Aereo and BarryDriller.com are facing lawsuits by broadcasters, including the Disney/ABC Television Group and Fox Broadcasting Company, that claim the streaming television services are violating U.S. copyright law.

Start consoling your child now. Lady Gaga-inspired Bratz dolls, complete with a zombie outfit and a removable head that reveals a bloody stump, may not be on store shelves in time for Christmas.

A judge has ordered the billionaire media entrepreneur and Greek Coca-Cola bottling heir Alki David to stop calling his new online TV service BarryDriller.com, ruling that the name is misleadingly similar to that of another much bigger media mogul, Barry Diller.

After months of reading submissions, vetting, and interviews, The American Lawyer has announced the winners of the magazine's sixth biennial Litigation Department of the Year contest. Gibson Dunn cinched the top billing for the second time in a row, but plenty of additional firms and more than a half-dozen individual litigators shared in the spotlight.

Viacom International is getting a second shot at proving that YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like "The Daily Show" and "Family Guy" without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.

The start-up Aereo Inc., which streams live television to subscribers without paying a cent in retransmission fees to network broadcasters, was an invitation to litigation. But its odds for survival are looking up, thanks to a win this week for the company and its lawyers.