates - January 2026

Welcome to our monthly update on significant FCC actions and filing deadlines. The FCC continues to repeal outdated rules and adopt new rules to protect consumers from illegal robocalls.

United States Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

In suit claiming 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick infringed 1983 magazine article about real-life fighter pilot training program that inspired original 1986 Top Gun film...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

February 2, 2026 FCC EEO Deadlines For Stations In AR, LA, MS, KS, NE, OK, NJ, And NY

Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and New York with five or more full-time employees must...

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

As The Calendar Turned Its Page, New Works Entered The Public Domain

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Protecting The Vision: A Conversation With Corporate, Media And Entertainment Partner Larry Waks

United States Media & IT

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Sterlington PLLC

From Premiere To Pipeline: How A Film's Success Builds Business

United States Media & IT

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Sterlington PLLC

FCC Approves Changes To Rules Governing LPTV, TV Translator, And Class A Stations

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Texas Tests The CTV Business Model

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Broadcast Station Filings Due In January 2026 – Online Public File Reminder

United States Media & IT

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Davis Wright Tremaine

CRTC Replaces Semi-Annual STIR/SHAKEN Reports With Targeted Inquiries; Simplified Annual Reports Required For New Implementers

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

How Is Live Immersive Entertainment Expanding The Scope Of Traditional Live Theater?

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

FCC Announces Tentative Agenda For December 2025 Open Meeting

United States Media & IT

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCC Seeks Comment On Relationship Between National TV Networks And Local Affiliates

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Mass Tort Mediation Strategies: Managing Emotions And Understanding Key Legal Trends (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Italy's Rising Tax Evasion Vs The United States' Is Higher, Even With The Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

FCC Systems Back Online Post-Shutdown; Media Bureau Announces Revised Deadlines

The FCC's systems and databases that were affected by the government shutdown are available for use as of November 18, 2025.

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

FCC Sets Comment Dates For Quadrennial Review Of Broadcast Ownership Rules

Comments are due on December 17, 2025, and reply comments are due on January 16, 2026.

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

What Phish And Trey Anastasio Can Teach Us About Being An Ally

Trey Anastasio, guitarist and vocalist for the band Phish, surprised "phans" by making a guest appearance with the psych-punk band Guerilla Toss on October 17, 2025...

United States Media & IT

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Ford & Harrison LLP

What's Scary (And What's Not) About Copyright: Lessons From Horror Film & TV (Video)

In the third episode of her RIPL Effect podcast series, Reinhart Shareholder Heidi Thole explores a staple of the spooky season – horror film and television – examining the ins and outs of copyright...

United States IP

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Why Every Music Artist Needs Independent Royalty Accounting

United States Media & IT

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MGO CPA LLP

What Might "100% Tariffs On Foreign Movies" Look Like?

United States International

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Foley Hoag LLP

Philadelphia Fires A Major Legal Salvo Against Two Companies Over "Recyclable" Claims

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Tees Up Next Gen TV Transition For October Open Meeting

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

FCC Approves Broadcast Ownership NPRM, Advancing 2022 Quadrennial Review

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Ninth Circuit Strikes Cautionary Note For Studios In The AI Age In "Beast"-ly Decision

United States Technology

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Biani v. Showtime Networks, Inc.

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Conversations With The Industry: Magnus Egerstedt, UC Irvine

United States Media & IT

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Foley Hoag LLP

FCC Tees Up 2022 Quadrennial Review Draft NPRM For September Open Meeting

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Broadcast FY 2025 Regulatory Fees Due By September 25, 2025

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Biani v. Showtime Networks, Inc.

In copyright infringement action against Showtime and producers of television series Penny Dreadful, Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal, holding that plaintiff failed to allege striking similarity...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Conversations With The Industry: Magnus Egerstedt, UC Irvine

Magnus Egerstedt is the Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, where he leads...

United States Media & IT

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Foley Hoag LLP

FCC Tees Up 2022 Quadrennial Review Draft NPRM For September Open Meeting

On September 9, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft NPRM)...

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Broadcast FY 2025 Regulatory Fees Due By September 25, 2025

By September 25, 2025, broadcast (radio and television) licensees must pay all required annual regulatory fee payments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Psychic Readings And Legal Proceedings: Miss Cleo And Copyright Law

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

50 Cent's Fight Over His Image Highlights Challenges In Copyright And Right Of Publicity Lawsuits

Rapper and actor Curtis Jackson III, more commonly known by his stage name 50 Cent, is in the midst of a complicated legal attempt to prevent the use of his image and likeness...

United States IP

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Miller Shah

Federal Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment, Finds Insufficient Evidence Of Detrimental Reliance For Equitable Estoppel Defense

In Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 2023-2267 (Fed. Cir. June 9, 2025), the Federal Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment that barred Fraunhofer's patent...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Inside Luxury's Move Into Film And TV Financing

Building on the panel discussion at the 2025 Luxury Law Summit in London, Loeb Luxury Brands Chair Melanie Howard posed some additional questions to Nessa McGill...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Is Boxed Water "Better"?

The International Bottled Water Association brought a challenge to the National Advertising Division, alleging that Boxed Water is Better was making false claims about the environmental benefits of its boxed water.

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

How Shark Week Became The Apex Predator Of Summer TV

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

Jackson v. Kavanaugh

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Federal Court Vacates Portions Of Local Television Ownership Rule

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Mandatory Registration Of Influencers/YouTubers - Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

FTC Alerts Advertisers And Digital Platforms About Misleading MUSA Claims

United States Media & IT

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BakerHostetler

Texas Rolls Camera On $1.5 Billion Film Incentive Law

United States Media & IT

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

New Fair Use Rulings On AI Training Platforms

United States Technology

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Demystifying Backend: A Simplified Guide To Common Film And Television Profit Participation Structures

United States Media & IT

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Pryor Cashman LLP

FCC Sets Comment Dates To Refresh The Record In National Television Multiple Ownership Rule Proceeding

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

California Expands Film And Television Tax Credit Program

United States Media & IT

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Lights, Camera, Comeback: Louisiana's Tax Credit Revival Targets Economic Boost

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

August 1, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines For Stations In NC, SC, IL, WI, And CA

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

When Is A Car A Character? The Ninth Circuit Revisits Copyrightability In Halicki v. Carroll Shelby Licensing

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Courts Continue To Grapple With VPPA Class Actions

United States Privacy

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

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What's Scary (And What's Not) About Copyright: Lessons From Horror Film & TV (Video)

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

FCC July 2025 Open Meeting Recap (Podcast)

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

RSPCA Vindicated, But Only After ASA Goes Down A Rabbit Hole. (Video)

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Client Conversations With Alvin Hall (Video)

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K&L Gates LLP

2024 Will Be A Year Of Reinvention And Reinvestment In The Future Of Local News (Video)

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AlixPartners

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