March 17, 2015
The Turtles urged a California federal judge Monday to certify a class of owners of pre-1972 records that Sirius XM Radio Inc. allegedly played without paying royalties, claiming in their $100 million suit that the satcaster exploited the songs equally.
February 19, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday refused to reconsider his September decision in the Turtles' $100 million class action holding that Sirius XM Radio Inc. infringed copyrights by broadcasting songs without properly paying royalties, although he also didn't sanction Sirius' counsel O'Melveny & Myers LLP for its motion seeking reconsideration.
January 13, 2015
Sirius XM's attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP on Monday blasted the claim that they should face sanctions for allegedly raising frivolous arguments about pre-1972 recordings in defense of the satellite radio broadcaster, calling it an "ad hominem attack" that itself warranted sanctions.
January 07, 2015
Members of rock band The Turtles told a California federal judge Monday that Sirius XM's attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP should be sanctioned for unearthing and misrepresenting a decades-old decision in an attempt to overturn an unfavorable ruling over whether it needs to pay to play pre-1972 records.
November 20, 2014
A California federal judge on Thursday refused Sirius XM Radio Inc. an immediate trip to the Ninth Circuit to appeal a ruling that the satellite music provider needs to pay to play pre-1972 recordings, saying it would delay the litigation.
November 18, 2014
Sirius XM Radio Inc. urged a California federal judge Monday to reconsider his ruling that the satellite broadcaster has to pay to perform pre-1972 records, again warning that the ruling in a putative class action would effectively allow California to interfere with the federal realm of interstate commerce.
November 04, 2014
The 1960s rock band that brought a federal class action against Sirius XM Radio Inc. over pre-1972 recordings claimed Monday that the satellite broadcaster is effectively ignoring an adverse state court ruling in a parallel case to bolster its bid for an immediate trip to the Ninth Circuit.
October 15, 2014
Sirius XM Radio Inc. wants the Ninth Circuit to review a California federal judge's ruling that it infringed copyrights by broadcasting songs recorded before 1972 without paying royalties for public performance of the recordings, the company said in a motion for interlocutory appeal Wednesday.
October 01, 2014
A top executive at Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Wednesday that the company would fight "all the way through the appeal process" over the recent ruling that California law requires the company to pay to perform pre-1972 recorded music.
September 22, 2014
Members of rock band the Turtles scored a major win in their $100 million royalties class action against Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Monday when a California federal judge ruled Sirius infringed copyrights by broadcasting songs recorded before 1972 without paying royalties for performance of the recording.