Plaintiff Sheldon Stephens appeals the dismissal of his claims against Defendant Kevin Clash for injuries resulting from the parties’ sexual relationship while Stephens was underage, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422, 18 U.S.C. § 2423, and state law. The District Court dismissed Stephens’s claims as untimely. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.
I.
Because the District Court dismiss... More...   $0 (08-05-2015 - PA)

Appellee, Elizabeth Cardona, filed suit against appellants, Toby Paul Couchman and Pro-Surv, for damages based on an allegedly incorrect land survey. Couchman and Pro-Surv filed a motion to dismiss based on Cardona’s failure to file a certificate of merit with her petition. Cardona nonsuited her claims against
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Couchman and Pro-Surv and later filed the underlying suit based on the same un... More...   $0 (07-23-2015 - TX)

Dr. Ross W. Greene ("Greene")
developed a method of treating children with explosive behaviors
known as the Collaborative Problem Solving ("CPS") Approach.
Greene advanced this method through his work at the Massachusetts
General Hospital ("MGH") Department of Psychiatry, his unaffiliated
private practice, and workshops and publications, including a book
he wrote himself ca... More...   $0 (07-16-2015 - MA)

Attorney John Cogswell appeals the imposition of a Rule 11 sanction. Acting on
behalf of Predator International, Inc., Cogswell filed a lawsuit in April 2009 in the United
States District Court for the District of Colorado against Gamo Outdoor USA, Inc. and
Industrias El Gamo, S.A. (collectively, Gamo). The original complaint alleged patent
infringement and other claims. Whe... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - )

In November 2012, Janet Jenkins sued Liberty University, Inc. (“Appellee”), alleging that the school participated -- both directly and vicariously -- in a scheme to kidnap Jenkins’s daughter in order to disrupt the parent-child relationship. In her complaint (“Jenkins Complaint”), Jenkins alleged that Appellee and its agents helped Lisa Miller, the child’s biological mother and Jenkins’ former par... More...   $0 (07-10-2015 - )

14 Since the invention of the printing press, the distribution of books has
15 involved a fundamentally consistent process: compose a manuscript, print and
16 bind it into physical volumes, and then ship and sell the volumes to the public.  
17 In late 2007, Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon�) introduced the Kindle, a portable
18 device that carries digital copies of books, known as ... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - NY)

Los Angeles, CA - Capitol Records, L.L.C., et al. sued Sirius XM Radio, Inc. on copyright violation theories claiming that Sirius wrongfully played copyrighted music on it satellite radio network without paying royalty fees to the owners of the copyrights.

On June 17, 2015, our subsidiary, Sirius XM Radio Inc., entered into an agreement with Capitol Records LLC, Sony Music Entertainment,... More...   $210000000 (06-27-2015 - CA)

In Brulotte v. Thys Co., 379 U. S. 29 (1964), this Court held that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its patent term has expired. The sole question presented here is whether we should overrule Brulotte. Adhering to principles of stare decisis, we decline to do so. Critics of the Brulotte rule must seek relief not from this Court but from Congress.
I In ... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - DC)

This appeal involves a personal-injury suit brought by Robert Scott Rankin and his family against United Parcel Service, Inc. and Roland Leal (collectively “UPS�). UPS appeals the over $4 million judgment granted in favor of Rankin and his family. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On July 15, 2009, at about 6:00 p.m., Roland Leal, a driver with UPS, parked his UPS package vehicle in front of a res... More...   $0 (06-03-2015 - TX)

California’s Resale Royalty Act requires the seller of fine
art to pay the artist a five percent royalty if “the seller resides
in California or the sale takes place in California.� Cal. Civ.
Code § 986(a). Plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals are
artists and the estates of artists. Sitting en banc, we address
Plaintiffs’ allegation that Defendants—two auction ho... More...   $0 (05-05-2015 - CA)

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARNELL REED, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to two counts of criminal copyright infringement.

According to court documents, Special Agents from the United States Homeland Security Investigations, Investigators from the Louisiana Department of Justice/Attorney General Investigations Division (LDOJ/AG) and an investigator from the R... More...   $0 (04-02-2015 - LA)

Los Angeles, CA - Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and Clifford Harris, Jr. sued Bridgeport Music, Inc., Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvine Gaye, III and Nona Marvisa Gaye on a declaratory judgment theory. The Defendants counterclaimed on a copyright violation theory claiming that Thicke and Williams wrongfully copied their father's music (Got to Give It Up) to create "Blurred Lines," the biggest hit... More...   $7400000 (03-10-2015 - CA)

The Estate of Buckminster Fuller (Estate) appeals from a judgment on the pleadings holding that Alterra Excess and Surplus Insurance Company (Alterra) had no duty to defend, and therefore no duty to indemnify, its insured in an action brought by the Estate against the insured. The basis of the judgment was that an exclusion in the Alterra policy, referred to by all below as the “intellectual pro... More...   $0 (03-09-2015 - CA)

St. Louis, MO – JACK FRISON, SR. was sentenced to twenty-four months of imprisonment on multiple charges relating to his involvement in the sale of counterfeit goods and DVDs.

