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Mercury Interactive Corp. v. Klein

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law
In shareholder derivative action brought on behalf of corporation to recover damages to the corporation resulting from the alleged backdating of stock...

In Re: Literary Works in Elec. Databases Copyright Litig.

Class Actions, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Order certifying a class of freelance authors and approving a settlement of their copyright infringement claims arising from the unauthorized...

Desert Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Oakland

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging certain Oakland sign ordinances on First Amendment grounds, a district court's ruling that one provision in an ordinance was...

Connection Distrib. Co. v. Keisler

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
The recordkeeping requirements of 18 U.S.C. section 2257, placed upon producers of images of "actual sexually explicit conduct", are facially...

Torres-Negron v. J & N Records, LLC

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In a copyright infringement action arising out of the distribution of a song written by the plaintiff, judgment as a matter of law for defendants is...

Midwest Media Prop., L.L.C. v. Symmes Township, Ohio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In an action claiming that a township's sign regulations violated the First and Fourteenth Amendment, summary judgment for the township is affirmed...

Norris v. The Hearst Trust

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action brought by former distributors of a newspaper owned by defendants alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination, and antitrust...

Anderson v. Suiters

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action brought against a police officer, a local television reporter and the TV station's owner pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Oklahoma...

Comm'n on Peace Officer Standards & Training v. Superior Court of Sacramento County (L.A Times Communications, LLC)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a suit brought by the L.A. Times seeking the disclosure of information in an agency's database pertaining to California peace officers, a court of...

Int'l Fed'n of Prof'l & Technical Eng'rs v. Superior Court of Alameda County (Contra Costa Newspapers)

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
The names and salaries of public employees earning $100,000 or more per year, including peace officers, are not exempt from public disclosure under...