The Hollywood Reporter

The online provider loses its argument about the preemptive reach of an FCC rule.

A Los Angeles judge doesn't see enough evidence that Voltage Pictures breached a contract to a motion picture about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary.

In a new move, the producer seeks to amend a complaint and argues that no privilege applies to a "sham" complaint leaked to TMZ before it was filed in court.

Disney, Paramount and Fox must contend with a lawsuit over "stolen" technology. The judge looks at past piracy cases and finds this situation more comparable to Napster than Google.

The producer will get to take the Armie Hammer film to another distributor in a settlement.

Attorneys for Viacom, Brad Grey's estate and Brian Graden each tell the judge why a lawsuit from Rovier Carrington deserves to be tossed.

The government confirms it won't seek a stay, but an appeal could happen nevertheless after AT&T agrees to "firewall" Turner Network operations.

Tom Mesereau has been fired, Cosby's publicist confirms.

A roundup of entertainment law developments.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon examined the government's theories and finds vertical mergers "are not invariably innocuous," but faults the Trump Justice Department for presenting insufficient evidence demonstrating why competition in the media industry will be substantially lessened.

"The Government here has taken its best shot to block the merger based on the law and facts," writes the judge. "The defendants did their best to oppose it. The Court has spoken."

The blockbuster ruling comes in a historic antitrust case that will impact the future of the entertainment and media landscape.