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Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against Lucasfilm, alleging various causes of action related to her employment, including pregnancy discrimination and wrongful...

MVP Entm't, Inc. v. Frost

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In plaintiff's suit for breach of contract, arising from a failed attempt to obtain rights to a book to make into a movie, trial court's grant of...

Winchester Mystery House, LLC v. Global Asylum, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiff's suit for unauthorized use of its trademarks, unfair competition, and interference with contract and economic advantage, against a...

Charles v. City of Los Angeles

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the validity of a city ordinance requiring a building permit for all temporary signs other than those containing "a...

Don Johnson Productions, Inc. v. Rysher Entertainment

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In a breach of contract dispute between a Hollywood actor and an entertainment production company over the actor's interest in the copyright of the...

1st Media, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action for infringement of patents related to an entertainment system for use in purchasing and storing songs, videos, and multimedia karaoke...

Milton H. Greene Archives, Inc. v. Marilyn Monroe LLC

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiffs' suit claiming ownership of Marilyn Monroe's right of publicity and alleging that defendant was violating their rights by using the...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
In an action for copyright infringement, unjust enrichment and accounting against a major Hollywood studio and others, claiming that defendants...

WPIX, Inc. v. IVI, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a copyright infringement suit, brought by producers and owners of copyright programming, against defendant for streaming plaintiffs' copyrighted...

Fillpoint, LLC. v. Maas

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employee for breach of an employment agreement containing a covenant not to compete and against a competitor for interference...