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Talent Manager’s Fraud Claim, Over Buyout of His Share of Company Formed With Client, Is Struck Down Image

Talent Manager’s Fraud Claim, Over Buyout of His Share of Company Formed With Client, Is Struck Down

Stan Soocher

It isn’t unusual for talent managers and artists they manage to cofound and operate businesses together. Sometimes, though, the talent manager may claim the artist has violated the manager’s rights via the joint-business entity.

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AI-Training Ruling Finds No Fair Use Image

AI-Training Ruling Finds No Fair Use

Mason Lawlor

A recent AI copyright ruling out of federal court could have a sprawling impact on how companies, both big and small, use the technology responsibly.

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Trademark Ruling on Netflix Running Point Series Holds Off ‘Death Knell’ of Rogers Tradition Image

Trademark Ruling on Netflix Running Point Series Holds Off ‘Death Knell’ of Rogers Tradition

Michelle Morgante

A federal judge in California declined to stop the debut of the new Netflix series Running Point that Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, claims infringes on its trademarks by using the mascot name, the “Waves,” and colors of the private Christian college.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move Image

Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Sports and TV Industries Antitrust Litigations Update Image

Sports and TV Industries Antitrust Litigations Update

Stan Soocher

Sports leagues and competitions’ market clout and the increasing consolidation of sports content-streaming companies have recently spawned several civil antitrust actions aimed at reining in these market powers.

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Ruling In Music App’s Contract Breach Complaint Against Apple’s App Store Image

Ruling In Music App’s Contract Breach Complaint Against Apple’s App Store

Kat Black

A California federal court rejected music streaming platform Musi’s request for a preliminary injunction against Apple, after Apple removed the Musi app from Apple’s app store due to copyright infringement concerns.

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A Look At Partial Deal In Music Publishers’ Lyrics Infringement Suit Against AI Company Anthropic Image

A Look At Partial Deal In Music Publishers’ Lyrics Infringement Suit Against AI Company Anthropic

Michelle Morgante

A partial agreement that music publishers reached with Anthropic PBC requires the Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company to implement “guardrails” around its use of copyrighted song lyrics to train its flagship product Claude.

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Fresh Filings Image

Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move Image

Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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