Bloomberg Law “Social media platform X Corp. on Friday sued the largest music publishers in the US and their trade associations, with claims that the group leveraged its power to monopolize the market for licenses to copyrighted musical compositions. X Corp., Elon Musk’s social media company, alleges the National Music Publishers’ Association Read more
Bloomberg Law “Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. plans to once again reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance Corp. after the rival media company amended the terms of its offer, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking.The Warner Bros. board hasn’t made a final determination, but will meet next week, said the people, Read more
Bloomberg Law “Tesla persuaded a federal court to dismiss a California resident’s proposed class suit that alleged the automaker’s use of online trackers from Google and X violated the state’s Invasion of Privacy law. The US District Court for the Central District of California lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute, as Read more
Bloomberg Law “DC Comics Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. are likely to retain the foreign rights to Superman after a Manhattan judge said Thursday one of the heirs of the superhero’s creator gave away the rights permanently. The nephew of of Superman comics co-creator Joseph Shuster wants the New Read more
Bloomberg Law “A dog-fashion magazine titled “Dogue” infringed media behemoth Condé Nast’s trademarks for its famed monthly fashion magazine, “Vogue,” the company told a federal court. Tasty Work LLC publishes Dogue, a “periodical focusing on dogs, dog fashion and celebrity dog owners,” Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., which does business as Read more
Bloomberg Law “The Coca-Cola Co. created an advertising campaign that seems to feature the voice of Johnny Cash without authorization or providing compensation, the country music star’s estate claims. The estate’s case, grounded in a Tennessee law dubbed the ELVIS Act, arises from a national ad campaign launched by the soft Read more
Bloomberg Law “In-house legal departments have bought artificial intelligence tools to churn through contracts, speed up workflows, and analyze documents. Now comes the hard part: Proving the software is worth the cost. Some legal departments say AI software is improving how their lawyers work and boosting quality, but those enhancements can be Read more
Bloomberg Law “Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok Inc., Google LLC, and YouTube LLC are challenging a California law that forbids social media platforms from allowing minors to access personalized feeds without parental consent. The law, as applied to the social media titans, is a content-based restriction on speech that violates the First Amendment, Read more
Bloomberg Law “Meta Platforms Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc. must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a judge ruled, clearing the way for the first of thousands of cases to be presented to juries. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl late Wednesday ruled against the Read more
Bloomberg Law “Companies are bracing for a new era of enforcement as New York, the most active state regulator on cyber, rolls out its last set of security requirements Nov. 1. The final amendments to the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Cybersecurity Regulation require companies to implement authentication Read more