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September 08, 2010 |

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In re Chevron Corporation, 10 MC 00001 (LAK)
Publication Date: 2010-09-09
Practice Area: Civil Practice
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
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For plaintiff: Appearances: Randy M. Mastro, Scott A. Edelman, Andrew E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Attorneys for Petitioner Chevron Corporation Ilann M. Maazel, Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson , Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, Attorneys for Respondents Lago Agrio Plaintiffs
For defendant: Maura J. Wogan, Jeremy S. Goldman, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C., Attorneys for Respondents Joseph A. Berlinger, et al.
Case number: 10 MC 00001 (LAK)

Cite as: In re Chevron Corporation, 10 MC 00001, NYLJ 1202471765745, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 7, 2010)District Judge Lewis A. Kaplanp class="decided"

Lawyers for Ecuadorians Respond to Chevron's Accusations of Fraud
Publication Date: 2010-08-13
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The plaintiffs accuse Gibson Dunn of filing a "McMotion based on sound bites and highly-edited, de-contextualized snippets constituting less than 0.1 percent of the outtakes" from the documentary "Crude."

Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC, Plaintiff v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc. et al., Defendants, 10 Civ. 2333 (LTS)
Publication Date: 2011-04-06
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Laura Taylor Swain
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Case number: 10 Civ. 2333 (LTS)

Cite as: Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc., 10 Civ. 2333 (LTS), NYLJ 1202489219791, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Laura Taylor

Judge Kaplan Rules (Again) Against Documentary Filmmaker in Chevron-Ecuador Dispute, but Agrees to Let Battle Proceed to Second Circuit
Publication Date: 2010-05-20
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After the fireworks at yesterday's hearing, we didn't have to be the Great Karnak to correctly predict that the judge wasn't going to rescind his order compelling the filmmaker to hand over 600 hours of raw footage to Chevron. But a ten-day stay gives the documentarian time to appeal.

In re Application of Chevron Corporation, Appellete, 10 MC 00001 (LAK)
Publication Date: 2010-09-17
Practice Area: Evidence
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
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For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Chevron Corporation: Randy M. Mastro, Scott A. Edelman, Andrew E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
For defendant: Attorneys for Respondents Joseph A. Berlinger, et al.: Maura J. Wogan, Jeremy S. Goldman, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. Attorneys for Respondents Lago Agrio Plaintiffs: Ilann M. Maazel, Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP *1Chevron Corporation ("Chevron") is the target of litigation brought in Ecuador by the so-called the Lago Agrio plaintiffs1 in which the latter seek to recover over $27 billion for *2 alleged environmental pollution by Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron after Texaco ceased operations in Ecuador and settled environmental claims with its government. At the suggestion of counsel for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, Joseph Berlinger and affiliates (collectively, "Berlinger") undertook to make a documentary film about the litigation. They were given extraordinary access by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and ultimately released a film entitled Crude.
Case number: 10 MC 00001 (LAK)

Cite as: In re Chevron Corporation, 10 MC 00001 (LAK), NYLJ 1202472054605, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 07, 2010)District Judge Lewis A. Kaplanp class="d

Salinger Ruling Sets Tougher Test for Copyright Injunctions
Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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Second Circuit courts may no longer presume that a copyright holder will suffer irreparable harm if it is likely to prevail on the merits. Salinger's family must now go back to district court to meet this new test in their battle against a book based on The Catcher in the Rye.

Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L)
Publication Date: 2011-01-14
Practice Area: Media Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.
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For plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for Petitioner-Appellee Chevron Corp. Andrés Rivero, Rivero Mestre & Castro (Paul E. Dans, Jorge A. Mestre, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Rodrigo Pérez Pallares. Beth A. Stewart, Williams & Connolly LLP (Christopher N. Manner, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Ricardo Reis Veiga.
For defendant: Maura J. Wogan, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. (Jessie F. Beeber, Nicole Hyland, Jeremy S. Goldman, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Joseph A. Berlinger, Crude Productions, LLC, Michael Bonfiglio, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Inc., @radical.media. Ilann M. Maazel, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP (Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs. Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (Landis C. Best and Catherine Suvari, on the brief), for Amici Curiae ABC Inc., et al. Rodney A. Smolla, Washington & Lee School of Law (John J. Walsh and Joshua E. Abraham, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Dole Food Co., Inc. Michael C. Donaldson, Donaldson & Callif, LLP (Christopher L. Perez, on the brief), for Amici Curiae International Documentary Association, et al. Richard D. Willstatter, Green & Willstatter (John D. Cline and K.C. Maxwell, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Case number: 10-1918-cv(L)

Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L), NYLJ 1202478063888, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 13, 2011)Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.

Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L)
Publication Date: 2011-01-14
Practice Area: Media Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for Petitioner-Appellee Chevron Corp. Andrés Rivero, Rivero Mestre & Castro (Paul E. Dans, Jorge A. Mestre, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Rodrigo Pérez Pallares. Beth A. Stewart, Williams & Connolly LLP (Christopher N. Manner, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee Ricardo Reis Veiga.
For defendant: Maura J. Wogan, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. (Jessie F. Beeber, Nicole Hyland, Jeremy S. Goldman, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Joseph A. Berlinger, Crude Productions, LLC, Michael Bonfiglio, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, Inc., @radical.media. Ilann M. Maazel, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP (Jonathan S. Abady, O. Andrew F. Wilson, on the brief), for Respondents-Appellants Lago Agrio Plaintiffs. Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (Landis C. Best and Catherine Suvari, on the brief), for Amici Curiae ABC Inc., et al. Rodney A. Smolla, Washington & Lee School of Law (John J. Walsh and Joshua E. Abraham, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Dole Food Co., Inc. Michael C. Donaldson, Donaldson & Callif, LLP (Christopher L. Perez, on the brief), for Amici Curiae International Documentary Association, et al. Richard D. Willstatter, Green & Willstatter (John D. Cline and K.C. Maxwell, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Case number: 10-1918-cv(L)

Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, 10-1918-cv(L), NYLJ 1202478063888, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 13, 2011)Before: Leval, B.D. Parker, and Hall, C.JJ.

April 13, 2001 |

'Gone With the Wind' Guardians: New 'Parody' a Threat

The attorneys who are the guardians of "Gone With the Wind" and the Margaret Mitchell estate say that publication of a new book re-telling the story through the eyes of Tara's slaves would "set a terrible precedent." They have gone to court to stop publication of the new book, claiming that to allow publication would "diminish or preclude outright" any ability to authorize and control future derivative works.
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