KHIKS News

Stay up-to-date with all the recent developments from the firm and read the perspectives offered by our attorneys on a variety of legal topics.

September 10, 2026

Ray Seilie Provides Insight on DOJ Review of Fox-Roku Deal in Los Angeles Times

Ray Seilie was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times article “DOJ seeks more information on $22 billion Roku deal after Trump blasts ouster of Fox News host,” where he provides insight into the U.S. ......

September 10, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Joins BECLA’s Fall Speaker Series at Southern University Law Center To Showcase Entertainment Law Careers

Ashlee Difuntorum recently spoke to students at Southern University Law Center as part of the Fall Speaker Series hosted by the school’s Business, Entrepreneurship, and Creatives Law Association (BECLA). The session covered steps for building ......

September 9, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Examines the Future of Emmy Broadcast Rights and the Clip Economy in Forbes

Ashlee Difuntorum’s recent Forbes article, “The Next Primetime Emmy Awards Broadcast Deal Must Reckon With The Clip Economy,” examines the future of the Primetime Emmy Awards’ broadcast rights and how the television industry’s evolving “clip ......

September 1, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Authors Forbes Article on What Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Means for the Creator Economy

In Ashlee Difuntorum’s latest Forbes article, titled “Meta’s $18 Billion Settlement Complicates Brand-Creator Deals On Social Media,” she unpacks Meta’s settlement to resolve claims that Instagram and Facebook were designed to addict children and illegally collect ......

August 20, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Examines Morality Clauses in Forbes Following Hayden Panettiere’s Experience with Neutrogena

Ashlee Difuntorum penned a Forbes article titled “Hayden Panettiere’s Neutrogena Story Exposes A Problem With Morality Clauses,” examining how traditional morality clauses in celebrity and influencer contracts may no longer reflect the realities of today’s ......

August 20, 2026

Fourteen KHIKS Attorneys Named 2027 “Best Lawyers”; Ashlee Difuntorum Named Among “Ones to Watch”

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Partners Shawn Holley, Larry Iser, Dale Kinsella, Katherine Kleindienst, Gregory Korn, Alan Kossoff, Michael Kump, Aaron Liskin, Suann MacIsaac, Amber Melius, Patricia Millett, Nick Soltman, Kristen Spanier, and Jonathan Steinsapir have been recognized among the ......

August 19, 2026

Ray Seilie Featured in IndieWire Article Examining Disney and ABC’s First Amendment Lawsuit Against the FCC

Ray Seilie was recently quoted in an IndieWire article titled “Disney and ABC Pushing Back on the Trump FCC Is a Sneaky, Low-Risk Move That Could Make Them Look Like Heroes” where he examines Disney ......

August 18, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Sheds Light on Strategies to Deal with Unauthorized Surveillance in Forbes

Ashlee Difuntorum’s latest Forbes article, “Why Secret Recordings On Social Media Have Little Legal Protection,” discusses the limited legal protections individuals have when being filmed in public by a cell phone or even discreet smart ......

August 10, 2026

Bloomberg Law Interviews Ray Seilie on the Legal Implications of Perplexity AI’s Defeated Bid to Toss Reddit’s Data Scraping Lawsuit

Ray Seilie was recently quoted in Bloomberg Law’s article, “Reddit Gives Content Hosts an Upper Hand Against AI Scraping (1),” as he examined the legal implications of Reddit’s successful defeat of Perplexity AI Inc. and ......

August 4, 2026

Ray Seilie Speaks to Vulture About State Attorneys General Request for Trial in Warner Bros. Paramount Antitrust Case

Ray Seilie was recently featured in the Vulture article “Hollywood’s Hottest Fall Drama Is the Warnermount Merger,” where he shed light on the upcoming trial between numerous state attorneys general and Paramount, as its $110 ......

August 3, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum’s Forbes Article Delves into How Spider-Man: Brand New Day Ushers In a New Era of Brand Integration

Ashlee Difuntorum recently published an article entitled “Spider-Man: Brand New Day Slings Record Brand Deals. The Brands On Screen Tell The Real Story” in Forbes. In the article, Ashlee explores how Spider-Man: Brand New Day ......

July 27, 2026

Ashlee Difuntorum Addresses Creators’ Anxiety Over Paramount Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery In Latest Forbes Article

Ashlee Difuntorum’s latest article for Forbes, entitled “Paramount’s Paused Merger Doesn’t Ease Creators’ Fears–But The ‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Story Should,” unpacks how the news of Paramount’s agreement to pause its proposed $110 billion acquisition of ......