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Conn. Fed. Court Distinguishes Funny Girl Lyrics Royalty Rights from Copyright Image

Conn. Fed. Court Distinguishes Funny Girl Lyrics Royalty Rights from Copyright

Allison Dunn

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut sided with the family of a production company executive in finding that the wife of late Broadway lyricist Bob Merrill had no right, under §304(c) of the U.S. Copyright Act, to cancel a more than 50-year-old royalty agreement between the executive and Merrill.

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Texas App. Court's Ruling in Suit By Band Member's Lawyer Image

Texas App. Court's Ruling in Suit By Band Member's Lawyer

Adolfo Pesquera

A.B. Quintanilla III, founding member and leader of the Latin music group Kumbia Kings, prevailed on appeal in a dispute with a Texas attorney who claimed Quintanilla conspired to cut the lawyer out of his alleged share of a settlement.

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Another Appellate Court Vacates A Bankruptcy Court Contempt Judgment Image

Another Appellate Court Vacates A Bankruptcy Court Contempt Judgment

Michael L. Cook

The Southern District of New York vacated a bankruptcy court's judgment holding a debtor's business competitor "in contempt for violation of the [Bankruptcy Code's] automatic stay … and assessing sanctions" of $19.2 million.

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Questions About Fox Corp. CLO Bar Licensing Image

Questions About Fox Corp. CLO Bar Licensing

Greg Andrews

The chief legal officer of Fox Corp. since 2018 didn't become licensed in California until this summer, a delay one law professor described as a "big screw up" that might expose his communications with fellow Fox executives to public disclosure in the multibillion-dollar defamation litigation brought by two voting companies.

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District Court Rules on Ripeness of Claim Under RLUIPA Image

District Court Rules on Ripeness of Claim Under RLUIPA

Stewart E. Sterk

When does a RLUIPA claim become ripe? A federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.

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Fresh Filings

ssalkin

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Successor Liability Claims Constitute a 'Property Interest' for Purposes of a 363 Sale In Bankruptcy Image

Successor Liability Claims Constitute a 'Property Interest' for Purposes of a 363 Sale In Bankruptcy

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Malcolm Bates

In In re Norrenberns Foods, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois had occasion to rule on a creditor's objection to the sale of a debtor's assets.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Court Doesn't Buy Pandora's Antitrust Argument Against Comedy Content Licensor Lawyer Sanctioned Under Rule 11 for Submitting Judicial Notice Request in Artist's Infringement Suit

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CRE Case Roundup

CLLS Staff

A compilation of commercial real estate rulings in courts across the country.

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District Court Provides Guidance on 'Psychedelic Confusion' Image

District Court Provides Guidance on 'Psychedelic Confusion'

John J. Rapisardi & Matthew Kremer

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently provided critical guidance on what the court observed as the "psychedelic confusion" surrounding the intersection of Bankruptcy Code §365, governing the assumption and rejection of executory contracts, and Bankruptcy Code §503, governing administrative priority.

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