blogbook.orgA Guide to Legal BloggingBada Bing! The Sopranos Beat the Rap- December 22, 2004 Die hard fans of The Sopranos will surely enjoy Baer v. Chase, a dispute in the Third Circuit between David Chase, creator of the hit series, and Robert Baer, an attorney who purportedly contributed ideas to Chase during the show's...http://blogbook.org/appellate/archives/000307.html Back That Azz Up- December 20, 2004 Big Easy rap artists Juvenile and D.J. Jubilee did battle in the Fifth Circuit's Positive Black Talk Inc. v. Cash Money Records Inc., over two songs that both "include the poetic four-word phrase 'back that ass up.'" According to PBT's...http://blogbook.org/appellate/archives/000303.html A Bassiouni Response to the FOIA- December 8, 2004 In Bassiouni v. Central Intelligence Agency, the venerable Judges Easterbrook, Posner and Sykes of the Seventh Circuit deftly smothered a law professor's appeal that arose out of his request for documents from the CIA. Some Background: In 1983, Mahmoud Cherif...http://blogbook.org/appellate/archives/000294.html InternetMovies.com and the MPAA- December 1, 2004 In Michael Rossi v. Motion Picture Association of America, the Ninth Circuit disposed of a movie website's appeal against the MPAA. The underlying suit brought by Rossi (dba InternetMovies.com) claimed 1) tortious interference with contractual relations, 2) libel, 3) intentional...http://blogbook.org/appellate/archives/000287.html |