Media & Entertainment Law

Vagueness Challenges to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
I have posted a draft new article online: Vagueness Challenges to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, forthcoming in a symposium issue of the Minnesota Law Review. Here?s the abstract: This Article argues that the void for vagueness doctrine requires courts to adopt narrow interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

IS THE TAX CODE VOID FOR VAGUENESS Courts strike down laws on vagueness grounds when an intelligen
IS THE TAX CODE VOID FOR VAGUENESS? Courts strike down laws on vagueness grounds when an intelligent person must necessarily be uncertain of their meaning. Vagueness is unfair both because it does not allow honest people to conform their conduct to the law, and because it vests excessive discretion in the law’s administrators...

Kerr on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Orin S. Kerr (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Vagueness Challenges to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (Minnesota Law Review, 2010 ) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that the void for vagueness doctrine...

Kerr on the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act
Orin S. Kerr (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Vagueness Challenges to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (Minnesota Law Review, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that the void for vagueness doctrine requires...

Poscher on Vagueness & Ambiguity
Ralf Poscher (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg) has posted Ambiguity and Vagueness in Legal Interpretation (OXFORD HANDBOOK ON LANGUAGE AND LAW, Lawrence Solan & Peter Tiersma, eds...

Void for Vagueness Doctrine
Today, in U.S. v. Davis, the Sixth Circuit overturned a Michigan Statute prohibiting dangling objects from a rearview mirror that "obstruct the vision of the driver of the vehicle." A panel, with Judge Martin writing the opinion and citing Kolendar v...

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Spike Lee and Showtime
Settlement reached in script copyright infringement lawsuit.

Joke Book
Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement.

ASMP and Other Visual Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Google Faces Class Action for Copyright Infringement