Entertainment Law Digest

Entertainment Law Digest serves as a comprehensive resource for the latest legal developments in the entertainment industry. This site is refreshed daily, providing in-depth coverage of court decisions, recent lawsuits, settlements, and various updates sourced from across the internet. Writers from Courthouse News deliver exclusive reports on news, rulings, and new legal complaints from various locations nationwide. Additionally, the "Around the Web" section highlights key headlines from other sources, complete with links to view the full articles at their original sites.

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Supreme Court calls for whole picture review of excessive force claim in deadly police shooting

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Kelsey Reichmann |Ryan Knappenberger

The justices considered the scope courts needed to use when evaluating excessive force claims. WASHINGTON (CN) — A deadly traffic stop in Texas needs a second look, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting a two-second rule that restricts excessive force reviews focused on the moment an officer feels threatened. Harris County, Texas, police officer Roberto Felix shot and killed Ashtian Barnes in a 2016 traffic stop.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s gutting of foreign service bargaining rights

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Ryan Knappenberger

The American Foreign Service Association challenged President Donald Trump's executive order, which Trump explicitly said was in response to the group's role in lawsuits against the administration. WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking the collective bargaining rights of foreign service members on Wednesday, ruling the effort was in clear retaliation for challenging the administration in court.
Judge orders release of Georgetown professor from Texas prison

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Joan Hennessy

Badar Khan Suri has been held in immigration detention for almost two months after the Trump administration accused him of spreading Hamas propaganda — without any evidence. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown University professor detained by immigration officers and transported from his Virginia home to a Texas prison, must be released, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Daybell demands recusal in third murder trial

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Joe Duhownik

Lori Vallow Daybell, convicted of murdering both of her children and her ex-husband, says county judge Justin Beresky holds personal bias against her because he has “denied every single motion of mine.” PHOENIX (CN) — A mother convicted of murdering her two children and ex-husband in 2019 moved Wednesday to recuse the presiding county judge in her third murder trial, citing personal bias.
Illinois man tells 7th Circuit he intended to defraud - not bribe - FBI plant

1 day ago | courthousenews.com | Caitlyn Rosen

CHICAGO (CN) — A former building inspector reiterated to a Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday that his corruption conviction should be overturned because of an unconstitutionally vague law. In 2023, a federal jury found Lester Crowder guilty on five counts of using a facility in interstate commerce — his cellphone — to violate the Illinois bribery statute. He appealed his conviction in 2024, and cited ambiguity with the statute as a reason for his conviction to be vacated.
Judge finds feds retaliated against ABA for challenging cuts in court

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Ryan Knappenberger

The Justice Department canceled $3.2 million in federal grants to the American Bar Association after it joined a lawsuit challenging the freezing of foreign aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development. WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Justice Department had wrongfully retaliated against the American Bar Association by terminating grants meant to fund domestic violence and sexual assault victim services.
Feds push Third Circuit for power to revoke green cards at any time

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Jackson Healy

PHILADELPHIA (CN) — The Justice Department suggested during a Third Circuit hearing Tuesday that the attorney general has full authority to demand reconsideration of green card holders’ residency status at any time — a shift that, if accepted by the court, could radically impact the nation’s more than 12 million permanent residents.
José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Matilde Campodonico |Isabel Debre

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89.
Court of International Trade panel doubts Trump authority for ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Ryan Knappenberger

(CN) — A three-judge panel appeared skeptical Tuesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to impose blanket tariffs against foreign trade partners under a Nixon-era statute intended to define the president’s role over economic transactions following the declaration of a national emergency.
Indiana looks to skeptical Seventh Circuit to maintain police buffer law

2 days ago | courthousenews.com | Caitlyn Rosen

CHICAGO (CN) — An Indiana law that allows police to prohibit people from coming within 25 feet of them if they are engaged in official duties was met by a trepidatious Seventh Circuit panel Tuesday morning. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Indianapolis Star and Nextstar Media challenged the law on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds after its initial passage in 2023.