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US v. Stock

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
The district court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss his indictment for failure to state the offense of transmitting a threat in...

Bently Reserve L.P. v. Papaliolios

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's order denying defendant's anti-SLAPP special motion to strike a libel claim arising from a negative review of an apartment building...

j2 Global Communications Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim for a refund of taxes it paid for telecommunication services it used in connection with services...

IRS v. WorldCom

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
The bankruptcy court erred in granting defendant-debtor's objection to the IRS's proof of claim and defendant's motion for a refund of federal...

Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between competitors in the real estate listing business over defendant's use of plaintiff's copyrighted material, the district court's...

The Authors Guild Inc. v. Google Inc.

Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The district court's order certifying a plaintiff class of authors claiming that defendant committed copyright infringement by copying and displaying...

Cooksey v. Futrell

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim against defendants, member of the North Carolina Board of dietetics/Nutrition alleging the Board violated his First...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Judgment for plaintiff-recording companies in suit alleging defendant illegally downloaded and distributed music is affirmed, where the award to...

Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Media Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit alleging infringement of its '545 patent involving a method for distributing copyrighted products over the Internet...

Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Dismissal of two copyright infringement suits is:1) affirmed in part, where agreements assigning plaintiff the bare right to sue for infringement of...