Settlement reached in ‘Rocky Top’ copyright lawsuit by writers’ children against A&E network

February 17th, 2010 Jon Gosselin, TLC reach settlement in lawsuitWASHINGTON — TLC has settled a breach of contract lawsuit against reality TV star Jon Gosselin, the network said Wednesday. TLC sued Gosselin in October, claiming he failed to meet his obligations as an exclusive employee of the network while appearing on rival networks' programs for pay and making unauthorized public disclosures about the show.

January 20th, 2010 Late Miss. bluesman's son, company dismiss lawsuitJACKSON, Miss. — The son of the late Mississippi bluesman Junior Kimbrough has agreed with a record company to dismiss a copyright lawsuit over songs performed by the father and son.

December 21st, 2009 Settlement reached in farmworkers' suit in Miss.OXFORD, Miss. — A lawsuit filed on behalf of 27 Mexican farm workers against a Mississippi sweet potato operation has been settled.

November 14th, 2009 NEW YORK/HAMBURG - Google has reached a new, more limited agreement with the US publishers over the Internet search giant's project to make millions of digitalised books available online. The new Google Books settlement, following months of negotiations, restricts the venture to books with copyrights registered in the US, Canada, Britain and Australia.

November 13th, 2009 Google, book publishers to reveal new settlementNEW YORK — The future of Google's plans to scan and sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday. Google Inc. and book publishers are expected to show a federal judge in New York a new settlement in the copyright lawsuit over Google's book-scanning project.

November 12th, 2009 Settlement reached in fraud suit against ScruggsJACKSON, Miss. — A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars.

November 10th, 2009 CVS settles with NY over expired productsALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials say they've reached an $875,000 settlement with CVS Pharmacy Inc.

November 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - Google has admitted to having scanned more than 20,000 books under Chinese copyright protection, a media report said Tuesday. The world's largest internet search engine has been in negotiations with China's copyright watchdog for scanning works for its online library without permission, the China Daily reported.

October 29th, 2009 Settlement reached in suit against Vegas companyLAS VEGAS — The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed over the firing of an employee who was returning from active military duty.

October 21st, 2009 Chinese group says Google violating copyrightsSHANGHAI — Search engine powerhouse Google is facing new complaints over its book-scanning digital library project — from Chinese authors who say their copyrights are being violated. The objections raised by a government-affiliated group called the China Written Works Copyright Society are the latest in the conflict between Google and copyright holders in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere over its ambitious effort to make more printed works available to a wider audience online.

October 20th, 2009 AP NewsBreak: Settlement reached in imams caseMINNEAPOLIS — Six imams who were removed from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis in 2006 have reached a tentative settlement of their discrimination lawsuit. The imams' attorney, Omar Mohammedi (moh-HAM'-med-dee), said Tuesday that all sides agreed to the settlement at a conference Monday.

October 19th, 2009 Book scanning prompts review of EU copyright lawsBRUSSELS — The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet.

October 16th, 2009 Lawyers for Obama poster artist say he misled themNEW YORK — Attorneys for poster artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Obama "HOPE" image, say he based it on a photograph taken by The Associated Press and not another picture, as the artist had claimed. In papers filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan, Fairey's attorneys said they had amended their lawsuit against the AP, which had alleged copyright infringement.

September 21st, 2009 Lawsuit against Coldplay over 'Viva La Vida' endsLOS ANGELES — Court records show guitarist Joe Satriani and Coldplay have reached an agreement that ends a copyright infringement lawsuit filed over the band's smash hit "Viva la Vida." Satriani sued Coldplay in December, claiming the band copied "substantial, original portions" of his 2004 song, "If I Could Fly." Coldplay won a Grammy Award earlier this year for "Viva La Vida." A federal judge in Los Angeles last week dismissed the case at the request of attorneys for both sides. No details about an agreement were included in court filings, other than each side would pay its own legal costs.

August 31st, 2009 Unit of Louis Vuitton wins lawsuitNEW YORK — Louis Vuitton Malletier SA, a unit of French luxury goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, said Monday that a federal jury in California awarded it $32.4 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit against businesses that hosted Web sites selling counterfeit consumer products. Louis Vuitton Malletier filed the lawsuit in 2007, after finding a group of Web sites with the same Internet address selling what it believed was counterfeit Louis Vuitton merchandise.