Nov 26, 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...
Nov 15, 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,...
Nov 14, 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...
Nov 11, 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...
Nov 06, 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...
Oct 04, 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...
Sep 30, 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...
Sep 30, 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...
Aug 16, 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...
Aug 02, 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...
Jul 26, 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...
Jul 24, 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...
Jul 17, 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...
Jul 10, 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...
Jul 02, 2024 Trademark Scammers on the Rise By Louise Decoppet Scams and schemers have been part of recorded history since at least 300 BC, according to multiple sources including Experien and...
Jun 27, 2024 Time to Face the Music? Major Record Labels Sue AI Companies over Sound Recordings Allegedly Used in Training Data By Zach Lewis Last year, when a “fake Drake” song created using artificial intelligence made major headlines, we questioned whether generative AI would...