Mike LaSusa

  • Starz Entertainment LLC sued MGM Domestic Television Distribution LLC on Monday in California federal court, claiming the movie studio unit gave licenses to Starz competitors allowing them to show films that were supposed to be exclusive to Starz’s platform… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A Sixth Circuit judge expressed worry Monday that courts have gotten stuck in a “groove” of misinterpreting copyright laws, while concurring in a divided ruling that revived a suit over rights to the 1960 song “Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • California’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Monday targeting oil trading companies Vitol Inc. and SK Trading International Co. Ltd. with allegations they colluded to rig the state’s gas market in order to profit while drivers paid higher prices at the pump… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Female players who sued the U.S. Soccer Federation can’t go ahead with pay discrimination claims against the athletic organization because the women actually made more than their male counterparts, a California federal judge ruled Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A former Arizona county prosecutor who oversaw the high-profile murder case against Jodi Arias has been officially reprimanded for breaking ethics rules in three other cases, partially reversing a disciplinary panel’s determination that the prosecutor had toed the line, but hadn’t crossed it… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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