• Capitol Records LLC v. Vimeo Inc.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellants: Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Hogan Lovells, US LLP, Washington, D.C.; Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellees: Todd Anten, Owen F. Roberts, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Michael A. Cheah, Vimeo, Inc. & Rachel Kassabian, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California. For amici curiae, National Music Publishers' Association, Recording Industry Association of America, and Copyright Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Hyland Hunt, Ruthanne M. Deutsch, Alexandra Mansbach, Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae, Computer & Communications Industry Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Matthew C. Schruers, Alexandra Sternburg, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae, Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Mitchell L. Stoltz, Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For amici curiae, Intellectual Property Scholars in Support of Defendants-Appellees: Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.

    Case Number: 21-2949(L)

    Video Streaming Site Protected by Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe Harbor Provision

  • January 14, 2025 | The Recorder

    Music App Denied Injunction Against Apple Over Alleged Scheme to Block Its Access to App Store

    A California federal court has rejected music streaming platform Musi's request for preliminary injunction against Apple in a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Canada-based Musi has accused Apple of partaking in a "backchannel scheme with music-industry conglomerates."

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  • January 10, 2025 | Law.com

    $15K Family Vacation Turned 'Colossal Nightmare': Lawsuit Filed Against Vail Ski Resorts

    This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.

    1 minute read

  • January 3, 2025 | The Recorder

    Anthropic Agrees to 'Guardrails' for Its AI Training to Protect Copyrighted Lyrics Pending Fight Over Fair Use

    An agreement signed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California requires Anthropic to use “guardrails” to protect copyrighted lyrics allegedly used to train its premier AI product, Claude. The case filed by a group of music publishers remains in motion.

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  • I Am Athlete, LLC v. Im EnMotive, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Adams, Lucas K. Hori, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Irvine CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Patrick A. Lockwood, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin B. Carroll, David J. Ogles, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-03-280 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of contract claim based on allegations that buyer improperly transferred assets to an affiliate with the intent to prevent seller from earning post-closing payments.

  • Jones et al. v. Scarlett & Associates, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Tucker, Mary Peters, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Troy Covington, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth Newby, Jamaal Brown, (Newby Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Broussard, (Clyde & Co US LLP), Atlanta, Saint Security, LLC, (Saint Security, LLC c/o Bonsai Bix Filings, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A1022

    Restaurant Guard's Employment Relationship Did Not Preclude Application of Mutual Combatant Doctrine

  • December 6, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    $60.6M Texas Verdict Awarded to Victim in Barroom Assault

    Texas Live! and associated defendants were hit with a $60.65 million jury verdict for a security guard's assault of a barroom patron.

    1 minute read

  • October 29, 2024 | Law.com

    Movie Theater Agrees to Pay Former Employee $137K in EEOC Discrimination Settlement

    The Texas corporation, which operates movie theatres across the country, also agreed to revised anti-discrimination standards and train corporate and regional managers, while posting an employee notice at its Charlotte, North Carolina, location. The company also agreed to an annual Title VII training program featuring and compliance check-ins.

    3 minute read

  • October 4, 2024 | The Recorder

    Music Streaming App Platform Musi Sues Apple on Breach-of-Contract Claims

    Jennifer A. Golinveaux and Samantha K. Looker, attorneys at Winston & Strawn's San Francisco office, filed a complaint on behalf of Musi on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. The suit alleged breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

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  • Oakley v. MSG Networks Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-CV-6903

    Deposition, Document Production Granted in Suit Over Ejectment From Basketball Game