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Determining the Rights of Heirs In Copyright-Renewal Interests
The digital age and widespread, unauthorized Internet downloading have raised doubts about the strength of copyright protection. But the durability of entertainment content has nevertheless kept renewal interests in copyrights alive. It is often the children and spouses of deceased artists who are involved in fights over the economic promise of these copyright renewals.
Though federal copyright law currently protects a work for the life of an author (or of the last living co-author) plus 70 years, under 17 U.S.C. 304(a), works registered before Jan. 1, 1978, remain subject to an initial 28-year copyright term plus an additional 67 years renewal.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.