Description | Date | Docket # |
Symmonds v. Mahoney California Court of Appeal Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Entertainment Law Held that a rock star's decision to terminate his drummer implicated free speech rights. The fired drummer alleged that he was let go because of his... |
02/01/2019 | B283529 |
Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. United States Second Circuit Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright Affirmed a finding of copyright infringement, in a lawsuit that involved copyrighted music recordings resold through an internet platform. The suit... |
12/12/2018 | 16โ2321 |
National Association of African American-Owned Media v. Charter Communications, Inc. United States Ninth Circuit Entertainment Law, Media Law, Civil Rights Held that an African American-owned operator of television networks sufficiently pleaded a claim that a cable television operator refused to enter... |
11/19/2018 | 17-55723 |
Doe v. Marine-Lombard United States Fifth Circuit Entertainment Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law In an amended opinion, held that Louisiana statutes requiring certain erotic dancers at nightclubs to be 21 years of age or older was not... |
11/16/2018 | 17-30292 |
Wilson v. Dynatone Publishing Co. United States Second Circuit Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright Held that a copyright ownership claim was timely filed. The statute of limitations was not triggered by the defendants' act of registering their... |
11/14/2018 | 17โ1549 |
Fahmy v. Jay-Z United States Ninth Circuit Copyright, Entertainment Law In an amended opinion, held that an Egyptian musical composer's heir could not sue the rapper Jay-Z and other defendants for copyright infringement.... |
11/01/2018 | 16-55213 |
ABS Entertainment Inc. v. CBS Corp. United States Ninth Circuit Copyright, Entertainment Law In an amended opinion, reinstated musical recording owners' claims that radio broadcasters violated their state law copyrights in pre-1972 analog... |
10/31/2018 | 16-55917 |
Three Expo Events, LLC v. City of Dallas, Texas United States Fifth Circuit Entertainment Law, Government Law, Constitutional Law Held that a company had legal standing to challenge a city council resolution barring it from holding a controversial love- and sex-themed expo at the... |
10/24/2018 | 17-10632 |
Ronnie Van Zant, Inc. v. Cleopatra Records, Inc. United States Second Circuit Entertainment Law Vacated an injunction that prevented a movie producer from releasing a film about the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Held that a consent order settling a... |
10/10/2018 | 17โ2849 |
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin United States Ninth Circuit Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright Granted a new trial in a copyright case involving a claim that Led Zeppelin copied key portions of its hit Stairway to Heaven from a song written by a... |
09/28/2018 | 16-56057 |