all - Opinion Summaries

Pimentel & Sons Guitar Makers, Inc. v. Pimentel

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In deciding whether a district court order "granting" an injunction is appealable under 28 U.S.C. section 1292(a)(1), the court of appeals considers...

Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/ATV Publ'g, LLC

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In a copyright-infringement-and-ownership action against Sony over a renowned country-music singer and songwriter's songs, the court affirms a...

Muzikowski v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Sanctions
In an action for defamation arising out of a character in a movie that plaintiff believed represented him in a negative light, summary judgment for...

Thompkins v. Lil' Joe Records, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In case involving a rap artist who sold copyrights to works for future royalties to a recording company that went bankrupt, summary judgment for...

Robert Lewis Rosen Assocs. v. Webb

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Order awarding plaintiff a supplemental judgment for additional payments originally awarded during underlying arbitration proceedings and previously...

August Entm't v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law
In bad faith action raising issues about whether a D&O liability policy covers a breach of contract claim where an officer entered into a contract...

Wagner v. Columbia Pictures Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In case where plaintiff claims he and his children's trusts are contractually entitled to share in the profits earned from two motion pictures...

Fears v. Wilhelmina Model Agency, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Sanctions
Orders approving settlements in a class action brought by professional models against modeling agencies for conspiracy to fix commissions in violation...

Fleck & Assocs., Inc. v. Phoenix

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
Dismissal of a complaint challenging, based on the constitutional right of privacy, an ordinance prohibiting the operation of "live sex act"...

Mastercard Int'l Inc. v. Fed'n Internationale De Football Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In an underlying lawsuit for breach of contract seeking enforcement of an alleged contractual provision giving plaintiff "first right to acquire"...