Category: General Litigation

Los Angeles Unfair Competition Lawyer | Will Lawsuit from California AG Lead to Crash Landing for ‘Fly Delta’ App?

On December 6, 2012, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a press release announcing that she had filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines, Inc. for failing to include a privacy policy within the company’s “Fly Delta” mobile application. The release said it was the first legal action under California’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires

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Los Angeles Business Litigation Attorney | Patent Trolls Now Account for a Majority of US Patent Lawsuits, Study Says

TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a set of conferences from the non-profit Sapling Foundation that was formed to disseminate “idea worth spreading.” Past speakers have included former president Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and numerous Nobel Prize winners. In June 2006, the presentations became offered for free viewing online, and last month, the TED Talks

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Another Year, Another Copyright Infringement Lawsuit for Warner Bros.

On Wednesday, we referenced a copyright infringement lawsuit that Warner Bros. settled last year in regards to tattoo art it used for “The Hangover Part II.” On November 20, 2012, Bloomberg reported that the estate of late author J.R.R. Tolkien is suing Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. Entertainment unit for alleged copyright infringement and breach of contract. The

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Will Latest Copyright Lawsuit Over Use of Tattoo Artwork Leave a Mark?

A video released online recently shows gameplay from THQ’s UFC Undisputed 3. The attention to detail on American mixed martial artist Carlos Condit (one of the fighters featured in the clip) includes a striking recreation of a lion tattoo on the welterweight’s rib cage. However, the video game website Kotaku reported on November 17, 2012, that

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After Critics Cry Foul, CCI Seeking New Expert for ‘Six Strikes’

A video released online recently discusses the so-called “six strikes” anti-piracy system agreed to by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and five major Internet service providers (ISPs). All of these groups helped fund the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), but the CCI’s selection of the digital risk

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How Do Juries Decide Cases?

I have been a business litigation attorney for nearly 25 years and have been lead trial counsel in about 60 trials. A few years back I was the lead trial attorney in an extensive lawsuit for unpaid wages filed by 36 former employees of my client. The trial lasted 5 months. The jury came back

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