Sports & Entertainment

Sports:

• A Disney+ user must arbitrate his claim that ESPN Inc. gave his viewing data to Facebook's parent company Meta without his permission, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, saying federal arbitration law preempts a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision that applied higher standards to private dispute resolution contracts. ESPN Wins Arbitration Of Disney+ User's Meta Privacy Claims - Law360
• The Chicago Bears on Monday kept the door open to staying in Illinois instead of moving to Indiana, hours after the state's Senate failed to act on a tax incentive bill for a proposed stadium before the legislative session ended. Chicago Bears stadium news: Are the Bears staying in Illinois? General Assembly fumbles bill; Hammond, Indiana move possible - ABC7 Chicago
• The NFL's disability and retirement plans have agreed to reassess former players' cognitive health to settle a sweeping class action accusing the plans of muting the results based on race. NFL Benefit Plans Vow To Reset 'Race Norming' Test Scores
• A group of golf equipment companies are urging the Eleventh Circuit to leave dismissed a suit by a college baseball player alleging that a defective golf club shattered while he was using it and injured his hand, saying the trial court rightly found that his expert failed to establish any defect. Pro Golfer Asks 11th Circuit for Another Shot at Defamation Suit Against Media | News | Greenberg Traurig LLP

Entertainment:

FILM & TELEVISION

• Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been sued by two Miami police officers who say that Affleck and Damon’s film The Rip caused “substantial harm” to their reputations. Miami Cops Sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s 'The Rip' Over ‘Substantial Harm’ to Their Reputation - AOL

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• An attorney for a Las Vegas performer asked a California federal judge Wednesday to block Taylor Swift from using "The Life of a Showgirl" as their trademark infringement case plays out, while Swift's attorney said the case is on "all fours" with a similar dispute that went in Lady Gaga's favor. Taylor Swift 'Life of a Showgirl' Case: Lawyer Fights Lawsuit in Court
• Keanu Reeves wrote a letter to a Manhattan federal judge to seek leniency for director Carl Erik Rinsch, and Rinsch included it in a memo he submitted to the court asking for no prison time after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million to make a never-delivered TV series. Keanu Reeves Goes To Bat For Netflix Fraudster Carl Rinsch, Read Letter To Judge
• Matthew Perry's former assistant was sentenced to 41 months in prison Wednesday by a California federal judge for his role in the actor's fatal ketamine overdose, delivering the sentence shortly after Perry's stepfather, Keith Morrison of "Dateline," chastised the defendant for not notifying the family Perry's addiction struggles had returned. Matthew Perry assistant Kenneth Iwamasa last of 5 sentenced in death
• Chance the Rapper testified that he would not have kept his former manager employed if he knew the person he relied on to represent him in business dealings had been abusing their relationship "to enrich himself and get a certain influence in the industry." Chance The Rapper and Pat The Manager back in court, over claims Pat improperly inserted himself into Chance’s deals
• A Florida federal judge reinstated a $75,000 verdict for Megan Thee Stallion, finding Friday that a Texas-based blogger wasn't entitled to a presuit notice required for media defendants because she engaged in a financially motivated campaign to defame the rapper. Megan Thee Stallion Defamation Judgment Reinstated Against Blogger Milagro Gramz
• A North Carolina federal judge has largely sided with a group of international models, former Playboy Playmates and a "Baywatch" star alleging a strip club misused their likenesses in advertisements, finding that lingering factual questions preclude a pretrial statute of limitations win for the club. North Carolina Judge Upholds Models’ Claims Against Strip Club for Image Misuse, Reexamines Statute of Limitations – Legal News Feed
• "The Simpsons" theme song composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman can't toss a defamation suit brought by a woman after Rolling Stone published statements he made about her sexual misconduct claims against him, a California state appellate court ruled. Grammy Winner Danny Elfman Must Face Woman's Libel Suit - Law360

MUSIC

• Popular cookie franchise Crumbl LLC settled a lawsuit brought by a slew of Warner Music Group Corp. record labels for using at least 159 songs in various social media campaigns. Warner Music and Crumbl reach settlement in $24M copyright infringement lawsuit over TikTok posts - Music Business Worldwide
• The Sixth Circuit revived a lawsuit by the estate of a former keyboardist George “Bernie” Worrell Jr. against funk legend George Clinton over hundreds of Parliament-Funkadelic recordings from 1969 to 1981. George Clinton must face lawsuit from late P-Funk keyboardist, US court says | Reuters