California Federal Judge Refuses, Among Other Things, to Drop Fiduciary Breach Claim Against AMC Networks over Fear the Walking Dead TV Series
New York Appellate Division Decides UMG Recordings Isn't Alter Ego of Cash Money Records
- March 01, 2019Stan Soocher
Music Money and Success: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business (8th Edition)
March 01, 2019ssalkinThe law on how to perfect a lien in a copyright application is foggy at best. This article sketches out pitfalls of the current process for perfecting a lien on a copyright application, and potential steps that a financier may take to help perfect and protect a film investment.
February 01, 2019Bruce GoldnerThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided that §504 of the U.S. Copyright Act doesn't require any “magic words incantation” for a copyright infringement plaintiff to choose a statutory damages award, that “[t]he word 'elect' does not by itself require formal procedures.”
February 01, 2019Stan SoocherA federal judge in Camden, NJ decided that a Christian rock band's management, talent agent and lead singer weren't vicariously liable for the sexual assault of a teenage fan committed by a member of the band.
February 01, 2019ssalkinThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an appeal by CNN to dismiss a libel case over the cable network's 2015 investigation of infant deaths at a Florida hospital.
February 01, 2019R. Robin McDonaldWhile hearing January 2019 oral arguments before it, the U.S. Supreme Court sounded inclined to resolve a circuit courts' split over copyright registration procedures against copyright holders.
February 01, 2019Scott GrahamEntertainment practices with well-known clients are in high demand in the Los Angeles legal market, leading to a spate of lateral hires among American Lawyer 200 firms in the latter part of 2018.
February 01, 2019ssalkinActor's Negligence Claim over Film Set Injury Preempted by California's Workers' Compensation Act
Nashville Federal Court Decides Record Producer Didn't Abandon Master Recordings of 1970s George Jones AlbumFebruary 01, 2019Stan Soocher







