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MARCH 14, 2024

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which penalizes unauthorized access to copyrighted material and limits the scope of “fair use” exceptions.

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APRIL 24, 2023

The Delaware judge overseeing a stockholder challenge to AMC Entertainment's controversial stock conversion proposal said Monday she will seek help to review the flood of comments, letters, requests to intervene and objections the court has received to a proposed settlement of the case.

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JULY 20, 2024

The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to entertain a petition challenging legislation that gives the Tamil Nadu state government control over Hindu temples, the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act of 1959 (HRCEA). The Supreme Court, however, declined to delve into the merits of the case.

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MARCH 19, 2021

The directions were issued in a judgment setting aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s July decision that had granted bail to a man accused of outraging the modesty of his neighbor on the condition that he request the survivor to tie a rakhi on his wrist.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

“This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy; Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at undermining Native sovereignty”: Elie Mystal has this article in the December 12, 2022 issue of The Nation.

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JULY 9, 2022

“‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right’s efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices; A former evangelical leader details his group’s extensive program to influence Justices Thomas, Alito and Scalia through meals and entertainment.” ” Peter S.

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MARCH 31, 2022

The Singapore Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected an appeal against the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 In domestic law, the court found, “age” exclusively meant chronological age and not mental age. grams of diamorphine in 2009.

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APRIL 14, 2021

“Threat to Bring Sham Lawsuit Was Attempted Extortion; Panel Says Effort to Exact $1 Million From Entertainer Andy Grammer Came Under Hobbs Act”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

India’s Delhi High Court (DHC) refused Monday to interfere with ombudsman proceedings against Shibu Soren, who is the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand state and a member of India’s upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Section 53 of the Act puts a seven-year limitation on entertaining complaints under the act.

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JUNE 3, 2023

Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. The court analyzed the AEA using strict scrutiny, the most demanding standard of judicial review. Parker previously enjoined the AEA in April.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Who'd Have Thunk I'd Be Firmly On Justice Gorsuch's Side: But, here we are. Chuck Grassley Really Put His Foot In It: And he doesn't even know it. The Most Egregious Lawyer Stereotypes: But ranked! Embarrassing Google Search History? Hopefully that's protected speech.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments Monday in two cases challenging the validity of race-conscious affirmative action programs in college admission. The cases were separated upon the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson due to her status at the time as a member of the Harvard College Board of Overseers.

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APRIL 29, 2024

A multi-billion dollar Tesla trust proposal, a Truth Social bond, power plays over Prince's estate, and three in the ring for World Wrestling Entertainment: all of this and much more came up in Delaware Chancery Court dockets last week.

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AUGUST 28, 2021

On Wednesday, New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging that the maker of a highly popular mobile game knowingly collects and sells the personal data of children under the age of thirteen. Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2019, but the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned Noor’s third-degree murder conviction last month. The court ordered that Noor be resentenced only on the charge of second-degree manslaughter. Noor shot Ruszczyk as she approached the police vehicle.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

A Norwegian court on Monday began hearing a lawsuit brought by Fjotolf Hansen, previously known as Anders Behring Breivik, over his prison conditions, according to local media. As a result, the City Court decided a solitary confinement at a maximum security department.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Shareholders who filed dueling Delaware Chancery Court suits over Madison Square Garden Entertainment's 2021 merger with MSG Networks won court approval Monday for $133.5 million worth of settlements to resolve the two disputes, with attorneys for the plaintiffs securing more than $36 million in fees and expenses.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Disney filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials, accusing them of spearheading a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power” against the entertainment giant. In response, Disney is seeking injunctive relief to block the actions of both DeSantis and the board.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

US District Court Judge Ronnie Greer issued a temporary restraining order Friday to prevent Blount County, TN District Attorney General Ryan K. Desmond from interfering with the Blount County Pride Festival under Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA). The Blount County Pride Festival was held on Saturday as planned.

