Criminal Law, Art, Entertainment & Sports Law, Communications & Media Law

Jackson Walker's VIA Media Postcard - April 2013

by Steve Fogel, Robert (Bob) P. Latham | Jackson Walker on 4/19/2013

In This Issue: - Steve Fogle's Feature: Out of the Blue - A recent unexpected court order restricting the media from reporting on certain details of a high-profile criminal case serves as a reminder that the...more

Bitcoins: Online Currency’s Uncharted Frontier

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/16/2013

Bitcoin – it sounds like a token you might use to play skeeball at a beachside arcade. It is actually a relatively new, virtual online “currency” being used for payments across the Internet. While some observers have noted...more

Will Australia Ban Non-Real Money Gambling Apps?

by James G. Gatto | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 1/15/2013

As real money online gambling remains bogged down in the legislative and regulatory morass, social gaming applications have been on a tear. As we have previously reported, major players are leveraging social gaming...more

Gross: Criminal Obscenity In Film And TV Productions

by Bob Tarantino | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/3/2013

On December 22, 2012, one of the stranger criminal law stories in recent Canadian history came to an end: Quebec-based special effects artist Remy Couture was acquitted by a jury on the charges of "corrupting morals" in...more

California SB 51 (Wright) relating to Internet gambling, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to...

by Ian Imrich on 12/19/2012

COMPLETE BILL HISTORY BILL NUMBER : S.B. No. 51 AUTHOR : Wright TOPIC : Internet gambling. TYPE OF BILL : Active Urgency Appropriations 2/3 Vote...more

Around the Virtual World - August 31, 2012

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 8/31/2012

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - Police Embrace Social Media as Crime-Fighting Tool - LinkedIn's Profit Growth Leaves Social...more

Can You Go to Jail for Downloading Movies?

by Lawyers.com on 6/8/2012

Megaupload, the file sharing service shut down by the the U.S. government in January, is fighting for its life to avoid prosecution. Meanwhile, the millions of people who used it have good reason to be nervous, wondering if...more

Don’t Bet on Online Gambling; But Online Trivia for Prizes?

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 5/9/2012

The Texas Attorney General issued an opinion yesterday concluding the mere payment of an entry fee to participate in a contest that tests skill or speed, and that does not involve an element of chance, could be found not to...more

Murphy – 2, Football Association Premier League – 2

by Reed Smith on 10/13/2011

On 4 October 2011 the Court of Justice (the "CoJ") handed down its much awaited judgment on questions referred to it from the English High Court. The questions related to two joined cases, including Ms. Murphy's well...more

Jackson Walker VIA Media Postcard - March 2011

by Jackson Walker on 4/1/2011

In This Issue: Steve Fogle's Feater Lest We Forget – It's a phrase used often to invoke gratitude for past service and sacrifices of our fallen soldiers, and it seems especially fitting for recent events surrounding...more

Stealing the Show?

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/27/2010

The image of 36 women wearing skimpy orange dresses at a World Cup soccer match last June raised the ire of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”), which had two of the women arrested for organizing the...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/26/2008

IN THIS ISSUE: *Pending New York Right of Publicity Bill To Provide Protection for Deceased Celebrities *French Court Fines eBay Over Fakes *ISPs Will Block Child Pornography Sites *FTC To Focus on Green Building and...more

Is the Prohibition on Virtual Child Pornography an Unjustifiable Limitation of the Constitutional Right to Freedom of Expression?

by Mark Oppenheimer on 11/1/2007

The Films and Publications Act prohibits two types of child pornography. The first type Real Child Pornography, involves actual children. This is the type of pornography that evokes a strong and near universal sense of moral...more