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Bloomberg Law News · 5d

L.A. Worker With 30 Years of Untracked Labor Must Try Claims

A trial court wrongly granted summary judgment to an employee seeking to claw back wages after his employer, a now-shuttered small wholesale company, failed for about thirty years to accurately record his time.
Rolling Stone on MSN.com · 3d

Sam Smith, Normani Copyright Lawsuit Revived: Appeals Court Says Jury Should Decide

The copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Sam Smith and Normani's 2018 hit single "Dancing With a Stranger" stole from a 2015 song of the same name has been revived by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
IPWatchdog · 12d

SCOTUS Denies Petitions from Summary Judgment Rulings on Section 101, Attorney’s Fees Awards

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court published an order list denying petitions for writ of certiorari in several IP cases, including a pair of petitions challenging Section 101 rulings by lower courts at the summary judgment phase despite alleged factual disputes.
Icon for www.reviewjournal.comLas Vegas Review-Journal · 25d

California woman wins $15M judgment against Strip casino-hotel

A Bakersfield, California, woman was awarded a $15 million judgment in a negligence lawsuit ... on the jury award or if there are plans to appeal. The company acquired the 3,033-room Strip ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Feb 27, 2025

FYI: An appeals court may kill a GNU GPL software license

The appeals court now has to decide ... Other GPLs contain similar terms. The California court issued a partial summary judgment in 2022. The court did affirm that a license created by combining ...
JD Supra · 10d

California Court of Appeal Rules Prospective Meal Waivers Are Enforceable

The California Labor Code generally requires that employers provide meal periods to non-exempt employees working more than five hours. However,