Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Home Topics

Litigation

Columns & Departments

IP News Image

IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & George Soussou

Obviousness Determination Can Be Different for Apparatus and Method Claims<br>Petitioner “Bears the Burden” On Demonstrating Real Parties in Interest

Columns & Departments

Business Crimes Hotline Image

Business Crimes Hotline

Collen Snow

Petrobras Pays $853.2 Million to U.S. and Brazil Authorities to Settle FCPA Charges

Columns & Departments

Case Notes Image

Case Notes

ssalkin

Subtenants Not Entitled to Notice Under Law<br>Illegal Tenant Activity Negates Insurer's Responsibility to the Landlord

Features

How Entertainment and Media Brand Owners Can Prepare for Brexit Scenarios Image

How Entertainment and Media Brand Owners Can Prepare for Brexit Scenarios

William Stroever

Following the “Brexit” vote by the United Kingdom signaling its intent to leave the European Union, there was a rush of speculation and guesswork about how EU trademark and design rights would be treated. What progress has been made and what obstacles remain to a smooth transition?

Features

'Star Wars' Sabacc Game Lawsuit Is Resolved Image

'Star Wars' Sabacc Game Lawsuit Is Resolved

Ross Todd

Lucasfilm Ltd. won a dispute over the rights to the card game that plays a pivotal, if small, role in the greater Star Wars galaxy.

Features

4 Takeways from EU Copyright Directive Vote Image

4 Takeways from EU Copyright Directive Vote

Dan Clark

In September, the European Parliament passed a new draft of the European Union (EU) Copyright Directive legislation championed by content creators and publishers, but decried by tech behemoths. The directive will have to go through more committee discussions and another parliamentary vote before it can become law, but this doesn't mean the polarizing legislation isn't already making in-house counsel nervous.

Features

Issues in Using Bots to Send Takedown Notices Image

Issues in Using Bots to Send Takedown Notices

Ian Lopez

We asked University of Idaho College of Law Professor Annemarie Bridy, one of the forefront experts in both DMCA and automated notice sending, about out of control bots, DMCA takedowns' potential threat to freedom of speech and more.

Features

Fed. Ct. Dismisses Film Companies' GA Suit over Plane Crash Image

Fed. Ct. Dismisses Film Companies' GA Suit over Plane Crash

Greg Land

A federal judge in Atlanta dismissed a complaint filed by four movie-production companies hoping to dodge liability for a fatal plane crash tied to the filming of the Tom Cruise picture <i>American Made</i>.

Features

Are Allegations of Lack of Medical Necessity in False Claims Act Cases a Basis for Settlement or Trial? Image

Are Allegations of Lack of Medical Necessity in False Claims Act Cases a Basis for Settlement or Trial?

Jacqueline C. Wolff

<b><i>Lessons Learned from Recent Settlements and Decisions</b></i><p>Health care fraud and False Claims Act cases continue to generate a significant source of funds for the Federal Government.Although, when announcing its focus, the government listed treatment options are not always clear. What these settlements often have in common is that the underlying complaints allege that the services that were rendered and reimbursed lacked medical necessity.

Features

Rap Video That Named Officers Not Protected Free Speech Image

Rap Video That Named Officers Not Protected Free Speech

Max Mitchell

A rap video posted to Facebook crossed the line from artistic to threatening when its lyrics described violent acts, named two Pittsburgh police officers and suggested the rappers knew where those officers lived, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said in holding it was not protected by the First Amendment.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES

  • 'Customary Operations' or A Vacant Building?
    Many times, courts are faced with the question of whether a loss location is 'vacant' under a commercial property policy when trying to determine if the building owner or lessee is conducting customary operations. This article explores various decisions across the United States as to what is considered 'customary operations,' thereby rendering the property 'vacant.'
    Read More ›
  • Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
    There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
    Read More ›
  • Authorship and Copyright In Hybrid AI-Human Collaborative Works
    The United States Copyright Office recently issued a letter ruling on the copyrightability of Kristina Kashtanova's comic book-like work, Zarya of the Dawn. The Kashtanova ruling indicates that the Copyright Office's determination of copyrightability of works involving use of AI will rely on whether the author is able to control and foresee with some measure of predictability the output of the authorial process
    Read More ›