20 Dec, 2024 Update on Heckman v. Live Nation: District Court Enforces Mass Arbitration Terms By Caren Decter Peter Devlin We recently wrote about the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., No. 23-55770, 120 F. 4th 670 (9th...
17 Dec, 2024 What the “Sad Beige Lawsuit” Can Teach Us About IP in the Influencer Space By Hannah Taylor Molly Rothschild At its core, the case the internet is referring to as the “sad beige lawsuit” is a feud between two social media influencers, Sydney...
26 Nov, 2024 Ninth Circuit Finds Ticketmaster’s Mass Arbitration Provisions Unconscionable and Unenforceable By Caren Decter Peter Devlin Recently, the Ninth Circuit struck down Ticketmaster’s mass arbitration provisions—holding that they are unconscionable, and thus...
15 Nov, 2024 $500 Million Copyright Clash: Major Labels Sue Music Distributor TuneCore Over Alleged Infringement By Khasim Lockhart In a significant copyright case, Universal Music Group, Capitol Records, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music (collectively,...
14 Nov, 2024 Does deceptive conduct preclude fair use? George Santos says it should. By Amanda Barkin Last week Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives George Santos told the Second Circuit that his copyright lawsuit about the...
11 Nov, 2024 Can You Avoid Copyright Claims By Modifying Props Used in Your Ads? By Brian Murphy In Crystal Castles, the arcade game released by Atari in 1983, the player controls Bentley Bear, a bruin tasked with collecting gems...
06 Nov, 2024 Trump Sues CBS Under Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act By Molly Rothschild In the beginning of October, Vice President Kamala Harris sat for a 60 Minutes interview on CBS—where she discussed her views on the...
04 Oct, 2024 SDNY Deals A Blow To ADA Website Accessibility Litigation By Caren Decter The Southern District of New York is quickly becoming a less favorable venue for serial plaintiffs bringing website accessibility...
30 Sep, 2024 The Next Target of CIPA Litigation: Search Bars By Caren Decter Over the past two years, we have seen an influx of lawsuits asserting that the use of tracking technologies on websites violates the...
30 Sep, 2024 Trump in a “River of Trouble” for Infringing Copyright in Classic Isaac Hayes Song By Brian Murphy Since 2020, Donald J. Trump and his campaign organization have regularly played the Sam & Dave classic “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at campaign...
16 Aug, 2024 Predictably, an Oral License to Use Beat Track in Song Results in Copyright Infringement Case By Brian Murphy Plaintiff Brian White is a professional musician who writes and records beat tracks that he sometimes licenses to other artists. (We Got...
02 Aug, 2024 California Federal Court Holds That Session Replay Software Does Not Violate CIPA By Caren Decter Wiretapping claims based on session replay software and tracking pixels are on the rise. Most claims are brought under the California...
26 Jul, 2024 SAG-AFTRA CALLS STRIKE UNDER IMA By Dorian Thomas On July 25, 2024, SAG-AFTRA announced that it had called a strike under the SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement ("IMA"). The strike...
24 Jul, 2024 10 Myths Every Documentary Filmmaker Should Know By Melissa Georges The world of filmmaking abounds with misconceptions, perhaps most significantly in the documentary film realm where filmmakers must...
17 Jul, 2024 Are Users Bound By Updated Arbitration Agreements? The Southern District of New York Weighs In By Caren Decter Peter Devlin For years, companies have opted to include mandatory arbitration provisions and class action waivers in their website terms of service to...
10 Jul, 2024 Tracy Anderson vs. Megan Roup - Round 3 By Amanda Barkin A federal judge tossed Anderson’s copyright claim against former employee (and current competitor), Megan Roup, for alleged infringement...