B. NAGEL FILMS, LLC v. NETFLIX, INC. et al
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October 16, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Ninth Circuit supported a man's bid to protect an Arizona property and his RV from his Chapter 7 trustee, a bankrupt vaccine maker struck a deal with the federal government to allow an asset sale hearing so long as government property is not affected, and a New Jersey federal judge stood by his ruling in a copyright suit between an attorney's film company and Netflix. Here are some of the bankruptcy-related stories you might have missed in the last week.
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October 16, 2025
Netflix Keeps Win In Documentary IP Suit From Atty's Film Co.
A New Jersey federal judge this week declined to reconsider his order throwing out an attorney's copyright infringement suit against Netflix Inc. over his documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.
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October 02, 2025
Netflix Escapes Documentary IP Suit From Atty's Film Co.
A film company owned by a trial lawyer this week lost its lawsuit accusing Netflix Inc. of infringing a copyright in its documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America, with a New Jersey federal judge finding the film deals with uncopyrightable facts.
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March 25, 2025
Atty Says Netflix's Boy Scout Doc Copied Style, Not Just Facts
A New Jersey trial lawyer who accused Netflix Inc. of infringing his copyright in its documentary about sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America pushed back against the streaming giant's dismissal bid, arguing the film copied the storytelling framework used in his own documentary.
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January 02, 2025
Netflix Says 'Uncopyrightable Facts' Sink Boy Scout Doc Suit
Netflix has asked a New Jersey federal court to toss a trial lawyer's copyright infringement claims over their competing documentaries on sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts of America, arguing that any claimed similarities "are based on uncopyrightable facts that are free for all creators to use."
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October 10, 2024
NJ Atty Sues Netflix For Infringement Over Boy Scouts Movies
A trial lawyer who spent years litigating sexual abuse cases against the Boy Scouts is suing Netflix Inc. for copyright infringement after the streaming giant came out with a documentary on the abuse just nine months after his film premiered.