all - Opinion Summaries

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Rawlins

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a suit by a satellite television provider against a purchaser of illegal decryption devices, denial of statutory damages under the Wiretap Act is...

USA Choice Internet Servs., LLC v. US

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Tax Law
An order granting plaintiff-ISP a refund of communications excise taxes paid from January 1999 through April 2002 on various communication services...

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...

PowerOasis, Inc. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving patents directed to vending machines that sell telecommunications access, summary judgment ruling that certain claims of...

SDV/ACCI, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.

Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against AT&T and one of its employees alleging that the employee defamed plaintiffs in the course of her employment, summary...

Capitol Racing v. California Horse Racing Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Sports Law
In a challenge to an adjudicative decision of the California Horse Racing Board, a trial court judgment on the merits in favor of plaintiff is...

Cook v. Superior Court (Carlson)

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action seeking to enjoin Debbie Cook, a candidate in the upcoming Democratic primary in the 46th Congressional District, from using the title of...

Mann v. Abel

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for libel arising out of an article published in an independent newspaper, jury finding that statements in the articles were defamatory...

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'...