all - Opinion Summaries

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...

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...

Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a First Amendment challenge to Redondo Beach Municipal Code section 3-7.1601, which prohibits the act of standing on a street or highway and...

Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In an action for copyright infringement and related state claims based on defendants' use of plaintiffs' materials in developing a television show...

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

Commercial Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Warner), claiming that Warner's practice of allocating the same share of the licensing...

DirecTV, Inc. v. Barczewski

Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Media Law, Remedies
In DirecTV's suit against defendants for intercepting encrypted signals from DirecTV's satellite system without authorization and for furnishing...