A staffer at Interscope Capitol Labels Group testified in court on Wednesday (July 22) that D4vd made more than $7 million from his record deal before he was […]
Federal Court Halts OBBBA TPS Work Authorization Changes, Preserving 540-Day Extensions
By: Dawn Lurie, John Mazzeo, and Alexander Madrak As we noted last week, certain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries were set to lose work authorization tomorrow under the One Big Beautiful […]
Reading the Fine Print: USCIS Clarifies TPS Placeholder Dates Following Supreme Court Ruling
By: Dawn M. Lurie, John W. Mazzeo, Alexander J. Madrak, and Selene Malench This blog post was first published as an alert. As we previously covered, the Supreme […]
50 Cent Loses At Appeals Court In Ex-Girlfriend Lawsuit
A New York appeals court has rejected 50 Cent’s request to automatically win a lawsuit against an ex-girlfriend over her “tell-all” Instagram posts. The rapper sued Shaniqua Tompkins […]
Supreme Court Clears Path for TPS Terminations
By: Dawn M. Lurie, John W. Mazzeo, Alexander J. Madrak, and Selene Malench* Decision Allows DHS to Move Forward with TPS Terminations while Litigation Proceeds. On June 25, the […]
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Dodd-Frank Act’s Whistleblower Provisions Cover Persons Who Report Concerns to the SEC, Not Those Who Exclusively Report Internally
In Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (Feb. 21, 2018), the Supreme Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision provides a private cause of action only for […]
Eminem Ruling, Drake OVO Case, Supreme Court: Music Law Weekly Recap
THE BIG STORY: It’s probably where this was headed all along: Songwriter Cyril Vetter’s much-discussed legal battle over copyright termination reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, setting […]
Major Labels Ask Supreme Court To Overturn Music Copyright Ruling
The major music companies filed a hotly-anticipated case at the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at reversing a first-ever ruling on copyright termination, calling it a “profoundly wrong” decision […]
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Fort Bend County v. Davis
On January 15, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Fort Bend County v. Davis, No. 18-525, which presented the question of “[w]hether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement is […]
Federal Court Overturns OMB’s Stay of EEOC Pay Data Collection Rule, Finding It Was “Arbitrary and Capricious”
On March 4, the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated an August 29, 2017 decision by the Office of […]