Law360<\/em>, David explained that the case highlights why courts should avoid expanding the statute beyond its intended boundaries. He emphasized that framing a routine newsletter subscription as conduct triggering the VPPA would invite lawsuits the law was never designed to address and ultimately misapply a statute focused on safeguarding audiovisual viewing data.<\/p>\nHe said the past year required balancing the Paramount appeal with other major matters, including A&E Networks\u2019 \u201cLive PD\u201d intellectual property fight and Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s NBA media-rights litigation.<\/p>\n
David represented A&E in its suit accusing Reelz and the producers of \u201cOn Patrol: Live\u201d of copying the format of \u201cLive PD,\u201d requiring detailed comparisons to show the alleged overlap. He also guided Warner Bros. Discovery in its dispute with the NBA, claiming the league breached its contract by excluding Turner from a $76.9 billion rights package. A November 2024 settlement resolved the conflict, preserved digital partnerships and ensured \u201cInside the NBA\u201d will continue on ESPN and ABC.<\/p>\n
David said his overall approach is rooted in staying close to clients and understanding their business well enough to anticipate how legal rulings affect what they create and distribute. He tells young lawyers that sound judgment begins with mastering the details.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no substitute for hard work,\u201d he said, noting that attorneys who commit early to mastering the record are best positioned to develop judgment over time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.weil.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Yohai, senior partner in Weil\u2019s nationwide Complex Commercial Litigation practice, has been featured as a\u00a0Law360\u00a0Media & Entertainment MVP for 2025, one of just three attorneys in the U.S. to receive the honor. This is the second time David has been selected for this accolade. Law360 highlighted David\u2019s recent win in a closely watched privacy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2187236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[422021,23089],"class_list":["post-2187235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-complex-commercial-litigation","tag-new-york"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Yohai-Named-a-2025-Media-Entertainment-MVP-by.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187237,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187235\/revisions\/2187237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2187236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}