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Mattel, Inc. v. MGA Ent'mt., Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trade Secrets
In an action for copyright infringement and breach of an employment agreement arising out of defendant's sale of a toy doll idea to a competitor of...

US v. Snipes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Entertainment Law, Tax Law
Actor Wesley Snipes' convictions, after a jury trial, on three counts of willful failure to file individual federal income tax returns, are affirmed...

Imaginary Images, Inc. v. Evans

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by three exotic dance nightclubs, claiming First Amendment, vagueness, and overbreadth challenges to Virginia's alcohol licensing program...

Fox Tel. Stations, Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a petition for review of the indecency policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), commonly referred to as the "fleeting expletive"...

Love v. Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, International Law, Media Law
In an action by former Beach Boys member Mike Love against former member Brian Wilson for trademark infringement based on the promotion campaign for...

US v. Blagojevich

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In the criminal prosecution of former Illinois Governor Blagojevich, a district court's denial of motion to intervene brought by newspaper...

Murphy v. Eddie Murphy Prod., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In plaintiff's suit against the famous television and a motion film entertainer, Eddie Murphy, and others, claiming that defendants used copyrighted...

Flava Works, Inc. v. City of Miami

Entertainment Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging the Miami Code Enforcement Board's final administrative ruling that plaintiffs were engaged in "adult entertainment" in an...

Recording Indus. Assn. of Am. v. Library of Cong.

Administrative Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In the Recording Industry Association of America's petition for review of the Copyright Royalty Board's decision instituting a 1.5 percent per month...

Benay v. Warner Bros. Entm't, Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In an action alleging copyright infringement under federal law and breach of contract under California law based on defendants' alleged...