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Video-Game Suit Explores Use of Wrestling Indicia
Irell & Manella partner Steven Marenberg's client list includes a long list of Hollywood heavyweights. Pop songster Stevie Wonder, 'The Lord of the Rings' film director Peter Jackson, The Walt Disney Company, the wizards at Pixar Animation Studios ' the 52-year-old Marenberg has represented them all. He's currently lead litigator in the mammoth copyright-infringement case that Universal Music Group, the world's biggest music company and a longtime Marenberg client, is bringing against MySpace, the social networking site that Universal characterizes as 'a vast virtual warehouse for pirated copies of music videos and songs.' [See the 'Counsel Concerns' column of this issue for a ruling on a motion for defense-attorney disqualification in the Universal/MySpace litigation.]
Still, there are heavyweight intellectual-property matters and then there are battles against real heavyweights. In one of Marenberg's current videogame trademark cases, the slim fivefoot-eight-inch Marenberg is up against a six-foot-three-inch, 300-pound former professional wrestling bruiser known as the Warrior. Until three years ago, Marenberg had never heard of the Warrior and knew nothing of his exploits during the 1990s as one of World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) premier stars. 'I'm not a wrestling aficionado,' explains Marenberg, who prefers tennis and soccer.
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.