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February 25, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") has recognized a cause of action for the projected costs of medical monitoring when a product has not caused any actual disease or illness but solely subclinical physiological changes associated with an increased risk of disease. The decision will have broad implications for product manufacturers and sellers.
February 25, 2010David R. GeigerHighlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
February 25, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Late last year, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion that the lawyer for the plaintiffs in the case says virtually eliminates sexual harassment claims in the federal courts for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
February 25, 2010Alyson M. PalmerIs there room in the legal market for a third high-end legal research service? That is the question as Bloomberg, a company known for its financial news, attempts to muscle in on the turf now occupied by Westlaw and LexisNexis. In December, it officially launched Bloomberg Law.
February 24, 2010Robert J. AmbrogiComplaint over Oral Agreement for TV-Network Work Is Dismissed
Rulings on Song License Termination and on Assignment Recordation
Suits Proceed over Use of College Athletes' IndiciaFebruary 24, 2010Stan SoocherThe proposed merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. won Justice Department approval in January 2010, following a year of negotiations. Steven Sletten of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher counseled Ticketmaster. In an interview, Sletten stated that he prepared his client to face a tough audience, both at the Justice Department and in the court of public opinion.
February 24, 2010Amanda BronstadMUSIC COPYRIGHTS/INFRINGING 'WORKS'
TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT/RECORD LABEL NAMES
TV COMPENSATION CLAIMS/FEDERAL PREEMPTION
VIDEOGAME DEVELOPMENT/INJUNCTIVE RELIEFFebruary 24, 2010Stan SoocherThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that a forum selection clause in a television broadcast agreement applied to a company within which the original signatory broadcaster later was merged.
February 24, 2010Stan SoocherBroadly defined, the right of publicity is a person's right to control the commercial use of his or her identity. It has been over half a century since the term "right of publicity" was first coined by Judge Jerome Frank in 1953. Since that time, courts have been struggling to define the scope of the right of publicity protection, and to resolve the inherent conflicts between the right of publicity and the freedom of expression embodied in the First Amendment.
February 24, 2010William Sloan Coats and Jennifer P. Gossain