Legal News
Policy-related stories involving the broadcasting, streaming, advertising, measurement and journalism industries. Includes public service journalism on press freedom issues, government agencies and international affairs.
Judge awards TV meteorologist $826,000 in discrimination case
Meredith Corporation, the owner of KMOV-TV, ordered to pay ex-meteorologist Meghan Danahey $826,000 after a judge ruled her firing was discriminatory and retaliatory.
Comcast says FCC should reject “two-tier” TV station ownership proposal
The NBC Universal owner said the federal agency should not impose separate ownership rules for networks and independent station groups.
Trump suggests pulling broadcast licenses of NBC, ABC stations
Trump complains that ABC News and NBC News regularly publish "bad stories" about him, and suggested the networks lose their local TV licenses.
Bluesky ban in Mississippi starts affecting news organizations
The ban follows an affirmation of a controversial age verification law in the state, which is already starting to impact regional newsrooms.
Newsmax CEO: FCC lacks authority to eliminate broadcast ownership cap
Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy says raising or eliminating the FCC's ownership cap would harm localism and raise costs for consumers to the benefit of executives and shareholders.
Nokia sues Paramount over alleged streaming patent violations
Nokia accuses Paramount of infringing several streaming-related patents tied to video encoding, compression, buffering and delivery processes.
Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over new age verification law
Bluesky has blocked access in Mississippi, citing privacy and free speech concerns over a new law requiring all social media users to undergo age verification with fines of up to $10,000 per violation.
Trial of suspected Fox News video leaker pushed to October
Timothy Burke's computer hacking trial has been delayed to October, and could be further delayed as prosecutors and defense attorneys work through various pre-trial elements of the case.
Newsmax CEO: Politics of judge led us to settle Dominion lawsuit
In a TV interview, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said he feared the company would not get a fair shake if they proceeded to trial in Delaware.
Charter execs accused of downplaying loss of ACP on broadband subscribers
Charter is facing a shareholder lawsuit alleging it misled investors about broadband losses tied to the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program.
Newsmax make-up artist Renee Baldwin murdered
A 27-year-old man is facing murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of his mother, a long-time television make-up artist.
Google to pay $30 million to settle YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
Google has agreed to a $30 million settlement in a class action accusing YouTube of illegally collecting children’s personal data for targeted ads.