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JUNE 17, 2022

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Wednesday announced Southwark Crown Court’s sentencing of two company directors to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of conspiracy to defraud and misconduct in a green investment scheme.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settling the federal lawsuit against the entertainment giant. The court’s approval of this settlement is an important step in ensuring that our employees have mechanisms for recourse if they experienced any form of harassment or retaliation.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Delaware's chancellor ordered Madison Square Garden Entertainment on Tuesday to provide more answers and depositions to stockholders who sued in Delaware's Chancery Court over their alleged shortchanging in MSG Networks' $900 million merger with MSG Entertainment last year.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Chancery Court gave AMC Entertainment the go-ahead on a stockholder settlement, slowed down a railroad dispute and vetted new suits from shareholders of US Bancorp, Fisker and Amazon. In case you missed any of it, here's the latest from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Counsel for Live Nation Entertainment and subsidiary Ticketmaster on Thursday told a skeptical Manhattan federal judge that the U.S. federal court, where the green light was given for the companies' 2010 merger. Department of Justice's antitrust case belongs in D.C.

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JULY 25, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery spurred modifications in AMC Entertainment's proposed deal with stockholders last week, welcomed updates to the state's corporation laws and logged new suits from shareholders in tech companies, a metal producer, a biotech and an artificial intelligence outfit.

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JULY 31, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery approved a record-breaking class settlement with Paramount Global, shuffled some paper in a pending deal with Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and docketed new disputes involving cryptocurrency, aluminum and peaches.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of India dismissed on Friday applications seeking to extend 11 convicts’ time to surrender to jail authorities in the Bilkis Bano case. The court had agreed to entertain these applications on Thursday, which were mentioned before Nagarathna. 3 [one of the convicts] herein had sought before this Court.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

When Alcon Entertainment wouldn't let Tesla use an image from "Blade Runner 2049" in an event live-streamed from a Warner Bros. Discovery studio to promote an autonomous taxicab, the electric vehicle giant used an infringing image created by artificial intelligence, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Bard dispute highlights ongoing issues surrounding patent misuse and specifically invokes the Supreme Courts influential decisions in Brulotte v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC , 576 U.S. by Dennis Crouch The vast majority of patent appeals are heard by the U.S. patent laws. Thys Co. ,

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MARCH 13, 2023

Delaware's Chancery Court last week saw new cases from shareholders of World Wrestling Entertainment, Kraft Heinz, Block Inc. and Grayscale Investments.

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MARCH 28, 2024

shareholder Blackwells Capital on Thursday asked Delaware's Court of the Chancery to force Disney to open its books and records as the investor looks into potential wrongdoing and mismanagement stemming from the entertainment giant's dealings with ValueAct Capital. An affiliate of Walt Disney Co.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

The Supreme Court of India (SC) on Friday dismissed a plea against the Madras High Court’s September 2023 judgment that left it to the chief minister of the state of Tamil Nadu to decide if Minister V. RL Ravi, an advocate, challenged the same before the Madras High Court.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Shareholders of AMC Entertainment, Rocket Mortgage and UpHealth saw their cases move forward in Delaware's Court of Chancery last week; shareholders of Meta Platforms and McDonald's had their suits tossed; and shareholders of MultiPlan Corp., Viacom Inc. and Charter Communications Inc.,

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AUGUST 16, 2023

An AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. stockholder has petitioned Delaware's Chancery Court to authorize an early appeal to the state supreme court of a ruling allowing the theater giant to free up stock for sale through a share conversion and reverse split.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Nonprofit advocacy group United Policyholders backed a sports and entertainment real estate developer in its Fourth Circuit COVID-19 coverage appeal, arguing a lower court conflated "physical loss" and "damage" in an Affiliated FM policy.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Madison Square Garden Entertainment and stockholders have agreed in principle to settle one of two suits pending in Delaware's Court of Chancery that seek damages in connection with the merger of MSGE and MSG Networks in 2021.

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