Copyright Infringement Damages Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
Verbal Partnership May Have Existed to Develop MSNBC's The Ed Show
May 02, 2014Stan Soocher
Earlier this year, former Mob Wives TV star Karen Gravano filed a right-of-publicity lawsuit against the makers of the Grand Theft Auto V video game, claiming they misappropriated her image and life story for a character in the popular video game. This case is one more in a string of recent cases raising a significant common question: To what extent does the law protect the rights of content creators to draw on real-life individuals and events to create expressive works?
May 02, 2014Elizabeth McNamara and Samuel M. BayardMaking the judge happy will help you be more effective at trial. If you follow the rules and procedures, and help the trial run smoothly, the judge may listen to you better and credit your argument.
May 02, 2014George W. SouleThe amount of data a company generates grows with each passing day. It is important to develop strategies to reduce the amount of data subject to discovery obligations while staying current with legal and technology trends. A strong partnership with a vendor and law firm using sophisticated data review and collection techniques is essential to navigating the discovery minefield in a cost-effective way that is also defensible and fully documented.
May 02, 2014Ann Grayson and Jim NormanForum-selection clauses are commonly used in agreements for e-commerce websites. These clauses represent a very important risk management provision. On Dec. 3, 2013, in a 9-0 decision written by Justice Alito, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a very significant ruling relating to the proper procedures for enforcing forum-selection clauses. In this article, we will discuss these procedures.
May 02, 2014J.T. WestermeierThe U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 appeared reluctant to give police sweeping authority to search the full contents of smartphones without first obtaining a search warrant from a judge.
April 30, 2014Tony MauroHardship Waiver for Pine Barrens Development Upheld
April 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Chiropractic Care Is Not Necessarily 'Medical' Care
April 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In the March 2014 issue, in their article titled 'Blurred Lines,' the authors discussed a number of decisions from various jurisdictions concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation. Among those decisions was National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. TransCanada Energy USA, Inc.
April 02, 2014Marc S. Voses and Steven P. NassiToday's book publishing agreements typically include a grant of e-book rights from an author to a publisher. But contracts from the pre-e-book era have been contested as to whether the older agreements give the author or the publisher the e-book rights in the author's works. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that the phrase "now known or hereafter invented" granted the e-book rights to the publisher.
April 02, 2014Stan Soocher