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CBS Corp. v. Fed. Communication Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law
FCC orders imposing monetary penalties on CBS for broadcasting indecent material during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004 are vacated where: 1)...

Caso v. Nimrod Prod., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury action brought by a professional stuntman for injuries sustained from a stunt performance, summary judgment based on a finding...

Hollywood v. Superior Court

Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Recusal against a prosecutor for alleged conflicts of interest, arising out of the prosecutor's consultations with the makers of a motion picture...

Wolf v. Walt Disney Pictures and Television

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Remedies
In a breach of contract action involving Disney's alleged failure to fully compensate for its exploitation of the cartoon characters depicted in...

Warner Bros. Int'l Television Distrib. v. Golden Channels & Co.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Remedies
In a breach of contract case, involving the breach of an agreement between a cable television broadcaster and a company licensing programming, a...

Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty, Ltd. v. Int'l Game Tech.

Entertainment Law, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court committed no error in its analysis of the means-plus-function limitation in this case involving an electronic slot machine patent...

Employers Ins. Of Wausau v. Fox Entm't Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property
In an action by insurers seeking declaratory judgment that they had no coverage obligations relating to an underlying copyright infringment suit, the...

Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuit arising out of two lawsuits involving members of the rock band, The Doors, dismissal of plaintiffs'...

Damon v. Moore

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation suit against Michael Moore for non-consensual use of an interview conducted for NBC Nightly News in Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"...

Amigo Broad., LP v. Spanish Broad. Sys., Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising from the termination of an employment relationship between plaintiff-former employer and two employees, as well as the employees'...