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Late last year, in what seemed a David-and-Goliath case for the concert industry, a ticketing start-up filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster, saying it was abusing its market power [...]

Byline: Alyssa Rosenberg Last week, the singer Kesha suffered a defeat in court when a New York judge refused her request to be released from her contract with Kemosabe Records, [...]

BOSTON, MA -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts: A Springfield couple was sentenced yesterday in federal court for operating [...]

The recent public denunciations of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry in both Quebec and the United States triggered a visceral reaction. Actress Alyssa Milano's call-out to use the hashtag [...]

Although motions to strike are generally difficult to win, when successful they can significantly dim the opposing party's prospects for victory on particular claims or defenses. In one recent patent [...]

Ontario's new International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017 Ontario new International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, in force since March 22, 2017 updates previous legislation and introduces welcome changes to how international [...]

Mull v. Motion Picture Ind. Health Plan educates employers on the basics of the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) governing plan documents and summary plan descriptions. [...]

NEWARK, Del. -- GOLO, LLC today announced that it filed a lawsuit against ZoCo Productions, LLC, HARPO Productions, Inc., Mehmet Oz, M.D. and Keri Glassman for misleading consumers about GOLO [...]

Byline: Derek Hawkins A former security manager at Atlanta's premier sports and entertainment arena says that black performers there face tougher security measures during events than white performers and that [...]

Lex Fori means the law of Court in which the proceeding is brought whilst Lex Arbitri is the law of the place where the arbitration takes place. The Hon'ble Supreme [...]

A divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that class action waivers in employment-related arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) [...]

In a strangely timed opinion, the Sixth Circuit has entered the fray over whether class and collective waivers in employee arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Strangely [...]

Byline: Lavanya Ramanathan The revitalized Howard Theatre marked its fifth anniversary this spring, but according to former employees, there was little reason to celebrate. Since its reopening in 2012 after [...]

Last month, Tabcorp incurred a $45M civil penalty for failing to meet its obligations in relation to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing. If anyone was in any doubt as to [...]

You have obtained federal trademark protection, so you should feel that all of your intellectual property rights are protected, right? What if you have not obtained the appropriate intellectual property [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court decision granting summary judgment to a defendant that its use of digital files did not infringe plaintiff's [...]

Wouldn't it be better if we could stop the clock of time and bury 'age' with all other unpleasant things? As a teenager, I couldn't wait to be a sophisticated [...]

Mar 01, 2017 (WENN via COMTEX) -- Bosses at entertainment company VIVENDI have asked a California judge to dismiss a $400 million (AGBP321 million) lawsuit brought by movie rock band [...]

The Parties Lacoste is the registered trade mark owner. Crocodile International Pte Limited (Crocodile International) applied to revoke the trade mark registration on the basis of non-use. This New Zealand [...]

Bristol: HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC has issued the following news release: (ShareCast News) - The creators of the hugely successful rock comedy film This is Spinal Tap are reuniting in order [...]

Class action litigation is not for amateurs We've commented before in this blog on cases in which courts declined to certify employment actions due to adequacy of class counsel. A [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California: An Illinois man who admitted responsibility for a phishing [...]

One of the privileges of being a working woman in British Columbia is having the option to take leave to give birth and begin raising a baby. It is assumed [...]

A recent case in the Southern District of Florida serves as a reminder that even trade secrets may be subject to production to opposing counsel. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman recently [...]

A grab bag of fraud, human rights and contract disputes The Supreme Court of Canada's Winter Term begins on January 11. The most notable case on the docket is Deloitte [...]