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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Big Sports, Big Money and the Future of Fantasy Sports Regulation

Cheryl Miller

Daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel are in a fight for their business lives in New York, where the attorney general has accused them of running illegal gambling sites. FanDuel has expanded the fight to California, asking its players to pressure state lawmakers and Attorney General Kamala Harris not to shut down operations in the Golden State.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> YouTube to Offer Posters Legal Support to Defend Fair Use of Videos

Lisa Shuchman

In a sign that YouTube may be willing to push back against indiscriminate allegations of copyright infringement, the company announced it will offer legal support, including covering court costs, to protect some videos on its site that it believes meet the standard of 'fair use' under copyright law but have been challenged with takedown notices.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Pushes the Bounds of Fair Use ' and Wins

Lewis R. Clayton

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in The Authors Guild v. Google ' a case that, the court said, "tests the boundaries of fair use" ' held that a Google database including millions of books was protected by fair use.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FanDuel and DraftKings Hit with About 40 Class Actions

Amanda Bronstad

FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc. are facing about 40 class actions claiming that the online daily fantasy sport sites fraudulently enticed customers into participating in illegal gambling.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cartoon Network Not Liable for Using Video Gamer's Likeness

Charles Toutant

A federal judge in Trenton has dismissed a suit filed against The Cartoon Network by a video gamer who was parodied on one of the network's programs.

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A Collection of Moves in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Areas

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Anthem Fires Back at Data Breach Suit

Ross Todd

Anthem Inc., the nation's second largest health insurer, has taken its first swing at narrowing litigation stemming from a major data breach affecting about 80 million customers.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Wins Appeal Over Social Ads

Ross Todd

Facebook Inc. won an appeal on Oct. 30 over the company's use of minors' names and likenesses in its "social ads" program.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Sony Settles Suit Over Hacked Data

Cheryl Miller

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. will pay up to $8 million, including $3.5 million in attorney fees, to settle claims tied to the infamous 2014 hacking scandal, according to proposed terms filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cyber Attacks Demand Rapid Response, ACC Panel Says

Sheri Qualters

Be ready and act fast. That's the advice a panel on cybersecurity attacks at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting last month told in-house lawyers.

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