A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
December 01, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
It’s a fundamental copyright principle that a song and a sound recording of that song each have their own copyright protection. But that protection isn’t equal.
November 01, 2025Stan SoocherWe are in a frenzied time for merger and acquisition (M&A) activities for companies in the entertainment and communications industries. These are intricate endeavors, often involving fast-paced negotiations, complex due diligence and the navigation of multiple regulatory frameworks. Among these, compliance with FCC regulations represents a significant and frequently underestimated challenge in deals involving companies with FCC authorizations.
October 31, 2025Barry SkidelskyA small sports memorabilia business in Ohio filed a sweeping federal antitrust lawsuit alleging that TikTok, the National Football League (NFL) and sports retail giant Fanatics conspired to monopolize the multibillion-dollar sports collectibles market and systematically eliminate independent sellers.
October 31, 2025Michael GennaroNotable recent court filings in entertainment law.
October 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance StaffA look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
October 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance StaffA look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
September 30, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance StaffNotable recent court filings in entertainment law.
September 30, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance StaffA federal judge in the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a class of book authors who alleged that the artificial intelligence company used their copyrighted works to train its chatbot Claude without their consent. The settlement is the largest copyright settlement of all time, covering 482,460 works and paying authors slightly more than $3,000 per work infringed.
September 30, 2025Michael GennaroAn “agreement between lenders” (ABL) to help co-fund a film production is a common vehicle for sharing financial risk. But what happens when a legal dispute arises between a film-production senior lender who has provided a larger loan amount than a junior lender who has loaned less?
September 30, 2025Stan Soocher
