On June 27, 2024, a jury in the United States District Court for the Central District of California rendered a multibillion-dollar verdict in favor of restaurant/bar owners and individual customers and against the National...more
For decades, student-athletes have asserted that colleges and universities have benefitted from their participation in collegiate athletics, while the student athletes themselves receive nothing in return. A college...more
5/31/2024
/ Alston v NCAA ,
College Athletes ,
Compensation ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
O'Bannon v NCAA ,
Popular ,
Right of Publicity ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act ,
Student Athletes ,
Video Games
In 2016, a California jury decided that Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” did not infringe on Randy Wolfe’s “Taurus”. However, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed that decision and has now called for a do-over,...more
10/10/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Jury Instructions ,
Led Zeppelin ,
Music Publishing ,
Prejudice ,
Public Domain ,
Reversible Error