Breaking Bad: Is Final Episode a Trade Secret?
On July 18, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") adopted a Report and Order ("R&O") imposing new rules on manufacturers and multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs") requiring them...more
A last-minute deal between defendants McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva and plaintiffs’ attorneys means that multidistrict opioid epidemic litigation set to kick off in Ohio federal court today will not...more
The dynamism of the Technology, Media and Telecoms sector is set to continue. Challengers can reach scale seemingly overnight, forcing market change at a similar speed. Established business models are upended, driving...more
We are living in a time that has been coined “peak TV,” thanks in large part to the sheer amount of content that is available to viewers. On the TV side alone, over 500 scripted shows aired in 2018, and that number is...more
Hogan Lovells and leading TMT consultancy Analysys Mason launched a white paper yesterday which argues for retaining a ‘three layer approach’ to video regulation in the face of ongoing changes to how video content is consumed...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in Eichenberger v. ESPN that allegations that the Video Privacy Protection Act was violated are sufficient to establish Article III standing, but that the definition of...more
Reducing Cybersecurity Risks to Autonomous Vehicles - The Department of Transportation is revising autonomous vehicle guidelines it issued in September 2016. Recent comments by Secretary Elaine Chao suggest that the new...more
While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more
It appears that a Circuit split is developing on the issue of whether Internet services that transmit network television programs are engaged in a transmission to the public in violation of the networks’ copyrights. The...more