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In February 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Our prior eAlert ("Santa Monica Greenlights 'Entertainment Zone' to Revitalize Third Street Promenade") described how California Senate Bill 969 authorizes a city or county to create...

American Mah Jongg's annual card presents a unique copyright puzzle: while game rules cannot be copyrighted, the National Mah Jongg League protects its yearly publication of official winning hands. This article examines how copyright law distinguishes between unprotectable game mechanics and the protectable expression embodied in the League's standardized reference card.

Walt Disney's 1928 copyright for Steamboat Willie is set to expire in three years, and MSCHF, a disruptive art collective, has positioned itself to take advantage of that expiration.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision, finding that under the harmless error rule, the challenged claims were invalid as obvious even if the Board erred in claim construction.

A Tokyo court has sentenced individuals to jail time for publishing detailed spoiler posts about Godzilla and anime content, finding that their descriptions crossed the line from fair use commentary into unauthorized adaptation.

Universal Studios recently announced the acquisition of the rights to The Exorcist franchise. The critically acclaimed award-winning film, which has grossed over $441 million since its 1973 release...

If you're a standup, you want to get paid for your sets. And to protect yourself, you'll want to have contracts that set out the compensation, restrictions on your performance and other details.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently ruled that Facebook "likes" cannot be stolen because they are not a form of intellectual property.

The sports and entertainment industries, while one of the most coveted industries to break into, have long been one of the most difficult to enter, particularly for black and brown professionals.

In a setback to the FAA's ban on the unlicensed use of commercial drones, a federal administrative law judge has ruled that the FAA could not fine a Virginia man who used a model aircraft to take photographs and film for money.

Advertisers often struggle with the question of what to do about disclosures in Google Ads.

The Department of Justice has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will establish new closed captioning requirements for movie theaters.

Following in the workplace comedy mockumentary footsteps of shows like The Office and Superstore...

Unmanned aerial cameras have been legal in other parts of the world but prohibited for commercial use in the United States until last week.

The rapid evolution of distribution in the entertainment industry is finally coming to a head as more and more questions related to compensation arise.

Following a unanimous decision by the SAG-AFTRA National Board to send a strike authorization vote to its members in early September, 98% of voting members voted in favor of a strike authorization on the 2017 Interactive Media Agreement.