Rock star Elvis Presley’s estate and music rights holders sued artificial intelligence music generator Suno on Friday in a California court for unlawfully using the entertainer’s name, image and likeness and infringing on copyrighted material.
British comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced in London on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison following his conviction for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
A unanimous California appeals court on Wednesday found that medical TV shows ER and The Pitt have enough similarities that a lawsuit alleging that The Pitt is an unauthorized rebranded version of ER can move forward.
A Cornell University alumna and former federal prosecutor who oversaw the criminal case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will serve as outside counsel for the investigation into an alleged gang rape on Cornell’s campus in 2024.
Legendary musician Neil Young is suing President Donald Trump for $10 million over his use of song “Rockin’ in the Free World” at a midterm election rally in Ohio in early October.
In honor of the World Series, we’re shining a light on the 11 lawyers—three players, two managers, three executives and three commissioners—who are also in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Citing prosecutorial immunity, a federal judge in New Mexico has dismissed the bulk of actor Alec Baldwin’s lawsuit against the prosecutors who charged him in the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of the movie Rust.
A Los Angeles lawyer appears to have had enough of male opposing counsels telling her that they’ve never seen anything like her advocacy actions in their entire careers.
The music publisher for the late R&B and soul singer Bill Withers is suing several record companies and others, claiming that singer-songwriter Olivia Dean’s “I’ve Seen It” infringes on the melody of Withers’ classic song “Just the Two of Us,” according to Law360.
Hollywood has always relied on stand-ins, stock footage and visual tricks for otherwise absent actors. Generative AI is transforming those workarounds into fully digital performances, forcing courts and lawmakers to decide whether decades-old publicity laws can keep pace.
Hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa have asked an appellate court to reinstate their copyright reclamation lawsuit against their record label and to “push it” back to the trial judge.
A federal district judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an actress accusing director James Cameron of misappropriating her likeness for his Avatar film franchise.
