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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
 NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP INC.,Plaintiff,v.JEANINE PIRRO and FOX NEWS NETWORK, LLC,Defendants. No.: 13-CV-07153 (ER)(FM)
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONFOR CERTIFICATION OF FEBRUARY 10, 2015 ORDER FOR INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b)AND FOR ISSUANCE OF STAY PENDING APPEAL
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLPDori Ann Hanswirthdori.hanswirth@hoganlovells.com Nathaniel S. Boyer nathaniel.boyer@hoganlovells.comBenjamin A. Fleming benjamin.fleming@hoganlovells.comPatsy C. Wilson patsy.wilson@hoganlovells.com875 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022Tel: (212) 918-3000Fax: (212) 918-3100
 Attorneys for Defendants
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .....................................................................................................1ARGUMENT...................................................................................................................................3I. INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL IS WARRANTED TO DETERMINE THEAPPROPRIATE LEGAL STANDARD FOR EVALUATING WHETHER USE OFA VISUAL WORK WAS FAIR..........................................................................................3A. There is Substantial Ground for Difference of Opinion Over The AppropriateStandard for Transformation of Visual Works. .......................................................9B. Certification Would Materially Advance the Termination of This Litigationand Promote Judicial Economy. ............................................................................11C. The Public Interest Strongly Favors Interlocutory Appeal....................................12II. A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT PENDINGINTERLOCUTORY APPEAL WOULD FURTHER THE INTERESTS OFJUSTICE AND PROMOTE EFFICIENCY......................................................................14CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
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 Allstate Ins. Co. v. Elzanaty
, No. 11-cv-3862(ADS)(ARL), 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70579(E.D.N.Y. May 16, 2013) ........................................................................................................12
 Am. Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
,60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1994).........................................................................................................7
 Am. Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
,802 F. Supp. 1 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)....................................................................................... passim
 Atl. Holdings, Inc. v. Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna JSC 
, No. 12-cv-8852 (JMF), 2014 WL 1881075 (S.D.N.Y. May 9, 2014).....................................10
 Authors Guild, Inc. v. Hathitrust 
,755 F.3d 87 (2d Cir. 2014).........................................................................................................9
 Bartnicki v. Vopper 
,200 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 1999).....................................................................................................13
 Bartnicki v. Vopper 
,532 U.S. 514 (2001).................................................................................................................13
 Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.
,448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006)...............................................................................................2, 7, 9
 Blanch v. Koons
,467 F.3d 244 (2d Cir. 2006).......................................................................................................9
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
,510 U.S. 569 (1994)...................................................................................................................7
Capitol Records, LLC v. Vimeo, LLC 
,972 F. Supp. 2d 537 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)......................................................................................11
Cariou v. Prince
,714 F.3d 694 (2d Cir. 2013).............................................................................................2, 9, 10
 Facebook, Inc. v. Pedersen
,868 F. Supp. 2d 953 (N.D. Cal. 2012).......................................................................................6
 Flo & Eddie, Inc v. Sirius XM Radio Inc.
, No. 13 CIV. 5784 CM, 2015 WL 585641 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2015).............................. passim
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