Category: Procedural
Procedural
Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer hits ‘sweet home’ in NYC, where appellate judges reject bar to filming and release of ‘Street Survivor’ biopic dramatizing not just band tragedy but also rise of southern rock
A trio of federal appellate judges in New York have taken a rare role typically reserved for...
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Yes, It Takes 400 Bureaucrats, 20 Or So Judges, and Now 9 Supreme Court Justices to Decide a Copyright Basic: When Can Creatives Sue to Protect IP?
This guest post was written by Crystal R. Nobregas, a Southwestern Law School fourth-year evening...
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The ‘Cobbler’ was a dud. But it has stitched up an appellate ruling on IP addresses, preventing copyright owners from acting like heels.
This guest post was written by Crystal R. Nobregas, a Southwestern Law School fourth-year evening...
Read More‘Oh, really?:’ Legal ethics get flipped aside by smarmy lawer in comedic ‘Bob’s Burgers’
In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...
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Landlord white-washes walls of ‘graffiti,’ but U.S. judge invokes ‘VARA,’ imposing $6.7 million penalty for damage to big Queens display of ‘aerosol art’
Gerald Wolkoff, a building owner in the New York borough of Queens, in search of what he might...
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Even as songwriters win a key fight on royalties, new fronts open in big-money war between companies, creatives over pay for streamed music
Bit coins and other crypto currencies? For already financially struggling creatives seeking ways...
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No ‘fake news’ here: 15th annual ‘Entertainment and Media Law Conference’ will tackle Trump Administration’s legal ‘disarray’ for media, entertainment industries
The Media Law Resource Center and Southwestern Law School have hosted for 15 years the...
Read More‘Oh, really?:’ TV’s ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ creates fictional mayhem with the law, legal education. But it also speaks hard truths about justice
In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...
Read MoreAfter denying blind-deaf patron’s $200 aid request, movie theater chain hit with expansive, potentially costly appellate ruling on accommodating disabled
This guest post was contributed by Natalie M. Reynoso, a second-year Southwestern Law School...
Read MoreKudos to U.S. Ninth Circuit for posting video of key argument over what jurors could consider in controversial ‘Blurred Lines’ case
The music industry has been abuzz and ablaze for months now after Robin Thicke and Farrell...
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Film marketers hit with $32.4 million verdict, but it’s a bargain: 3 million robo calls could have cost $1.6 billion
This guest post was contributed by Natalie M. Reynoso, a second-year Southwestern Law School...
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Behind a fun festival season, legal lines in sand
For Coachella and other lucrative live music events, there’s no fiddling around in enforcing...
Read More‘Oh, really?’ Early awakening’s murderous?
Passengers posits that rousing a space crew member early from a suspended state is tantamount to murder. How on earth might that be true? In our ‘Oh, Really’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors and alumni— voracious consumers...
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Justices zip up a fashion copyright case
High court, in novel 6-2 ruling, extends legal protection to stripes, chevrons, zig-zags that...
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Blue film firm keeping up its barrage of suits
Malibu Media, LLC., an adult film company, filed 201 copyright infringement lawsuits in...
Read MoreCourt resurrects a killer’s privacy suit over film
He’s the real-life ax murderer who keeps acting like a terrifying character in a Hollywood slasher movie, popping up repeatedly at inopportune times in scary fashion. Yes, he’s baaack: Christopher Porco, convicted of...
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Sir Paul’s rights claims: music industry temblor
In artists’ battles to terminate, recover copyrights, $750-million Beatles catalog’s a...
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Talent agency, casting workshops charged
LA City Attorney files raft of Krekorian Act cases Delores White, an Inglewood mom, thought her...
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Hollywood tamps down a tobacco challenge
A federal judge in San Francisco has snuffed out a California dad’s attempt to force...
Read MoreNew Calif. law captures some of the burning anger about ageism, sexism in Hollywood
Although the adage holds that “it’s never polite to ask a lady her age,” in Hollywood, the very point of view captured in that aphorism has itself become a new flashpoint. That’s because women, unions, politicians,...
Read MoreWill cable boxes go bye-bye, content increase?
Is it time to say goodbye to cable companies’ set-top transmission boxes, the monthly charges that come with them, and a possible entertainment content choke point? The FCC has approved a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to...
Read MorePro librarian up for top job with copyright sway
The Obama Administration has announced that Carla Hayden will be its nominee as the fourteenth U.S. Librarian of Congress. This is a position with great influence on copyright law, and, therefore of considerable interest to...
Read MoreA textbook case on deciding attorney’s fees?
To the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, this case has offered a legal challenge, an opportunity to reconsider how copyright applies to works lawfully made abroad. To the original defendant, this matter seemed like a smart...
Read MorePassword sharing has its legal risks but …
Cord cutters rejoiced this past Super Bowl Sunday. Not only is CBS creating its own streaming option, but the broadcaster went out of its way to make streaming the annual spectacle incredibly easy. Now, could streaming services...
Read MoreRoyalty rate ruling strikes a rare harmony
After a complex legal decision gets issued, if none of the affected parties can be seen, jubilant and dancing in the court aisles, maybe the judges got it just right? That seems to be the online consensus reaction to a recent...
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