Zoning Board Bound By Prior Determination
Planning Board Had Rational Basis to Require Church to Record an Easement
Special Permit Denial Overturned
Restrictive Zoning Ordinance Sustained Against Multiple Challenges
February 01, 2019ssalkin
The 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 McDonaldEntertainment 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 SoocherThe Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property
The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: DealmakingFebruary 01, 2019ssalkinWhen customers, employees and others invited to or simply passing by a leased commercial property are injured, and want compensation, who will be on the hook for the costs of bodily injury and property damage — the landlord, the tenant, the maintenance and security contractor hired by them, or some combination of these?
February 01, 2019Janice G. InmanPart Two of a Two-Part Article
As addressed in the first part of this article last month, addressing the problems confronting golf course owners seeking financial restructuring under Chapter 11, the ability of a debtor to reject a restrictive covenant under Section 365 or to sell free and clear of a covenant under Section 363(f) is limited and the obstacles are difficult to surmount.
February 01, 2019Daniel A. Lev
