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Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Administrative Law, Communications Law
In an action involving the FCC's modified indecency enforcement regime to regulate "fleeting expletives," as applied to three incidents, two...

Juror Number One v. Superior Court (Royster)

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In a criminal proceeding in which the court entered an order requiring a juror to execute a consent form pursuant to the Stored Communications Act...

ASCAP v. MobiTV, Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a dispute over the royalty owed for a blanket public performance license for music in the ASCAP repertory that was embodied in television and radio...

Puerto Rico Telephone Co., Inc. v. T-Mobile Puerto Rico LLC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In a dispute regarding the applicable billing rate for a mobile phone company's use of certain services provided by an incumbent local exchange...

Elder v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Public Utilities
In a class action against a telephone company and a billing service for "cramming"--the inclusion of allegedly unauthorized charges on subscribers'...

Minorty Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a challenge to federal statutory restrictions on certain types of advertising by public broadcast TV stations, the district court's grant of...

In re MSTG, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action concerning a patent on 3G mobile telecommunications technologies, which the plaintiff eventually settled with certain...

Johnson v. Ralphs Grocery Co.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against a supermarket, its independent contractor security company, and employees of the security company for intentional infliction of...

Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Media Law
In a suit by a putative class of retail cable and satellite television subscribers alleging that the practice of defendant television programmers and...

Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a suit alleging inverse condemnation, unjust enrichment, trespass, and deceptive trade practices stemming from defendants' attachment to the...