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  "id": 18474103,
  "title": "Is The Pitt an unauthorized ER reboot? Court approves lawsuit alleging yes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/is-the-pitt-an-unauthorized-er-reboot-court-approves-lawsuit-alleging",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-pitt-er-lawsuit-proceeds-9.7410972"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There are so many similarities between the hit TV series ER and HBO's The Pitt that a lawsuit should be allowed to proceed, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed by the widow of Michael Crichton, who created the TV series ER in the 1990s, based on a film script he wrote about his time as a medical student.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/court-suspends-201-1-bln-won-fine-imposed-on-coupang-for-unauthorized",
        "published": "2026-11-06T06:55:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court suspends $147.74 mil. fine imposed on Coupang for unauthorized user data collection",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/court-suspends-147-74-mil-fine-imposed-on-coupang-for-unauthorized",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:32:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}