District court grants Disney’s motion for summary judgment, holding it did not infringe plaintiffs’ copyright in blue-eyed ukulele-playing turtle character, but rather independently created its own musical turtle character, and that plaintiffs’ unfair competition claim was barred by laches. Plaintiffs John William Kaipo Enos and Johnson Entertainment LLC sued The Walt Disney Company and Disney Enterprises Inc., alleging copyright infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act. The dispute centered on Enos’ character “Honu,” […]

On May 21, 2025, Judge Karin J. Immergut of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon granted a motion to dismiss a proposed securities fraud class action against a nuclear energy company (the “Company”) and certain of its officers (the “Individual Defendants”) asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5. Sigman v. NuScale Power Corp., et al., Nos. 3:23-cv-01689-IM, 3:23-cv-1956-IM (D. Ore. […]