Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 16 Jun 2014
Second Circuit rules that doctrine of “fair use” allows consortium of university libraries to create full-text searchable database of copyrighted…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 17 Aug 2011
District court denies defendants’ motion to strike under California’s Anti-SLAPP statute, holding that defendants failed to show that disclosing plaintiff's gang nickname and face in their documentary was in furtherance of the exercise of their constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest.
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 4 Nov 2009
District court grants a preliminary injunction to plaintiff news organizations, allowing them to conduct exit polling during New Jersey’s November 3, 2009, election, in spite of the New Jersey Attorney General’s directive that all expressive activity is forbidden within 100 feet of polling places.
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 25 Mar 2009
In a suit filed by the superintendent of public schools in Lewiston, Maine, the First Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment and held that the defendants’ failure to adequately research the reliability of an article posted on the Internet was negligent, but it did not rise to the level of actual malice, a requirement in a defamation suit brought by a public official.