The NFL has one less thing to worry about. Not that the league had any potential liability arising from Kendrick Lamar’s performance during the Super Bowl halftime show of “Not Like Us,” with lyrics that dub Lamar’s rival, Drake, as a “certified pedophile.” But the NFL won’t have to spend any time, effort, or money preparing and presenting witnesses during …
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Luigi Mangione asked a US judge to dismiss his federal indictment or bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, arguing statements by Attorney General Pam Bondi and others have violated his rights. Mangione, 27, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson in December outside a midtown Manhattan hotel and arrested days …
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Netflix and Adam McKay are two-for-two in defeating copyright lawsuits from self-published authors over the 2021 film “Don’t Look Up.” Judge Gregory Presnell dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday from Darren Hunter, of Harleysville, Pa., who claimed that the film was based on his novel, “The Million Day Forecast.” The judge ruled that the novel is “an entirely different work” from the …
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