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In Sony Electronics, Inc. v. Superior Court, ___ Cal.App.4th ___ (Nov. 28, 2006), which was published yesterday, the Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District, Division One) reversed an order granting class certification ... as certified, was not ascertainable. The trial court had certified a class consisting of: "All persons and entities who [bought certain Sony laptops] in which the memory connector pins for either of the two memory slots were inadequately soldered." Slip op. at 4-5. The ...

... court erred in defining the class as "[a]ll persons or entities [in the United States] who purchased Sony Vaio GRX [Series Notebook computers]"] in which the memory connector pins for either ... published at 145 Cal.App.4th 1086 (and two weeks after that, Sony asked the court to add two more of its attorneys to the published opinion). In February, San ... attorney Timothy Cohelan filed a request to depublish the opinion, and as a result, Sony Electronics, Inc. v. Superior Court (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 1086 ...

Date v. Sony Electronics Inc., 2009 WL 435289 (E.D. Mich.) The court rejected a proposed class action settlement because it didn't give ... offered three benefit levels. If a class member (purchaser/recipient) called Sony before January 8, 2008 and specifically complained about the 1080p input and ... 1080p capable TV set or compensation for the premium they paid for a 1080p set. Sony's basic argument defending the reasonability of the settlement was that the settlement was good for the class because ...

In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Court has (a) dismissed all of defendant's proposed counterclaims, and (b) allowed defendant to assert a fair use defense. ... the fair use issues. The Court's orders are as follows: Judge Nancy Gertner: Electronic ORDER entered granting [670] Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims Asserted By Defendant Joel Tenenbaum ... does not constitute an abuse of process. See Vahlsing v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., Inc., 928 F.2d 486, 490 (1st Cir. 1991) ("[w]hen process ...

The audio of the April 8th oral argument before the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, on the subject of whether an oral argument in the District Court can be streamed online, is now ... brief of AP, NYT, Washington Post, and other news organizations Order granting motion to submit amicus brief by Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations Order granting motion to submit amicus brief by Courtroom View Network Order staying proceedings ...

... -party licensing agreements, but denied so much of the motion as sought to keep the revenue information secret: Judge Nancy Gertner: Electronic ORDER entered granting in part and denying in part [870] Motion for Protective Order: The Plaintiffs' Motion for a ... prospects when three of the four biggest record labels in the world -- Warner Bros. Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and UMG Recording, Inc. -- are participating jointly in this lawsuit and, presumably, would have joint access to this ...

... Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow has been granted, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. The court's order is as follows: Judge Nancy Gertner: Electronic ORDER entered granting [855] Motion to Strike. "The Plaintiffs' Motion to Exclude Defendant's Expert John Perry ... , as completely as possible, and the specific foundation for his opinions. See Ciomber v. Cooperative Plus, Inc., 527 F.3d 635, 641 (7th Cir. 2008). The Rules of Civil Procedure require Barlow to ...

... . 337-TA-683). The investigation is based on a July 27, 2009 complaint filed by BTG International Inc. ("BTG") of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. As we explained in our July 28 post, the complaint ... , New Jersey Research in Motion, Ltd. of Canada Research in Motion Corp. of Irving, Texas Sony Corp. of Japan Sony Electronics, Inc. of San Diego, California Transcend Information, Inc. of Taiwan On August 24, 2009, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued a notice indicating that ALJ Theodore R. Essex will ...

... schools around the country, combined with book publishers and e-book device makers Amazon and Sony Electronics Inc., are expected to gather in Seattle on Sept. 27. * * * Traditional publishers, of course, are not as quick to write off the print ... textbook prices drive students to the on-line used-book market. Textbook publishers across-the-board are looking to moving to electronic books to avoid this secondary market. Without the competition, prices could soar. I do think, however, that there is ...

... , this issue undoubtedly will become more common. By my count, there are about a dozen published (electronically or otherwise) decisions on the question. Thus far, only the federal district courts have weighed in ... jurisdiction over the case when the issue arose in these circumstances. See Falcon v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., 489 F. Supp.2d 367 (S.D.N.Y ... action under Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act); and Arabian v. Sony Electronics, Inc., No. 05-1741, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67769 (S. ...