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N.Y. Panel Finds No Safe Harbor For Pre-1972 Works In Grooveshark Copyright Case
NEW YORK - A New York appellate panel on April 23 found that the safe harbor from copyright infringement afforded to online service providers by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not...
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Damage Caused By Insured's Defective Work Is Not An 'Occurrence,' Panel Affirms
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Damage to air conditioning units caused by an insured's faulty work does not involve "property damage" caused by an "occurrence" under a commercial general liability insurance policy,...
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Tribune Indenture Trustee Defends Fee Request Of More Than $6.1 Million
WILMINGTON, Del. - The Law Debenture Trust Company of New York (LDTCNY) on April 23 filed a brief contending that its request for fees and expenses related to the bankruptcy of media giant Tribune Co....
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Ritz Camera Trustee Must Sell Asset To Higher Bidder, Says Buyer With $1.9M...
WILMINGTON, Del. - A potential buyer of one of bankrupt Ritz Camera & Image LLC's assets on April 22 filed a brief objecting to the Chapter 7 trustee's motion seeking authorization to sell the...
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High Court Won't Review Ruling That Retirees Not Estopped From Litigating Claim
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 declined to review a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that retired employees are not precluded from litigating for themselves the...
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Supreme Court Denies Review Of 7th Circuit Indiana Medicaid Dental Care Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 denied a writ of certiorari to the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's appeal of a federal appeals court decision requiring the...
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California Judge Won't Dismiss, Transfer Trademark Case
SAN DIEGO - Citing evidence that a trademark infringement defendant has sold and shipped products to California consumers while maintaining an interactive website and an in-store presence, a federal...
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5th Circuit Upholds Account Executive's Firing In Order To Cut Costs
NEW ORLEANS - A former account executive failed to show that cost cutting, the reason given for her termination, was pretext for retaliation, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 24,...
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News Corp. Directors And Officers Settle Shareholder Dispute For $139 Million
WILMINGTON, Del. - Parties to a shareholder derivative suit against directors and officers of News Corp. informed a Delaware vice chancellor on April 22 that they had reached a $139 million settlement...
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Michigan Appeals Panel: Off-Duty Officer Is Entitled To Governmental Immunity
DETROIT - The Michigan Court of Appeals on April 23 affirmed summary judgment for a defendant in a personal injury case, concluding that an off-duty police officer was entitled to governmental immunity...
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U.S. Judge: Government's Conduct In Tobacco Sting Was Within The Law
CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge denied dismissal to defendants who allege that agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) lured them into criminal activity by...
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Chinese Vitamin C Makers Seek To Vacate, Reduce $153.3M Judgment
NEW YORK - Chinese vitamin C manufacturers on April 11 moved to reduce by $22.5 million a $253.3 million damages award in favor of a direct purchaser class on its allegations that Chinese corporations...
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California Federal Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Claims Against Kaiser, Union
SAN DIEGO - A hospital system failed to allege that a managed care organization and its related entities conspired with a labor union to exclude competition in the markets for emergency and acute care...
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Judge Grants Final Approval To Settlement Between LCD Defendants, Indirect...
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal judge in California overseeing the film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) antitrust litigation on April 1 in an amended order granted final approval to a $571...
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$9.5 Million Cash Settlement Approved In Bar Review Antitrust Action
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in California on April 15 preliminary approved a $9.5 million settlement of a class action brought by law students against West Publishing Co. and Kaplan Inc. for...
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State, Federal Antitrust Claims Related To Exclusive Supplier Agreements Fail
SAN FRANCISCO - A chain of hardware stores failed to demonstrate that Home Depot USA Inc. violated federal and state antitrust laws by entering into exclusive agreements with two power tool suppliers,...
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Several Claims By Direct Purchasers In Pool Products Antitrust MDL Continue
NEW ORLEANS - Direct purchasers of pool products failed to state claims asserting per se illegal boycott and monopolization but sufficiently stated rule-of-reason and attempted monopolization claims to...
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Judge Dismisses Antitrust Class Action Against Inflight Internet Provider
SAN FRANCISCO - Three airline travelers have failed to show that "there has been a substantial foreclosure of competition in the relevant market" of providers of Internet connectivity on domestic...
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$1 Billion Antitrust Complaint Over Microsoft Multi-User Software Dismissed
NEW YORK - By imposing a new single-user limitation on its Windows operating systems, Microsoft Corp. was enacting "an entirely valid exercise" of its intellectual property rights, a New York federal...
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Judge: Aftermarket Auto Parts Seller's Antitrust Suit Against GM May Continue
BATON ROUGE, La. - The seller of aftermarket automobile parts may amend its complaint alleging that General Motors LLC and the seller of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts violated federal...
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