Legal News

9th Circuit rules UMG pays the pied piper in Eminem licensing case
F.B.T. Productions, Eminem's music publishing company, sued Universal Music Group in 2006 on behalf of the rapper, saying that the record company was taking too much in royalties from Eminem's music...

Cleanin' Out Eminem's Closet
Click here to read about ongoing international litigation involving Eminem's song, "Cleanin' Out My Closet."  The article mentions some of the supposed differences between the copyright laws in Belgium and the United States...

Ninth Circuit: Downloads "Licensed" Under Eminem's Contract; Entitled To Fifty Percent Royalties
The Ninth Circuit has decided that rapper Eminem's iTune downloads, according to his contract with Universal Music Group (UMG), fall under the definition of "license" and has determined that the artist and his company are entitled to 50 percent royalties...

Chilled Apple
Via Vodkapundit – from the People’s Ministry of Litigation, Information and Sublimation: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides...

Google Library Project Settlement (2)
Before diving into the substance of the settlement itself, we need to reexamine another procedural issue: Class representation. Let's take a look at the purported class representatives and see how adequate they really are...

Settlement in Apple v. bloggers case
On December 21, 2007, the Recorder reported on a settlement in the Apple v. bloggers case (O'Grady v. Superior Court): "Apple Deal Kills Blog That Leaked Product Information." According to the article, one of the bloggers agreed to shut down...

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Tarceva
Safety Data Show Association with Liver Failure and Death

Apple Faces iPad Class Action
Apple Faces iPad Class Action

AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS
AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS

Money Mart Canada
Settles Class Action for $100 Million