Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, Case No. 24-171 (2026).
Contributory copyright liability requires proof that the provider either affirmatively induced the infringement or provided a service tailored for infringement, so an internet service provider is not contributorily liable for its subscribers' copyright infringement merely because it had knowledge that its service was being used by some subscribers to infringe.
Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP v. Advantage Capital Holdings LLC, Case No. 24-2647 (2d Cir. 2026).
A district court deciding a breach-of-contract action seeking money damages lacks equitable power to issue a preliminary injunction freezing a guarantor's assets where the creditor holds neither a lien on nor an equitable interest in the guarantor's property.
Megatel Homes, L.L.C. v. City of Mansfield, Case No. 25-11006 (5th Cir. 2026).
State-action immunity from antitrust liability attaches to a municipality's anticompetitive conduct in land-use decisions only when the state has clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed a policy authorizing that specific municipality – not merely another entity – to engage in the challenged conduct.
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Barton, Case No. 24-10788 (5th Cir. 2026).
A district court's approval of a receivership property sale is reviewable on interlocutory appeal under the collateral-order doctrine, but its ratification of settlement agreements and approval of a moot sale order are not, and a receiver's sale of receivership property before final judgment does not require compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 2001 where the statute does not apply to receivership sales conducted under the court's equitable powers.
Fiecke-Stifter v. MidCountry Bank, Case No. 24-3312 (8th Cir. 2026).
The FDCPA's prohibition on nonjudicial action that dispossesses property without a present right to possession may be implicated by a servicer's alleged failure to provide a reinstatement amount as required by state foreclosure law, but TILA section 1639f(a) does not prohibit a servicer from returning a payment after crediting it.
