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Unsettled Issues Are Raised By Bid to Terminate Copyright Grants in Village People Songs Image

Unsettled Issues Are Raised By Bid to Terminate Copyright Grants in Village People Songs

Michael I. Rudell & Neil J. Rosini

To complement our recent article on the termination of rights under copyright in sound recordings, we focus here on termination of rights under copyright in musical compositions ' and particularly on the pending lawsuit in California in which rights in some iconic songs made famous by the Village People are in dispute.

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Leveraging the Seventh Circuit eDiscovery Principles to Contain Litigation Costs

TJ Thurston & Scott Devens

ESI discovery disputes have become protracted for one common reason: The parties do not sufficiently prepare for ESI discovery. Enter the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program.

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Japan and International Child Abduction

MariaJos' Delgado & Lori K. Shemtob

Last year, Japan finally announced its intention to sign the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Unfortunately, its reputation as a black hole of parental child abduction might not be lost so easily.

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Four Rules for Tax-Exempt Organizations

Ofer Lion

The use of volunteers and interns by nonprofits comes with legal risks, which may be reduced by following four basic rules. This article discusses both federal and California state law.

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Leases and Licenses Grow Increasingly Indistinguishable

Marc S. Intriligator & Joel Harrison

Lately, it has become fashionable for some property owners to call their standard occupancy agreements licenses rather than leases. Does it matter?

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Bankruptcy Preferences: They Haven't Gone Away Image

Bankruptcy Preferences: They Haven't Gone Away

Alan M. Christenfeld & Barbara M. Goodstein

A recent case, <i>O&amp;G Leasing, LLC v. First Security Bank</i> provides a timely reminder to lenders that the power to avoid preferences remains a potent and oft-used weapon in the trustee's arsenal.

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In the Courts

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Recent rulings of importance.

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What Is Left of <i>Caveat Emptor</i>? Image

What Is Left of <i>Caveat Emptor</i>?

Stewart E. Sterk

New York courts continue to hold that <i>caveat emptor</i> ' let the buyer beware ' represents the general rule applicable to real property transactions. Two recent appellate cases, however, illustrate continuing uncertainty about the remaining scope of the <i>caveat emptor</i> doctrine, while Real Property Law sections 462 and 465 limit the doctrine's significance in many residential transactions.

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Re-registration of Current Domain Name By New Owner Not ACPA 'Registration' Image

Re-registration of Current Domain Name By New Owner Not ACPA 'Registration'

Judith L. Grubner

The Ninth Circuit has now concluded that the ACPA does not apply to a domain name that is first registered prior to the time the trademark at issue becomes distinctive, even if the domain name is later re-registered by a new owner. However, the Ninth Circuit also held that the ACPA can apply to new domain names registered by the new owner after the mark acquires distinctiveness.

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Are International Cybercrime Laws a Hopeless Fantasy? Image

Are International Cybercrime Laws a Hopeless Fantasy?

Stephen Treglia

The aspect of the Internet euphemistically described as "the cloud" has created a seemingly bountiful opportunity for the unscrupulous to acquire the means to attack innocent and vulnerable victims remotely and anonymously. And unlike the fictional portrayal of the apocalyptical children's tale of Chicken Little and his "The sky is falling!" warning, the current digital version is hardly a flight of fantasy.

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