The battle for Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50/50 home-run ball rolled around the floor of a Miami bar for 18 highly contested seconds that may end up being worth more than $4.3 million. The murkiness of ...

A 300-year-old statute still on the books in several states allows for anyone—not just the defeated—to claw back gambling losses. In the app era, the prospect of bounty-hunting a giant payout has seve...

The settlement’s fine print envisions the possibility of future court action and two states already decided they want out.

California’s deepfake statute is being weaponized in unexpected ways—what cases over Terrifier and Avatar reveal about performer rights in the A.I. age.

The newly unsealed transcripts from the Murdoch family trust battle reveal the resentments and infighting no screenwriter could invent.

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Warner Bros. recently sued fan site Cosmic Book News over an alleged Green Lantern leak. It’s still unclear if the law is on the I.P. owners’ side, but the legal process certainly is.

The F.C.C. chairman is forcing a showdown with Disney over its D.E.I. policies—seemingly a thin pretext for punishing ABC News. But Carr, usually a savvy operator, has an unusually weak hand.

Paramount’s current P.R. blitz is trying to frame the antitrust challenge as political. Is that the best strategy, considering there will be no jury to convince in the upcoming trial?

A lawsuit over Amazon’s recent poaching of a Warner Bros. Discovery marketing executive has shed light on a much broader battle over who gets to control talent during Hollywood’s longest corporate wai...

For decades, the NFL barred public investment. Now that private equity is welcome, the Packers claim a disadvantage, and an antitrust question stirs again.

As the WarnerMount merger battle plays out in court, California lawmakers are quietly advancing antitrust legislation that could reshape all of Hollywood.

In defending the WarnerMount merger from the states’ antitrust challenge, Paramount is placing a premium on procedural position. But it is sacrificing time, and there’s a tremendous cost to that. Will...

Mark Cuban thought he was trading a stake in the Mavs for access to an even bigger prize: stadium-adjacent real estate development deal flow. A new legal filing suggests he may have gotten screwed out...

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up...

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Attorney Mathew Rosengart, who built his reputation fighting against “bullies,” is trying to help Facebook enforce an NDA he says is totally lawful. Who’s the bully there?

The former coach’s $150 million lawsuit against the NFL has evolved into perhaps the strangest free speech battle in sports: Can the league deny leaking his emails while simultaneously claiming legal ...

Matthew Belloni Hello and welcome back to the Tuesday edition of What I’m Hearing, helmed by Eriq Gardner. One of the great benefits of having a legal expert like Eriq at Puck is that when a huge stor...

California A.G. Rob Bonta’s merger challenge relies on traditional antitrust theory—but the defense may push courts to rethink the rules of the game.

Paramount Skydance execs were left scrambling this weekend after comments from British culture secretary Lisa Nandy indicated that she was intervention-curious. But could the U.K. stop the WarnerMount...

Fans who’ve strayed from the FIFA-sanctioned resale channels have seen their seats—and cash—disappear. Predictably, a new lawsuit is looking for remedy.

Thousands of Christian investors helped turn ‘The Chosen’ into one of Hollywood’s most valuable religious franchises. Now the faithful who financed its miracle say they were squeezed out just before t...

The New York Times’s uncomfortable self-reporting into star journalist Dianna Russini’s affair with a source was more than just an extraordinary exposé. It may also create precedents that outlast the ...

As states assume the lead on antitrust enforcement, a number of private attorneys are getting creative with success fees—including Jeffrey Kessler, whose firm bet tens of millions of dollars on his ab...

As Congress tries to prevent streamers from taking NFL market share, they’ve increasingly homed in on the anachronistic Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which includes the antitrust exemption that all...

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for Senate, is suing Netflix for being too appealing to kids. It might be a long shot, but the power of recommendation algorithms has never really been l...

Jeffrey Kessler, the legendary antitrust and entertainment industry litigator, goes on the record to explain why he’s defending the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, how politics is impacting the opposit...

The F.C.C. chairman is forcing a showdown with Disney over its D.E.I. policies—seemingly a thin pretext for punishing ABC News. But Carr, usually a savvy operator, has an unusually weak hand.

Tucked inside Congress’s latest college sports proposal is a provocative idea: Some games may simply be too important to disappear behind a paywall.

News and notes on the union’s peace treaty with digital “actress” Tilly Norwood. Plus: The bizarre lawsuit over Tung Tung Tung Sahur, which may be the first major test of whether trademark law can do ...

When the Supreme Court blew open the doors to college athletes getting paid, in June 2021, plenty of people pictured a financing model akin to Buddy Garrity peeling off bills for some blue-chip halfba...

Lively’s lawyers say the ‘It Ends With Us’ settlement is just the preface to another battle to recover attorneys’ fees, treble damages, and potentially punitive awards, too.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked the supply of aluminum cans in India and is taking Diet Coke down with it.

California’s governor is fighting to highlight the president’s legal inanities with a ridiculous Fox lawsuit of his own. Meanwhile, the lawyer battling Melania offers a bold legal theory: If the presi...