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Protect Your Brands on Social Media
Online counterfeit sellers are increasingly more sophisticated and are engaging in social media counterfeiting to exploit social media tools to bolster their sales of counterfeit products online.
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Intercreditor Agreements
This is the fourth article in a series covering various aspects of intercreditor agreements.
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Analysis of Sup. Ct. <i>Raging Bull</i> Ruling
Authors and other creators of copyrighted works scored a major victory in May when the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated a significant barrier to recovering damages for copyright infringement.
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Court Orders Identity of 'Company Doe' Revealed
The sealing of the identity of a company that fought to block public access to a consumer safety report was improper, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has held, ordering the disclosure of its name and publication of case documents.
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Reclassification of Obesity and Changes to The Manual of Mental Disorders
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the only health care challenge facing employers. Recent medical disease reclassifications are affecting a large portion of America's workforce, and the long-term impact is proving difficult to predict. These changes may result in an increased number of workers' compensation and ADA discrimination claims, but hopefully, they will also result in a greater emphasis placed upon prevention and treatment.
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Important Issues and Recent Developments in Wage and Hour Law
This article examines important legal and political developments affecting the FLSA and how they develop into the most commonly litigated employment claims in American federal courts.
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Maximizing Value
Directors of a leveraged company should begin to consider the implications of not being able to access traditional debt markets on appropriate terms. This article highlights the initial steps, questions and concerns typically facing a director in this new environment.
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M&A Shareholder Litigation
One practical aspect of disclosure-only settlements that has received little attention is the practice of providing lengthy individual mailed notice of the disclosure-only settlement to class members, which results in additional (and largely unnecessary) costs that, depending on the number of beneficial owners requiring notice, can exceed tens of thousands of dollars.
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What Should the Filing Time Be for Common Law Copyright Infringement Suits?
Rights in pre-Feb. 15, 1972, sound recordings ' which are protected by state law, rather than federal copyright law ' are hotly litigated in the digital music era. On April 17, for example, major record labels sued the music-streaming service Pandora in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. The suit alleges common-law copyright infringement and unfair competition from Pandora's use of pre-1972 recordings.
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