Courtroom View Network

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{{Infobox company

| name = Courtroom View Network

| logo = Cvn+blue.png

| logo_size = 300px

| type = Private

| foundation = 2006

| location = Atlanta, Georgia, United States

| industry = Legal

| products = Courtroom Video

| homepage = [http://www.cvn.com/ www.cvn.com]

}}

Image:CVNTrialVideoSample.jpg

Courtroom View Network (CVN), a division of Courtroom Connect, is a US company webcasting live and on-demand video and editorial coverage from civil trials.{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/22/federal_judge_delays_the_public_webcast_of_illegal_download_case/ |title=Boston Globe: Federal Judge Delays Public Webcast |work=Boston Globe |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Nolan |first=Christian |url=http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=33533 |title=Making a Federal Case Out Of Webcasting |publisher=CT Law Tribune |date=April 27, 2009 |accessdate=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220164725/http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=33533 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/09/allow_web_coverage_of_music_sharing_suit_lawyer_urges_court/ |title=Lawyer Urges Court to Allow Web Coverage of Music-sharing Lawsuit |work=Boston Globe |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/07/countrywide-see.html |title=AmLaw Daily: Countrywide Seeks to Bar Cameras from Courtroom |publisher=Amlawdaily.typepad.com |date=July 7, 2008 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}

Overview

CVN webcasts civil litigation proceedings live and offers on-demand subscriptions to their Video Library. CVN's Video Library is an archive of thousands of hours of fully-indexed, searchable courtroom video. CVN's video has been used by the New York Times,{{cite web|last=Davidoff |first=Steven |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D9103CF931A2575AC0A96E9C8B63&scp=2&sq=%22courtroom%20view%20network%22&st=Search |title=NYT, September 12, 2008 |work=New York Times |date=September 12, 2008 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Davidoff |first=Steven M. |url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/dollar-thriftys-promising-day-in-court/ |title=Dollar-Thrifty Merger, August 25, 2010 |publisher=Dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com |date=August 25, 2010 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Roose |first=Kevin |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/gundlach-found-liable-for-trade-secret-theft-but-gets-back-pay/ |title=Gundlach Found Liable, September 16, 2011 |publisher=Dealbook.nytimes.com |date=September 16, 2011 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}} Wall Street Journal,{{cite web|last=Corcoran |first=Gregory |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/12/18/cerberus-feinberg-the-money-shot/ |title=WSJ, December 18, 2007 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 18, 2007 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}[https://www.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100709-711143.html Barnes & Noble Chairman Pressed About Company's Poison Pill, July 9, 2010]{{dead link|date=January 2012}} Reuters,{{cite news|last=Sage |first=Alexandria |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B75QE20091209?type=technologyNews |title=Reuters, December 9, 2009 |agency=Reuters |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0911190020100709 |title=Barnes & Noble Chairman Testifies of Burkle Worry, July 9, 2010 |agency=Reuters |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/NY/News/ViewNews.aspx?id=16430&terms=%40ReutersTopicCodes+CONTAINS+'ANV' |title=Thomson Reuters News & Insight, quoting CVN Engle Verdict Tracker, May 17, 2011 |publisher=Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com |date=May 17, 2011 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}} Bloomberg,{{cite web|last=Milford |first=Phil |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-08/yucaipa-s-ron-burkle-fights-barnes-noble-s-poison-pill-in-delaware-court.html |title=Yucaipa's Ron Burkle Fights Barnes & Noble's Poison Pill in Delaware Court, July 8, 2010 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=July 8, 2010 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/video/73449864/ |title=TCW v. Gundlach trial, Aug. 2, 2011 |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Pettersson |first=Edvard |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-17/gundlach-testifies-tcw-group-managers-opposed-stern-s-2009-return-as-ceo.html |title=TCW v. Gundlach trial, Aug. 17, 2011 |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=January 11, 2012}} Associated Press,[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Barnes-Noble-boss-testifies-apf-1691153086.html?x=0 Barnes & Noble Boss Testifies in Poison Pill Case, July 9, 2010]{{dead link|date=January 2012}} TheStreet,{{cite web|url=http://www.thestreet.com/author/1192999/Courtroom%20View%20Network%20/all.html |title=TheStreet.com |publisher=TheStreet.com |accessdate=January 11, 2012}} The American Lawyer,{{cite web|author=Andrew LongstrethContactAll Articles |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202431187944&Cooley_Wins_Breach_of_Contract_Case_for_ETrade_Against_Deutsche_Bank |title=Cooley Wins Breach of Contract Case for E*Trade Against Deutsche Bank, June 3, 2009 |publisher=Law.com |date=June 3, 2009 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}} and LawyersUSA.{{cite web|url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/05/16/jury-awards-20-million-verdict-for-forklift-accident/ |title=Jury Awards $20M in Forklift Accident, May 16, 2011 |publisher=Lawyersusaonline.com |date=May 16, 2011 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}

Background

CVN was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Litigation

On October 14, 2008, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that CVN was entitled to webcast a federal hearing over the objection of one of the parties.{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17784008847269474633&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr |title=E*Trade Financial Corp. v. Deutsche Bank AG, 582 F.Supp.2d 528 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) |publisher=Google |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}

On April 16, 2009, a federal district court's order allowing CVN to webcast a hearing in a high-profile copyright infringement case{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Ashby |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/04/08/a-different-kind-of-lawsuit-billion-dollar-charlie-v-the-riaa/ |title=Wall Street Journal Law Blog, "A Different Kind of Lawsuit" |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 8, 2009 |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/gertner/pdf/tenenbaumbroadcastord.pdf |title=Capitol Records v. Tenenbaum, 593 F.Supp 2d 319 (D.Mass. January 14, 2009) |format=PDF |accessdate=January 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224144534/http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/gertner/pdf/tenenbaumbroadcastord.pdf |archivedate=February 24, 2012 |df=mdy }} was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,{{cite web|url=http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=09-1090P.01A |title=In re Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 564 F.3d 1 (C.A.1-Mass. 2009) |publisher=Ca1.uscourts.gov |accessdate=January 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216162044/http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=09-1090P.01A |archivedate=February 16, 2012 |df=mdy }} which blocked the webcast.

On December 3, 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Courtroom View Network was a member of the news media and a news gathering organization entitled to webcast courtroom proceedings in Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=http://info.courtroomview.com/Default.aspx?app=LeadgenDownload&shortpath=docs%2fMA-Supreme-Court-Decision-Courtroom-View-Network-v-Justices-of-the-Superior-Court+.pdf |title=Courtroom View Network v. Justices of the Superior Court, 2010 WL 4942139 (Mass.) (PDF) |format=PDF |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}

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