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Unauthorized Uses of Music in Campaign Ads
Entertainment Law & Finance
Lawrence Y. Iser served as attorney for Jackson Browne in the McCain litigation and is counsel to musician David Byrne in a pending action against Florida Governor Charlie Crist that was filed after Crist used the Talking Heads’ "Road to Nowhere" in Crist’s campaign ad for the U.S. Senate. In the Q&A that follows, Iser responds to questions from Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher about litigation and related issues regarding music in political ads.

Alternative Dispute Resolution As a Problem-Solving Device
Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Practitioners have observed escalating disillusion of clients with litigation as the primary vehicle for dispute resolution. Here are its advantages.

New Employee Rights Poster for Federal Contractors
Employment Law Strategist
Pursuant to Executive Order 13496, and its implementing regulations 29 CFR, Part 471, federal contractors and subcontractors must notify employees about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) as of June 21, 2010. Here are the details.

Lessons from Twitter’s Settlement with the FTC
Internet Law & Strategy
The announcement that social-networking phenomenon Twitter has agreed to settle FTC charges that it had engaged in inadequate privacy and information security practices illustrates some simple mistakes that social media and other online companies can make.

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Expanded Criminal Enforcement in the Financial-Services Industry
Since the economic meltdown began in 2008, the media have waged a relentless attack on the financial industry as the greedy culprit. "So where are all the prosecutions that we were promised?" the white-collar bar has wondered.

Criminal Prosecution Under New York State’s Martin Act
In the decades following the Great Depression, the Martin Act became a powerful tool for civil protection against fraud. By the early 1990s, the Martin Act was regularly employed against larger institutions as well as smaller fraudulent schemes.

Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration
Judging by the numbers, the Obama DOJ has been as active, or at least as successful, in criminal antitrust enforcement as candidate Obama promised. Criminal antitrust fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion.

In the Courts
A look at a recent high-profile case.

Business Crimes Hotline
Recent national rulings of importance.

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