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DE Dealer Statute Only Covers New Equipment

Adam J. Schlagman & Gina Passarella

Suppliers only have to repurchase new, unused equipment from dealers under Delaware's Equipment Dealer Contracts Statute, the state Supreme Court has ruled in answering a question certified from the Third Circuit.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> After a Dip, Patent Litigation Is on the Rise

Lisa Shuchman

Patent litigation, which only a few months ago appeared to be declining, is actually rising significantly.

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Wave of Privacy Suits Peters Out

Ross Todd

Michael Rhodes, the charismatic chair of Cooley's privacy and data protection practice, took the stage at an awards dinner in late April with an extra bounce in his step ' and a blunt prediction for his colleagues in the plaintiffs privacy bar.

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Like Kind Exchange for Equipment Lessors

Jeff Nelson

If you dispose of an business asset and subsequently reinvest your sales proceeds to acquire a "like-kind" replacement asset of equal or greater value, then the recognition of taxable gain (along with the lessor's obligation to pay tax on that gain) is deferred until the replacement asset is sold or, in the case of subsequent follow on exchanges, until the replacement's replacement asset is sold in a taxable disposition.

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Big Talent Agencies as Defendants In Implied-in-Fact Contract Suits

Michael I. Rudell & Neil J. Rosini

An elite group of large talent agencies have earned reputations as gatekeepers to success in the film and television industries. Non-client writers and producers attempt to share in that success by becoming agency clients or by having their ideas, presentations and screenplays accepted by the agencies for their existing clients. The agencies' practice of "packaging" a combination of services for a single film or television project has enhanced their gatekeeping role.

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High Court Rulings On Spider-Man Toy, Rap Lyrics

Tony Mauro

In one of two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in cases the entertainment industry has followed, the High Court decided that the inventor of a Spider-Man web-shooting device cannot extend his reach for royalties beyond the expiration of his patent.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Home Renovation Service Fails to Establish Claims Against Reality TV Show Producers<br>Owner of Original Woodstock Site Loses Equal Protection Suit<br>TV Show Appearance Release Bars Doctor's Suit over <i>Mob Wives</i>

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When a Factor Has Not Approved Orders

Benjamin Seigel

Even though a seller's reclamation rights may find their underpinnings in the common law and in the UCC, there are strict limitations on the seller's reclamation rights under the Bankruptcy Code.

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Physician-Assisted Suicide

Michael D. Brophy

On Feb. 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling, overturning precedent only two decades after it held that Canadian citizens have the right to end their lives, but if done with the assistance of a physician, that physician could be held liable. This highly anticipated decision is expected to encourage the efforts of right-to-die advocates in the United States and abroad.

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