all - Opinion Summaries

The Habitat Trust for Wildlife, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cucamonga

Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an environmental dispute involving the development of residential properties, trial court judgment is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in...

Trustees of the Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension & Health Plans v. NYCA, Inc.

ERISA, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action for breach of a collective bargaining agreement requiring advertising agencies to make contributions to certain benefit plans for...

SoundExchange, Inc. v. Librarian of Congress

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a petition for review of the Copyright Royalty Judges' decision setting the royalty rate satellite radio services must pay to copyright owners to...

Marshak v. Treadwell

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Judgement Enforcement, Trademark
In an action related to a trademark dispute involving the singing group "The Drifters," district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed and...

Berger v. Seattle

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law
In a challenge to Defendant-City's rules governing street performers in a public park, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where the rules...

FCC v. Fox Tel. Stations, Inc.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In an appeal from an FCC order finding language used on a television broadcast indecent in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1464, the Court of Appeals'...

In re Sony BMG Entm't

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In an action related to a copyright infringement trial, petition challenging an order permitting gavel-to-gavel webcasting of a hearing in a civil...

Jones v. Blige

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action based on the alleged misappropriation of Plaintiffs' song, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where: 1)...

Video Software Dealers Ass'n. v. Schwarzenegger

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a state statute restricting the sale of violent video games to minors, summary judgment for Plaintiffs is affirmed...

Connection Dist. Co. v. Holder

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In an adult magazine's First Amendment challenge to the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act's reporting requirement, summary judgment for...