Public Policy & Legal
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HFPA Sues Penske Over ‘Fraudulent’ Golden Globes Takeover, Shaking Up Awards Landscape
The lawsuit alleges that Penske Media manipulated the sale and deceived Globes voters, bringing a major award into open conflict with its own voters
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Ari Emanuel Urges State AGs to Drop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit
The WME Group executive chairman says ignoring competition in the streaming market and players like Amazon, A24, Lionsgate, Netflix and YouTube “doesn’t remotely reflect reality”
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HFPA Sues Jay Penske and Penske Media, Alleges Entertainment Market Monopoly and Scheme to Seize Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is seeking more than $150 million in damages
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Former FCC Chairs Urge Brendan Carr to End ABC Broadcast License Review: ‘An Assault on Free Speech Disguised as Regulatory Process’
They added that the proceeding is a “grave violation of both the Communications Act and the Constitution”
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Judge Declines to Dismiss Trump’s $15 Billion Suit Against New York Times, Orders Amended Complaint
The president celebrates the ruling on Truth Social, saying the paper “failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped”
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Ariana Grande Sues Alleged Hackers Over ‘Malicious’ Privacy Breach
“The unauthorized misappropriation and disclosure of these materials is a violation of Ms. Grande’s identity and artistry,” the filing states
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The Atlantic Files Motion to Dismiss Kash Patel’s $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit
“This lawsuit is meritless and should be dismissed as a matter of law,” Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg says
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Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Must Pay $170K in Damages After Failed New York Times Defamation Suit
“The anti-SLAPP statute is designed to combat exactly these kinds of meritless suits brought to silence the press,” a New York Times spokesperson tells TheWrap
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Savannah Guthrie Makes Impassioned Plea to Mother Nancy’s Kidnapper: ‘Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing’
“Help us bring this situation to an end,” the “Today” show co-host says
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Kalshi Slaps Netflix With Cease and Desist, Alleges AI Fabrication in Prediction Market Doc
Netflix denies that any footage in “Instadocs: The Prediction Games” was fabricated
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Paramount Agrees to Push Warner Bros. Merger as Far Back as Summer 2027
The state AGs and WGA have withdrawn their requests for a preliminary injunction as they work on a trial start date
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Set Designer Fatally Stabbed in Apparent Spousal Murder-Suicide
Mary Kate Golding was found dead in her New York home on Tuesday
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Nancy Guthrie Case Update: ‘Crime Junkie’ Shares Details From First Ransom Note
“We have your mother, Nancy. She is safe but scared,” the note reportedly reads
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Google Fined $1 Billion by EU Over Search, Android Practices
“The best products should succeed because they’re better, not because they’re owned by the company running the search engine,” one European regulator explains
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Meta Avoids Trial as Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
A Florida teen withdrew his suit against the social media conglomerate days before a high-profile jury trial
