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Advertisers held responsible for display of ads through adware companies

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 8 2007

In another step in a trend of law enforcement toward holding advertisers liable for how their ads are displayed and for the conduct of their business partners or affiliates, the New York State Attorney General’s office recently announced settlements with three companies as a result of its investigation into the deceptive use of adware

The Price is Right verdict

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2012

A California jury awarded a former "The Price is Right" model, Brandi Cochran, over $8.5 million for pregnancy discrimination. Ms. Cochran, who worked on

The Milton H. Greene Archives, Inc. v. CMG Worldwide, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2008

The district court granted the defendants’ motion for reconsideration in this right of publicity case affected by the recent enactment of California legislation (SB 771) that clarified post-mortem publicity rights for deceased actors, artists and other celebrities

Only musical recordings eligible for copyright first sale exception

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2007

Addressing for the first time the issue of whether the record rental exception to the copyright first sale doctrine applies to all sound recordings or only musical sound recordings, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the district court, holding that only musical sound recordings are subject to the exception

The registration requirement bars claims based on unregistered copyrights

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 28 2007

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the certification of a class of plaintiffs consisting of freelance authors (and the trade groups representing the authors) and subsequent approval of a settlement of these plaintiffs’ copyright infringement claims arising out of the unauthorized electronic reproduction of their works

Armour v. Knowles, et al., USCA Fifth Circuit, December 21, 2007

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 9 2008

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that plaintiff’s admissions identifying the dates that her manager gave copies of a demo tape to associates of defendant (late February or early March, 2003) were binding and precluded a finding of access because defendant had created allegedly infringing song by February 13, 2003

Naked Cowboy’s suit against Mars strums along

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2008

A federal judge has ruled that the New York street performer known as The Naked Cowboy can move ahead with his $6 million lawsuit against M&M maker Mars Inc. over a billboard that depicted M&M characters dressed in all-white get-ups just like hiscowboy hat, boots and skivvies

Come on baby, light my lawsuit: false advertising decision against Doors’ band members upheld

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2008

A California appellate court has upheld a $3.2 million false advertising verdict rendered against two former members of The Doors rock band for touring as The Doors in recent years without the full band’s consent, and for displaying unauthorized images of former lead singer Jim Morrison

Third Circuit remands Super Bowl indecency fine

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 25 2008

The FCC’s campaign against broadcast indecency was dealt another major blow as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a $550,000 fine assessed by the agency against the CBS broadcast network for the airing of singer Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl telecast

Magazine publishers catch a break

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2008

Freelance writers, photographers and illustrators often sell only one-time publication rights in their works to magazine publishers

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