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Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Media Law
In an en banc panel decision involving a dispute between a French civil liberties groups and a US internet service provider arising out of the...

Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law, Tax Law
Documents submitted to a court in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment are judicial documents to which a presumption of...

Carver v. Bonds

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Order granting defendants' motions to strike under the anti-SLAPP law, and order awarding attorney's fees to newspaper and professional baseball...

Clear Channel Metroplex, Inc. v. Sunbeam Television Corp.

Contracts, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by a television station to prevent a radio station from selling a portion of its land for residential use, a mutual non-aggression pact...

N.Y. Times Co. v. Superior Court (Wall Street Network, Ltd.)

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
In an action arising out of a marketing alliance agreement, order granting a motion for reconsideration of a motion for summary judgment on contract...

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Pepe

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Remedies
Congress has made a private right of action available under 18 U.S.C. sections 2511(1)(a) and 2520 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)...

US v. Broadcast Music, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Media Law
The district court's rate setting for the licensing of defendant's music is remanded where the process of ascertaining the rate was flawed.

Fielding v. Hubert Burda Media, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit for libel, the district court properly held that none of the defendants had sufficient contacts in Texas to satisfy due process limitations...

Knafel v. Chicago Sun-Times, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's defamation action against defendant-newspaper is affirmed where her complaint failed to properly state a claim.

Lee v. Dep't of Justice

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Media Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion in holding plaintiff-journalists in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions regarding...