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Court Rules That Professional Fees May Not Be Capped by Standard Carve-Out Provisions Image

Court Rules That Professional Fees May Not Be Capped by Standard Carve-Out Provisions

John C. Tishler & Tyler N. Layne

Secured creditors and debtor-in-possession (DIP) lenders that rely on standard carve-out provisions to limit the impact of bankruptcy professional fees on their collateral would be well-advised to take notice of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court decision from earlier this year.

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Challenges in Drafting a Restaurant Exclusive Use Clause

Stephen Levey

The reasonable and typical middle ground in the struggle between the parties regarding the scope of the "exclusive" is to protect only a tenant's "core" or "primary" business. Using such an approach, if properly drafted, will allow the tenant to avoid the two-coffee-shop situation, but will still permit the landlord to lease to multiple tenants with overlapping but not fundamentally competing uses.

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Judicial View on 'Arising Out of' Exclusion in Bill Cosby Policy Image

Judicial View on 'Arising Out of' Exclusion in Bill Cosby Policy

Syed S. Ahmad & Matthew T. McLellan

The claims over the last few years by numerous individuals who allege sexual misconduct by comedian Bill Cosby have also led to disputes about the obligation of Cosby's insurers to pay for his defense attorneys and any eventual settlements or judgments. A decision by a federal district court in Massachusetts, where Cosby lives, addresses these disputes.

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Choice of Law Bars Rapper's Defamation Case

Tom McParland

A Delaware federal judge dismissed a defamation suit by a rapper formerly affiliated with the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan who claimed media outlets falsely reported that he attempted a grisly act of self-mutilation and attempted suicide.

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Pre-1972 Recordings Case Against Sirius In GA Hits Spotlight Image

Pre-1972 Recordings Case Against Sirius In GA Hits Spotlight

Katheryn Hayes Tucker & Zack Needles

A few days before the Second Circuit published its decision ordering the dismissal of Flo & Eddie's closely watched class-action lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio over the use by the satellite provider of pre-1972 sound recordings, the Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments in a class action case against iHeartMedia over its use of pre-1972 sound recordings.

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The Clock Is Ticking

Jonathan B. New & Marco Molina

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, government regulatory agencies, such as the SEC, have aggressively pursued civil enforcement actions to combat financial fraud. However, their efforts to extend their ability to seek monetary penalties and fines outside of relevant limitations periods have been recently rebuffed by the courts.

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Supreme Court Limits Patent Liability for Component Makers in Global Supply Chain Image

Supreme Court Limits Patent Liability for Component Makers in Global Supply Chain

Scott Graham

<b><i>Life Technologies v. Promega</b></i><br>In a decision that should please American manufacturers that feed into the global supply chain, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted a 33-year-old law that imposes patent liability on components made in the U.S. for assembly overseas.

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The Battle over the Scope of Rule 17(c) Subpoenas Image

The Battle over the Scope of Rule 17(c) Subpoenas

Jodi Misher Peikin & Curtis B. Leitner

Before considering the competing, less restrictive, interpretation of Rule 17(c), we briefly pause to explain how we got here. The restrictive interpretation of Rule 17(c) has its genesis in two Supreme Court decisions.

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Ruling Issued on IMDb.com Challenge to CA Actor-Age Law Image

Ruling Issued on IMDb.com Challenge to CA Actor-Age Law

Ross Todd

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction on February 22 halting a California state law that requires online entertainment database IMDb.com to remove actors' ages on request.

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The Joke is in the Bag! Parody at the Federal and TTAB Levels Image

The Joke is in the Bag! Parody at the Federal and TTAB Levels

Jennifer Ashton & Erin Hennessy

On Feb. 13, 2017, the eve of Valentine's Day, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals extended no love to Louis Vuitton, effectively asserting that it would not rehear the infringement suit against My Other Bag, Inc., denying the en banc request in a brief order.

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