Media & Entertainment Law

Minnesota Video Game Law Not Dead
If Minnesota's video game legislation were a Monty Python character, right about now it would be saying "I'm getting better ... I think I'll go for a walk." Which is another way of saying that the legislation, while down, is not dead yet...

Video Game Law Developments
Minnesota is the latest state to see its video game censorship law struck down. See Minnesota Loses Appeal of ?Fine the Buyer? Video Game Law. Massachusetts, on the other hand, decided that it would like to be slapped down too — so it is debating the adoption of another Jack Thompson style video game law [...

Court Upholds Injunction on Minnesota Violent Game Law
Another Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction against a law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Once again, the absence of proof of harm was the key factor...

Minnesota pays ESA $65,000
The Entertainment Software Association recently received $65,000 in fees and expenses from the state of Minnesota, after the state tried and failed to draft enforceable anti-violence video game legislation...

Federal appeals court rules Minnesota violent video game law unconstitutional
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld [PDF text] a lower court decision blocking a Minnesota law [text] imposing fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video games...

Video Game Law Cases and Case Summaries
We've recently updated our chart of video game law cases. It includes brief summaries of many of the key cases dating back to the 1980s. Check it out here. There's also a link in the right margin of our video game law blog's main page...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

Nintendo Control
Video game giant to pay $21 million settlement in patent lawsuit.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

International Game Technology
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Video Technology
RealNetworks to pay $533,500 settlement in licensing lawsuit.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers