Sports & Entertainment

Entertainment:

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Meta Platforms Inc. headed to court for a high-stakes showdown with a coalition of state attorneys general over claims that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among young users. Zuckerberg did not make child safety a priority at Meta, former engineer testifies
• Sarah Wynn-Williams, an ex-Facebook executive who wrote a whistleblower memoir, urged a CA federal judge to toss a preliminary arbitration decision blocking her from promoting the book or disparaging Meta, while the company countered that she agreed to resolve such disputes by arbitration when she accepted a $780,000 payout. Facebook Is Desperately Trying to Keep You From Learning What's in This Book
• TikTok Inc. and Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a Biden-era lawsuit by the DOJ accusing the popular social media app of collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy law. TikTok Settles Child Privacy Lawsuit For $400 Million
• A CA federal judge has denied a bid from the company that owns video-messaging app Snapchat to escape allegations from a group of YouTube creators that their content was illegally ingested to train artificial intelligence, saying the YouTubers had sufficiently laid out how users encounter measures meant to protect videos. Snap Must Face YouTube Creators' DMCA AI Scraping Suit - Law360

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• A CA federal judge granted Lady Gaga's bid to toss a surf and lifestyle brand's lawsuit accusing her of infringing a "Mayhem" mark on her merchandise, saying the brand failed to sufficiently allege that the pop star's use of the mark explicitly misled consumers. Lady Gaga Wins Lawsuit Filed by Surf Brand Over 'Mayhem' Album Name
• Music mogul Jay-Z's counsel fought uphill to convince a CA state appeals court to revive claims that TX attorney Tony Buzbee defamed and extorted him by roping him into a sexual abuse suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, arguing in court that a trial court erroneously read evidence in Buzbee's favor. Jay-Z's defamation suit against sexual assault accuser in trouble
• A London judge ordered Prince Harry and other celebrities to pay the publisher of the Daily Mail more than £9.5 million ($12.9 million) toward its costs in their unsuccessful privacy case, though the final figure could be much higher. Prince Harry, others to pay $13m in initial Daily Mail legal fees | CNN
• Sofia Vergara’s company, EBY, urged a CA federal judge to dismiss a content creator's suit alleging that, while she agreed to be a brand ambassador, the underwear company used AI to create a "deepfake" version and publish a video where she appeared partially nude, arguing Monday that the video is not "pornography" as commonly understood. Sofia Vergara's Underwear Co. Moves To Nix AI Deepfake Suit - Law360

FILM & TELEVISION

• Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network sued the Federal Communications Commission for allegedly waging an illegal “retaliatory campaign” against the broadcaster to punish it for programming criticized by the Trump administration. Disney-owned ABC files First Amendment lawsuit against FCC
• Netflix and the producers behind a docuseries about "America's Next Top Model" asked a CA federal judge to dismiss Tyra Banks' defamation lawsuit, arguing her allegations are nothing more than "complaints about ordinary editorial decisions" that are protected by free-speech laws. Netflix Files to Dismiss Tyra Banks' Defamation Lawsuit
• A Christian heavy metal band that’s been performing as “Demon Hunter” since the early 2000s is accusing Netflix of infringing its trademarks by using them on a movie and soundtrack about a K-pop girl group. Christian Metal Band Demon Hunter Sues Netflix Over 'KPop Demon Hunters'

MUSIC

• The musician and performer known as “FKA Twigs” convinced a federal judge to toss counterclaims alleging that she infringed a band’s copyright and engaged in unfair competition, despite failing to secure a ruling that she isn’t infringing the band’s trademark. FKA Twigs Trademark Lawsuit: Singer Wins Round One vs. Band The Twigs