According to testimony presented at trial in June, for more than two decades, Frison owned and operated the Frison Flea Market in Pagedale, MO. Vendors paid Frison a rental fee to rent and operate sales booths at... More...   $0 (01-29-2015 - MO)

Robert and Darlene Curtis sued Tower Hill Prime Insurance Co. in a
dispute over a sinkhole insurance claim. They appeal a final summary judgment in
favor of Tower Hill. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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The Curtises owned a home that was insured under a policy issued by
Tower Hill.1 During the policy term, the Curtises made a claim for damage under the
po... More...   $0 (01-14-2015 - FL)

Omaha, NE - Carroll Webster, III, age 21, and Kayla Parker, age 22, of Wanblee, South Dakota, were sentenced for their convictions of copyright infringement. Senior United States District Court Judge Lyle E. Strom sentenced Webster and Parker to 5 years’ probation. While on probation, Webster and Parker will each have to perform 150 hours of community service and they will each have to pay $50... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - NE)

Dallas, TX - Andrew Lee Siegel, a Dallas attorney, appeared this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez and pleaded guilty to Count Two of a Superseding Information charging mail fraud

In July 2014, Siegel pleaded guilty to one count of felony criminal infringement of a copyright – Count One of the Superseding Information.

Siegel, 54, faces a maximum statutory pen... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - TX)

Over the course of the last three-quarters of a century, Marvel Enterprises
created a comic universe of unparalleled proportions. With comic-book legend
Stan Lee at the helm as editor-in-chief of its comic-book division, Marvel
constructed a fictional landscape of imaginative superheroes, elaborate narratives,
and overlapping storylines. During this time period, the commercial popu... More...   $0 (12-23-2014 - CO)

Los Angeles, CA - Jane Doe sued David Kevin Elam, II on copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501, online impersonation with intent to cause harm in violation of California Penal Code Section 528.5, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress theories claiming that he wrongfully "re-published" images that she had taken of herself and sha... More...   $0 (12-22-2014 - CA)

The Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team, have played at the Sleep Train Arena (formerly called Arco Arena) since 1988. In January 2013, the team’s then owners entered into a tentative agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to a group of investors in Seattle, Washington. Seeking to keep the team in Sacramento, the City of Sacramento (City) partnered with Sacramento Basketball Holding... More...   $0 (12-18-2014 - CA)

WILMINGTON, Del. – Four members of an international computer hacking ring have been charged with breaking into computer networks of prominent technology companies and the U.S. Army and stealing more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data. Two of the charged members have already pleaded guilty. The alleged cyber theft included software and data related to the Xbox... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - DE)

In this case, both sides—William R. Knoderer and wife, Susan M. Knoderer, as plaintiffs (collectively, the Knoderers), and State Farm Lloyds, Penni Perkins, and Tom Roberts, as defendants (collectively, State Farm)—have gone to remarkable lengths in fighting an insurance dispute over a house flooded by a leak in its plumbing system. The record reveals voluminous discovery, the substantial use ... More...   $0 (09-19-2014 - OK)

A group of employees brought an action against their employer, Jon Davler, Inc., for various employment claims, including sexual harassment, invasion of privacy, and false imprisonment. Jon Davler tendered the action to its insurer, Arch Insurance Company, which denied coverage based on an employment-related practices exclusion. After Jon Davler filed this insurance coverage action against Arch, t... More...   $0 (09-15-2014 - CA)

A jury convicted defendant Gene Estel McCurdy of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)), and kidnapping with the purpose to commit a lewd act on a child under 14 years old (§ 207, subd. (b)) of Maria Piceno. The jury found true the special circumstance allegation of kidnapping murder. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(B).) The jury returned a verdict of dea... More...   $0 (08-14-2014 - CA)

While answering a casting call for a low-budget amateur
film doesn’t often lead to stardom, it also rarely turns an
aspiring actress into the subject of a fatwa. But that’s exactly
what happened to Cindy Lee Garcia when she agreed to act
in a film with the working title “Desert Warrior.�
The film’s writer and producer, Mark Basseley
Youssef—who also goes by the ... More...   $0 (07-11-2014 - CA)