Litigation

  • Derivative Cyber Litigation

    Potential liability for data breaches has emerged as a major concern for businesses in the past few years as massive cyber-attacks are increasing, with companies that use or store private customer data electronically or use social media as part of their marketing strategy being the prime targets. These data breaches have contributed to an increase in director and officer (D&O) litigation in connection with cyber incidents, and will continue to do so.

    July 02, 2015James D. Gassenheimer and Lara O'Donnell

  • Ex-Dewey Partners Asked to Forgo Half of Salary; Backdate Checks

    Jurors at the criminal trial of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives facing fraud and conspiracy charges heard vivid descriptions of some of the drama that precipitated the firm's bankruptcy filing in May 2012 from former litigation partner Ralph Ferrara, whose testimony continued late last month.

    July 02, 2015Nell Gluckman and Julie Triedman

  • Disruption: Three Forces Shaping the Legal Landscape

    From mobile and global work environments to alternative billing models to a perceived crisis in legal education, the legal industry is in the midst of a major transformation. Some changes are evolutionary, yet other developments may feel revolutionary for those unprepared for change. What are the key trends that will disrupt the legal industry and impact practice across the landscape?

    July 02, 2015Colleen Casey Voshell

  • Actress Has No Copyright in Controversial Muslims Film

    The work of an individual performer in a film isn't protected by copyright law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided when it ruled in an 11-judge en banc decision that actress Cindy Lee Garcia couldn't use copyright law to force Google to remove a five-second clip of the film Innocence of Muslims from YouTube and other Internet platforms.

    June 02, 2015Marisa Kendall

  • Examining Rulings On Pandora and Performance Rights

    Little more than a week after music-streaming service Pandora Inc. won a key ruling in its royalty rate dispute with ASCAP, Pandora was dealt a setback in a parallel fight with ASCAP's rival performing rights organization, BMI.

    June 02, 2015Scott Flaherty and Mark Hamblett

  • Court Watch

    Recent cases advance debate on Franchisor-Franchisee relationships.

    June 02, 2015Zach Eyster

  • Awaiting Supreme Court's Ruling on Hybrid Licenses

    The owner of entertainment intellectual property often faces concerns about maximizing licensing revenues while addressing the restrictions of federal and state laws that create those rights. Because a given IP right may involve federal law and state law ' through associated trade secrets or confidential information ' licensing of that IP mix often presents a challenge to maximizing an entertainment IP owner's potential revenue generation.

    June 02, 2015Anthony S. Volpe and Max S. Morgan