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CNN Loses Defamation Trial Over Afghan Evacuation Report
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TikTok Ban Upheld by Supreme Court in Ruling Transforming Digital Media Landscape
The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.
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FTC Refers Complaint Against Snapchat to DOJ Over “My AI” Feature
The Commission said that Snapchat's My AI feature presented 'risks and harms to young users of the application,' while Snap says that the complaint 'is based on inaccuracies, and lacks concrete evidence.'
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Justin Baldoni Files $400M Lawsuit Against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Over Alleged Smear Campaign
The lawsuit alleges the couple orchestrated an effort to defame the 'It Ends With Us' star-director.
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CNN Loses Defamation Trial Over Afghan Evacuation Report
Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a report by chief security correspondent Alex Marquardt that said he operated in a "black market."
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TikTok Ban Upheld by Supreme Court in Ruling Transforming Digital Media Landscape
The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.
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FTC Refers Complaint Against Snapchat to DOJ Over “My AI” Feature
The Commission said that Snapchat's My AI feature presented 'risks and harms to young users of the application,' while Snap says that the complaint 'is based on inaccuracies, and lacks concrete evidence.'
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Justin Baldoni Files $400M Lawsuit Against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Over Alleged Smear Campaign
The lawsuit alleges the couple orchestrated an effort to defame the 'It Ends With Us' star-director.
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Drake Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group for Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”
UMG responded to the lawsuit with: “Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist — let alone Drake — is illogical."
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Venu Fallout: Disney Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit From Fubo Subscriber
The lawsuit claims that Disney's ownership of ESPN "enables it to extract monopoly rents" and the company imposes anticompetitive terms on rivals.
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‘Moana 2’ Sparks Copyright Lawsuit as Animator Revives Idea Theft Claims
Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote, while Disney says the works aren't similar.
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Fox Sports’ Legal Drama Over Hostile Work Environment May Grow as Case Proceeds
A hairdresser has sued the network, executive Charlie Dixon and host Skip Bayless for sexual battery in a lawsuit that's named some of the network's top broadcasting talent.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Hires Priya Aiyar as Chief Legal Officer
The exec will take over the role from longtime David Zaslav lieutenant Savalle Sims, who exited the company at the end of last year.
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Alec Baldwin Sues Over ‘Rust’ Prosecution, Claims Civil Rights Violations
In dismissing the criminal case against the actor, the court found that the prosecution “intentionally and deliberately withheld” key evidence.
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Despite Disney’s Surprise Fubo Deal, DirecTV and Dish Signal They May Hold Up Venu Launch
The pay TV distributors raised a red flag to a U.S. district judge over a bid to dismiss an earlier injunction against the sports streamer after a surprise merger of Disney’s Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
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Music Publishers Reach Deal With AI Giant Anthropic Over Copyrighted Song Lyrics
While the case is proceeding, Anthropic's Claude will no longer provide lyrics to songs owned by the music publishers or new lyrics based on copyrighted material.
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Blake Lively Sues ‘It Ends With Us’ Co-Star and Director Justin Baldoni for Sexual Harassment
Lively formally filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, his film studio and public relations team after previously filing a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department.
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Justin Baldoni Files Libel Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Blake Lively Story
The dispute has ensnared the who's who of the Hollywood public relations machinery. The lawsuit marks the third legal action over the filming of ‘It Ends With Us.’
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Trump’s Media Censorship Arsenal Is Growing
The carrot or the stick? A new roadmap for the president-elect and his advisors to chill free speech has surfaced as he targets networks critical of him.
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Trump Moves to Pause TikTok Ban Law in Filing Signaling Support for Platform
The filing suggests that Trump may believe that the law infringes on the First Amendment rights of TikTok and its 170 million users. The case pits national security concerns against First Amendment protections.
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