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Sheridan v. Touchstone Television Productions, LLC

Administrative Law, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by an actress on the show Desperate Housewives under Labor Code section 6310, alleging that the show's studio fired her in...

Baldwin v. EMI Feist Catalog, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright action brought by plaintiffs seeking to terminate defendant's copyright grant to the song "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," the district...

DC Comics v. Towle

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark
In a copyright and trademark infringement action alleging defendant's Batmobile replicas infringed on plaintiff DC Comics' property rights, the...

Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), alleging that defendants violated 17 U.S.C. section 512(f) by misrepresenting in a...

Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage and Employee and Moving Picture Technicians, Local 720 v. InSynch Show Productions, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law
In an petition to compel arbitration of a dispute arising under a collective bargaining agreement between a union and an employer, the district...

Rodriguez v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
In an action under the Video Privacy Protection Act, alleging that two of defendant's companies violated the Act by retaining plaintiff's personally...

Mollett v. Netflix, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
In an action under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) and California Civil Code section 1799.3 against Netflix, a subscription videostreaming...

The Ray Charles Foundation v. Robinson

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action by the heirs of musician Ray Charles to terminate copyright grants that Charles conferred while he was alive, the district court's...

Rivera-Corraliza v. Puig-Morales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Gaming Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging violations of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments as well as several commonwealth...

Baker v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
In diversity action brought by a putative class of owners of Microsoft Corporation's Xbox 360 video game console, alleging a design defect in the Xbox...