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Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment: When The Music Stops, Who Pays?

On December 1, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the next pivotal copyright case that will determine whether ISPs can be held contributorily liable ...

United States IP

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – November And December Filings

Covered 911 service providers (as defined in Commission Rule 9.19(a)(4)) must certify annually regarding their compliance with the requirement to take reasonable measures to provide reliable...

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

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

On November 19, 2025, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice seeking comment on how market...

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

MGO Business Management Team Earns Major Industry Accolades Across Entertainment, Sports And Media Industry

November 19, 2025 [Los Angeles, California] – MGO CPA (MGO) is proud to announce that several of its Business Management professionals have been honored with prestigious industry accolades...

United States Media & IT

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MGO CPA LLP

How To Strengthen Cash Flow Management For Your Marketing, Advertising, Or PR Firm

United States Media & IT

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MGO CPA LLP

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

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

When Jury Duty Means Surrendering Your Digital Life: Judge Orrick's LinkedIn Sanction And The Surveillance Of American Jurors

United States Privacy

YMF Law Tokyo

Speeches & Publications

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Media & Entertainment M&A To Top $80 Billion As AI Race Fuels Higher Volume Of Technology-Centric Deals

United States Media & IT

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AlixPartners

Private Capital In Media: From Content Ownership To Content Interaction

United States Media & IT

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AlixPartners

Recent AI Legal Developments Affecting The Entertainment Industry

United States IP

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Newsom Signs Trio Of New Privacy Laws With Potentially Big Implications (Podcast)

United States Media & IT

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Ecosystems And Legal Systems: Recent Apple Cases In The EU And The UK

United States Anti-trust

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Perkins Coie LLP

Alumni Reflections: Paving New Pathways With Joe Drayton, Kawana King And Nubiaa Shabaka

United States Technology

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

FBI's Most Recent Gambling Arrests Suggest Sports-Betting Regulations Are Effective

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

Early Mediation: Is Your Case A Likely Candidate?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

SAG-AFTRA's New Video Game Agreement

The fall season is often marked by new video game releases – perfectly timed to garner some buzz in advance of the holiday gift-buying season

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Sheppard Mullin Guides Village Roadshow To Complete Legal Victory And Industry-Shaping Asset Sale In Chapter 11

Sheppard Mullin served as lead Debtors' counsel to Village Roadshow Entertainment Group USA Inc. and its 33 affiliates in one of the year's most closely watched entertainment bankruptcies.

United States Insolvency

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

What DOJ's New Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch Means For Marketers

What DOJ's New Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch Means for Modern Marketing The U.S. Department of Justice has replaced the long-running Consumer Protection Branch (CPB)...

United States Media & IT

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Roth Jackson

SAG-AFTRA's New Video Game Agreement

The latest iteration of the SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media (Video Game) Agreement is now in effect and addresses the rise of AI by providing a comprehensive framework for the permissible...

United States Media & IT

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

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

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)

United States IP

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

YouTube Tightens Age Restrictions On Violent And Gambling-Related Gaming Content

United States Media & IT

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Why Every Music Artist Needs Independent Royalty Accounting

United States Media & IT

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MGO CPA LLP

Client Alert: An Erie October Surprise: Ninth Circuit Rules Anti-SLAPP Denials Not Immediately Appealable

United States Media & IT

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Jenner & Block

Services Have Boundaries In Trademark Proceedings

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

2025 Video Game Development Primer: Is Your Studio Ready For New Legal Realities? (Video)

United States Media & IT

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Gamma Law

Klarberg Named 2025 Managing IP Rising Star

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Reel Talk Ep 1: Untangling The Web Of IP In Entertainment (Video)

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

IRS Clarifies Requirements For "No Tax On Tips" Deduction

United States Tax

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Cozen O'Connor

2025 Video Game Development Primer: Is Your Studio Ready For New Legal Realities? (Video)

What began as pixelated escapism has scaled into an economic juggernaut. Video gaming saturates culture, dominates mainstream attention, and reshapes the boundaries of connection, competition, and creation.

United States Media & IT

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Gamma Law

Klarberg Named 2025 Managing IP Rising Star

Pryor Cashman Partner Ryan Klarberg, a member of the Intellectual Property, Media + Entertainment, Digital Media, and Litigation Groups...

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Reel Talk Ep 1: Untangling The Web Of IP In Entertainment (Video)

Welcome to Real Talk: Inside the Business of Entertainment, where members of our Entertainment Department delve into the trends, challenges and future of the business...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

IRS Clarifies Requirements For "No Tax On Tips" Deduction

On September 22, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), fleshing out the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act's "no tax on tips" deduction.

United States Tax

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Cozen O'Connor

ONE Connection | Rock & Roll Power Play

United States Media & IT

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Jones Day

The Subpoenas Are Coming! The Subpoenas Are Coming!

Lee Levine is a retired lawyer who represented journalists and news organizations for more than four decades. Isabella Salomão Nascimento is a senior associate in Ballard Spahr LLP's Media & Entertainment Law group.

United States Media & IT

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Podcast - A Roadmap For Emerging Consumer Protection Issues

In this episode of "Clearly Conspicuous," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta covers the emerging issues driving federal and state enforcement and private litigation.

United States Consumer

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Holland & Knight

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

New York Federal Court Dismisses Adtech Class Action Because No Ordinary Person Could Identify Web User

On September 3, 2025, in Golden v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, No. 22-CV-9858, 2025 WL 2530689 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 3, 2025), Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss with prejudice for a media company on a claim that the company's use of website advertising technology on its website violated the Video Privacy Protection Act

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

The Final Denver Broncos Right Of First Refusal Case (ROFR): A Masterclass In Complex Trust Litigation And Media Management

United States Litigation

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Fennemore

October 1, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines For Stations In FL, PR, VI, IA, MO, AK, GU, HI, OR, AS, And WA

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

What The Beach Boys And Charles Manson Can Teach You About IP And Contract Law

United States IP

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Klemchuk

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

United States IP

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Miller Shah

The End Of An Old Payday: Combat Sports Disrupted By Saudi Arabia's Advance Model

Worldwide Media & IT

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

California AG And DAs Settle With Direct Mail Company Over Deceptive Mailers

United States Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Velos Media, Under New Ownership, Takes Litigation Aim At TikTok

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Pryor Cashman Partners Named To Variety's 2025 Music Legal Elite Report

United States Media & IT

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Pryor Cashman LLP

FCC Temporarily Suspends Biennial Ownership Reporting Requirement For Broadcasters

United States Media & IT

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Wiley Rein

Inside Luxury's Move Into Film And TV Financing

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Misinterpretation Of Supreme Court's Alston Decision Is Skewing Sports Decisions

United States Media & IT

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Jones Walker

Key Considerations In Sports And Entertainment Mixed-Use Developments

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

From Soft Caps To Hard Lines: How The NBA's Latest CBA Reshapes Spending And Teambuilding Strategy

United States Media & IT

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton: What The Supreme Court's Age Verification Decision Could Mean For All Websites—Not Just Adult Ones

United States Privacy

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Perkins Coie LLP

What To Expect From The FTC In Youth Privacy And Online Safety

United States Privacy

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Reel Talk Ep 1: Untangling The Web Of IP In Entertainment (Video)

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Live From Workplace Horizons 2025: Media And Entertainment (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Client Conversations With Jae Broderick (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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