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U.S. Supreme Ct. Asked to Consider Laches Issue in <i>Raging Bull</i> Case
Frank “Peter” Petrella helped world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta teach actor Robert De Niro how to box for the Academy Award-winning film Raging Bull . Now Petrella's daughter is taking those fight lessons into a different arena ' the U.S. Supreme Court. In Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., 12-1315, Paula Petrella asks the justices to give her the chance to prove that MGM infringed the copyright on her late father's screenplay which, she contends, formed the basis for Raging Bull, considered one of the best films ever made.
At the same time, a new organization of lawyers ' the California Society of Entertainment Lawyers (CSEL) ' representing artists, writers and other creators, is urging the High Court to use her case to repudiate the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, noting that a judge on that federal appeals court has called it “the most hostile to copyright owners of all the circuits.” Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., 695 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2012). The organization's founder said that no plaintiff has won a literary copyright infringement case against film studios or networks in the Ninth Circuit in two decades.
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.