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Court Decision Finds No California Performance Right in Pre-1972 Sound Recordings – Why It Was Still an Issue

Broadcast Law Blog

Courts in other states had rejected that argument (see our articles on decisions in New York , Florida and Georgia ), but the question of the status of the law remained unresolved in California. But if the Court had found a state law performance right in sound recordings, that right could be deemed unrestricted.

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Supreme Court to consider NCAA student-athlete compensation, class action rules

JURIST

Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma , the court held that the NCAA could, in the interest of preserving the character and quality of college sports, impose restrictions upon players that would otherwise breach antitrust laws. ” The court also granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v.

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In unanimous ruling, Court agrees with athletes that NCAA violated antitrust laws

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a major shift in the relationship between universities and the athletes who play sports for those schools. The district court, Gorsuch explained, only barred the NCAA from imposing restraints on benefits related to education.

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H&M Prevails in Almost 25-Year-Long Fight With Adidas Over its Striped Workout Wear

The Fashion Law

“The answer to that question,” the court held , “must be based on the public’s perception of the goods [bearing adidas’s trademark] on the one hand and the [defendants’ striped] goods on the other.”. That would be for the lower court to determine. The Dutch Supreme Court decision brings the case to an end.

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US Court of Appeals confirms district court decision on transgender sport bans

JURIST

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a lower court’s decision to restrict legislation that bans transgender girls from playing sports in an all-girls team. The court also granted a preliminary injunction, allowing the applicants to continue playing on their sports teams.

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The Supreme Court of Japan on Punitive Damages…

Conflict of Laws

This is the question that the Supreme Court of Japan answered in its recent judgment rendered on 25 May 2021. The present case has already yielded an important Supreme Court decision rendered on 18 January 2019 (decision available here ). Indeed, in its judgment No.

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What’s Up in Washington For Broadcasters in 2014? — Part 1, FCC Issues

Broadcast Law Blog

Indecency: After the Supreme Court decision in June 2012, upholding the FCC’s right to regulate indecency but questioning the current procedure for doing so, the FCC’s regulation of indecency has been up in the air. Sports Blackout Rules.

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