California Court of Appeal Interprets Incontestability Clause in Profit Participation Agreements
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Counterfeit DVDs Restitution Award for Hollywood Studios
May 02, 2017Stan Soocher
New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Annual Spring Meeting
May 02, 2017ssalkin | Law Journal NewslettersThe 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know by Steve Gordon
May 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal NewslettersNew York enforces reasonable employee agreements not to compete. California does not. This creates a nettlesome but common situation when a New York employer has employees who work in a different state. While the issue is not limited to New York and California, the laws of New York and California — where so many entertainment companies are based — are of special interest to the industry.
May 01, 2017Adam J. SaferTeam Angry Filmworks' lawsuit seeking public domain status for science fiction hero "Buck Rogers" adventures is set to blast off now that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss filed by the trust that licenses Rogers material.
April 02, 2017P.J. D'AnnunzioThe Boies/Schiller Film Group (BSFG), a film finance venture founded by renowned litigator David Boies and Zachary Schiller, has filed suit against investor Peter Nathaniel and his Boca Raton, FL-based investment fund Impala Partners LLC, accusing Nathaniel and Impala of misrepresentations that resulted in BSFG losing millions in its production of Jane Got a Gun, a 2016 film starring Natalie Portman that received middling reviews and underwhelmed at the box office.
April 02, 2017Meghan TribeA New Jersey lawyer claims in a legal complaint that the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro shortchanged him on fees from a $60 million settlement of class action suits that had been brought behalf of college athletes over the use of their names and likenesses in video games.
April 02, 2017Charles ToutantThe Georgia Supreme Court ruled that media companies streaming music recordings made prior to Feb. 15, 1972, over the Internet without paying royalties or licensing fees aren't violating the state's criminal record piracy law.
April 02, 2017R. Robin McDonald and Scott GrahamNew York Statute of Limitations Applies To Music Contract Dispute Over Property in Dominican Republic
Stating Use "In Commerce" in Trademark Application Isn't Trademark InfringementApril 02, 2017Stan SoocherThis article familiarizes lawyers with cryptocurrency and, particularly, the enabling blockchain technology, methodologies and systems.
April 01, 2017Emile Loza de Siles
