The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled that a music publisher's exclusive administration rights to songs by recording artist Lori McKenna didn't prevent Warner Bros. Records from getting the rights directly from McKenna for compositions on McKenna's Bittertown album.
With popularity and subscribership rising, games like World of Warcraft, EverQuest, There and Second Life are big business. Growth has brought litigation. Indeed, some law firms have practice groups addressing this medium's issues.
Online objections to a corporation's products or services ' posted on "complaint" or "gripe" sites by former employees or consumers, or put elsewhere on the Web ' have a greater potential to be significantly more damaging to the target's operations than more traditional expressions of unhappiness.
In-depth analysis of recent rulings.
A recent case of interest.
In its decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., the Court of Appeals ruled that the current and former owners of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village housing complexes in Manhattan "were not entitled to take advantage of the luxury deregulation provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law ' while simultaneously receiving tax benefits under the City of New York's J-51 program." But there are unanswered questions.
Rulings of importance to you and your practice.
There are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.
The definition of fair use was recently examined by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Warren Publishing Co. v. Spurlock d/b/a Vanguard Productions. The court's opinion in this case provides a thoughtful and useful analysis of the bounds of fair use.
