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Sony Music Must Hand over Internal List over Kesha Sex Abuse Claims Image

Sony Music Must Hand over Internal List over Kesha Sex Abuse Claims

Jason Grant

As the now four-and-a-half-year-long legal dispute between Kesha and her former music producer Dr. Luke continues in New York court, a state appeals panel has decided that the pop singer can compel Sony Music Entertainment to identify people interviewed in its internal investigation that examined Kesha's claims of sexual misconduct by the producer.

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Counsel Concerns: Low Sanctions Are Upheld in Lawyer's Case Over Booking Discrimination Suit Image

Counsel Concerns: Low Sanctions Are Upheld in Lawyer's Case Over Booking Discrimination Suit

Greg Landline

The case is rooted in an underlying lawsuit filed nearly two decades ago in New York by black music promoters Leonard Rowe and Lee King against the William Morris Agency and several other booking and talent agencies.

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Antitrust Issues Grow Out of Esports' Success

William Stark, Steve Walkowiak & Katie Tipper-McWhorter

As esports continues its meteoric growth, its antitrust exposure also grows. Soon, the competitive video game industry must address its increasing market share, either voluntarily or in the form of lawsuits and regulations imposed from the outside.

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Stan Soocher

State Appeals Court Decides Alimony for Country Artist Joe Diffie's Ex-Wife Shouldn't Be Based on “Speculative Income” <br>Arbitration Clause in TV-Show Appearance Release Found Severable From Rest of Agreement

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A Practitioner's Guide to Key Provisions In Film Director Agreements Image

A Practitioner's Guide to Key Provisions In Film Director Agreements

Marc Jacobson

Film remains a director's medium, considering that the director will always give shape and vision to the writer's words.

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Getting Ready for Wide-Ranging Reach of California's Data Privacy Law Image

Getting Ready for Wide-Ranging Reach of California's Data Privacy Law

Samuel Cullari & Alexis Cocco

The CCPA is the first of its kind, generally applicable data protection law in the United States. What makes the CCPA unique is not only its applicability to companies like those in the entertainment and media industries, but also the rights it provides to consumers regarding their personal information (PI).

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Navigating the Two Sides of Amazon's Take-Down Process Image

Navigating the Two Sides of Amazon's Take-Down Process

Edward Weisz & Alanna Miller

In this article, we explain how copyright, trademark and patent infringement issues unfold on Amazon by describing the process for rights holders to report infringement, and the impact of successful infringement take-down requests.

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EU Commission Alleges Video-Game Geoblocking Image

EU Commission Alleges Video-Game Geoblocking

Simon Taylor

The European Commission has charged Valve Corp., the owner of Steam video-game distribution platform, and five video-game publishers with breaking European Union (EU) competition rules through their use of geoblocking, which restricts access to digital content on a territorial basis.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Rick Ross Defeats Trademark Suit over Mastermind Album<br>TV Host's Course of Conduct During Life Bars Estate From Getting His IP and Publicity Rights

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