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FINKE v. THE WALT DISNEY CO.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A defendant may move to strike a cause of action under the SLAPP statute if at least one of the predicate acts was an act in furtherance of the...

LIEBERMAN v. KCOP TELEVISION, INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law, Remedies
In an action for statutory damages for the use of improper recordings pursuant to Penal Code section 632.7, sufficient evidence was presented to...

COLT v. FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action against a media company alleging libel, invasion of privacy, interference with contractual relations, and interference with prospective...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

JOHN DOE 2 v. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Plaintiff's open court statement, that he was a victim of sexual assault, was a public statement that cannot serve as the basis for an invasion of...

RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Media Law
An association lacked Article III standing to appeal the FCC's granting of applications to transfer control of television broadcasting licenses, where...

POSTLEWAITE v. MCGRAW-HILL, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Media Law
District court's collateral estoppel ruling, that a prior judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant against plaintiffs...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTM'T CO., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

DASTAR CORP. v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
The phrase "origin of goods" refers to the producer of tangible goods that are offered for sale, and not to the author of any idea, concept, or...

RICE v. FOX BROAD. CO.

Copyright, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Disclosure of secrets behind magic tricks does not receive copyright protection, and no substantial similarity exists between plot and sequence of...