Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday in California Northern District Court on behalf of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), a religious organization headquartered in the Philippines. The complaint targets former INC minister Isaias T. Samson Jr. for his broadcast of Zoom worship services that incorporate the church’s copyrighted hymns. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 3:22-cv-01123, Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) v. Samson.