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Jury Verdict in Allman Film Fatality Trial To Be Appealed

Katheryn Hayes Tucker

CSX Railroad says it will appeal a Savannah, GA, jury verdict of $11.2 million rendered after a six-day trial stemming from the fatal train accident on the set of the film Midnight Rider of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million according to the jury's apportionment.

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Counsel Concerns

ljnstaff

Entertainment law firm changes and new hires.

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Stan Soocher

Consumers' Digital Music Price-Fixing Suit Ruled No "Class" Act<br>Marshall Tucker Band's Former Manager Loses Bid for Attorney Fees After Prevailing in Trademark Action Brought Against It By the Band

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Twists and Turns of Copyright Litigation Over <i>Jersey Boys</i> Musical Reach Latest Stage Image

Twists and Turns of Copyright Litigation Over <i>Jersey Boys</i> Musical Reach Latest Stage

Vincent Peppe

Since 2007, the development of the musical has been the source of protracted litigation that reached its latest stage in June 2017.

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Trial Judge Acts Over Hacking of Plaintiffs' Emails In Media Dispute

Jason Grant

A New York trial court judge struck a defendant's answer in a media-based breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition suit, after finding that 2,000 emails, including attorney-client privileged information possessed by the plaintiffs, had been hacked and stolen.

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'Disparaging' Trademarks Decision<br>High Court Declines Takedown Notice/Fair Use Case

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Stan Soocher

Mash-Up of Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Components Is a Fair Use

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Netflix Dooming Need for Foreign Presales Deals

Todd Cunningham

Foreign rights presales, which since the 1970s have been used by independent Hollywood producers to raise funds to get their movies shot, are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Credit Netflix for giving them a big shove out the door. So what does that mean for Hollywood's deal lawyers? Bigger rights deals — but fewer of them to go around.

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Drake Wins on Sampling Fair Use; Plaintiffs' Song Ownership Muddy Image

Drake Wins on Sampling Fair Use; Plaintiffs' Song Ownership Muddy

Vincent Peppe

While copyright registration normally constitutes prima facie evidence of copyright ownership, the court noted that the estate had registered the song copyright 31 years after it was originally published and only in response to the defendants' sampling of the song on Drake's album.

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Uncertainty in China-Hollywood Entertainment Financing Relationships, But Hope Remains

Todd Cunningham

Uncertainty and the drumbeat of a possible trade war are ominous clouds currently hanging over relations with Chinese investors, several of Hollywood's top deal-making attorneys say.

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