A Second Circuit judge said Tuesday the New York federal judge who quickly dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's bid to reclaim music copyrights from Universal Music Group's UMG Recordings "was incorrect" to dismiss the hip-hop duo's lawsuit for at least two albums.
A Second Circuit judge said Tuesday the New York federal judge who quickly dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's bid to reclaim music copyrights from Universal Music Group's UMG Recordings "was incorrect" to dismiss the hip-hop duo's lawsuit for at least two albums.
Tyra Banks has told a California federal court that Netflix and the producers of an "America's Next Top Model" docuseries used the same misleading tactic in their dismissal motion that they allegedly used onscreen: removing key material from the middle of statements to change their meaning.
A Philadelphia judge has denied a request by 15 college athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 for an order allowing them to participate in college sports while they challenge their exclusion from a new NCAA rule granting five years of eligibility for competition.
A Missouri city must cover financial damages Norfolk Southern suffered when it settled lawsuits stemming from a train crash that killed one city worker and injured another, a federal judge ruled, slamming the city's shoddy recordkeeping and the unreliable testimony of its official.
Georgia's justices pressed a personal injury law firm Tuesday on whether an attorney's racketeering case accusing it of using confidential crash reports to land clients was rightly dismissed, hinting that the lower courts might have held the claims to too high a bar.
A group of utility companies that participate in a Massachusetts energy-efficiency incentive program have alleged in state court that an HVAC contractor defrauded the program out of around $8 million through various schemes, including claiming rebates for heat pumps that were never installed.
Uber, Lyft and a man who blames them for his injuries when one of their drivers rear-ended him have been asked by an Ohio federal judge to explain whether the companies are the legal proximate cause of his injuries.
Womble Bond Dickinson can't withdraw from a trademark feud that's dragged on for more than five years between U.S. and Dutch software companies, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, saying the firm's exit at this late stage "would be completely disruptive."
A California federal judge has nullified judgments against Chilisin Electronics Corp. in a patent case from Cyntec Co. over Cyntec's failure to disclose an agreement to license a pair of its patents to Apple, while also agreeing to sanction Cyntec's counsel.
Yale University and Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd. have requested attorney fees topping $23.1 million, plus $2 million each in exemplary damages, after winning a $4 million trial verdict, though both entities are also seeking a new trial to readdress damages on trade secrets and contract breach claims.
An Indiana federal judge Tuesday tossed a lawsuit from a certified class of 99 bettors accusing DraftKings of canceling their successful wagers on an NBA game, saying the online sports betting giant wasn't in the wrong when it canceled the class representative's bet the day after a Lakers-Nuggets game.
The Eleventh Circuit has revived an antitrust claim alleging National Christmas Products entered into agreements with Amazon in 2020 that inflated the prices of artificial Christmas trees.
An airline passenger is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his proposed class action against CrowdStrike Inc. over expenses and injuries resulting from a 2024 tech outage, saying the justices need to resolve a widening circuit split on the scope of the Airline Deregulation Act.
Airline customers have told the Ninth Circuit that Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines eroded consumer choice on numerous routes, and that a district court improperly dismissed their antitrust lawsuit with premature and flawed findings that cannot be allowed to stand.
Recent transactions demonstrate how the conversion from a Delaware statutory trust to an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust may benefit real estate funds, and why attorneys should treat the structuring of this conversion as a coordinated diligence and drafting exercise, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has disclosed a recent data breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of at least 300 individuals, according to notices filed with the Texas and California attorneys general.
A California federal judge ordered Meta on Tuesday to rereview privilege designations on 300 documents in social media addiction litigation, after plaintiffs' lawyers cited a "culture of privilege abuse" epitomized by Instagram swag hats embroidered with "a/c priv" — the shorthand used to log withheld documents.
U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington is taking a one-year paid leave of absence from the bench following his misdemeanor conviction for drunken driving, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Tuesday.
