Litigation

In a recent decision in a domestic bribery case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, after canvassing the law relating to extortion as a defense to federal bribery charges, identified the principal reasons why extortion is so rarely raised, and even more rarely effective, as a defense.

In a recent opinion issued in the Chapter 11 case of In re Lemington Home for the Aged, the Third Circuit revived claims of breach of fiduciary duty and deepening insolvency against directors and officers of a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation.

In a recent, unpublished decision, the Fourth U.S. Court of Appeals held that an employer may be responsible for the sexual harassment of one of its employees by the employer's client. This is an interesting issue that the Fourth Circuit had failed to address ' until this decision.

It's probably not a stretch to say that e-mail has been the single biggest factor in the creation of the electronic discovery industry as we know it today. e-Mail has been seen as almost synonymous with e-discovery, in many ways to the detriment of other valuable forms of ESI. But, that race has tightened up.

A Pennsylvania man who was indicted for making violent threats on Facebook is now challenging the constitutionality of the federal cyberstalking statute, arguing that the law criminalizes "pure speech" and is vague and overbroad.

Fox Film's Refusal to Return Initial Investment Isn't Breach of Co-Financing Agreement
Oklahoma Federal Court Finds Fraudulent Transfer of Songwriter's Assets
Trading Card Series Is Protected Speech
Video Game Developer's Counterclaim Seeking Milestone Payment Avoids Summary Judgment

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/GRAND RIGHTS IN PLAYS
DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION/SONG ROYALTIES

Analysis of important rulings.