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US v. Am. Soc. of Composers, Authors & Publishers

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (ASCAP) appeal from the district court's ruling that a download of a digital file...

Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action brought against a Chinese-language newspaper by some of its California-based employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

F.B.T. Prods., LLC v. Aftermath Records

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In a dispute concerning the percentage of royalties due to plaintiffs under their contracts with defendant in connection with the recordings of the...

Price v. Stossel

Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action against 20/20 correspondent John Stossel and ABC News by a television evangelist for defamation, district court's dismissal of the suit...

Jules Jordan Video, Inc. v. 144942 Canada Inc.

Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In an action by an adult video actor claiming that defendants copied and sold thirteen copyrighted adult DVDs featuring plaintiff's performances, the...

Found. of Human Understanding v. US

Media Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
United States Court of Federal Claims' decision that a nonprofit organization did not qualify as a "church" under section 170(b)(1)(A)(i) of the...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Gottstein

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Product Liability
In a nonparty's appeal from a permanent injunction entered by the district court prohibiting him from disseminating certain documents produced by Eli...

Bay Guardian Co. v. New Times Media LLC

Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Commercial Law
In Bay Guardian's suit against San Francisco Weekly (competing alternative newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area) claiming unfair competition under...

Singer Mgmt. Consultants, Inc. v. Milgram

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Media Law, Remedies
District court's denial of plaintiff's request for attorney's fees, arising from plaintiff's suit seeking a TRO and preliminary injunction to restrain...

Mink v. Knox

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
In an action seeking damages for the search and seizure of plaintiff's computer as part of an aborted criminal libel prosecution, dismissal of the...