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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Defeats Oracle in $9 Billion Copyright Case Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Google Defeats Oracle in $9 Billion Copyright Case

Ross Todd

A San Francisco federal jury has sided with Google Inc. in its copyright clash with Silicon Valley rival Oracle Corp.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Sued Over Texts to Recycled Cell Numbers Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Sued Over Texts to Recycled Cell Numbers

Facebook Inc. was hit with a class action suit claiming the company sends spam text messages to people who get assigned cellphone numbers that used to belong to Facebook users.

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FRCP Amendments: Implications for IP and Patent Troll Litigation Image

FRCP Amendments: Implications for IP and Patent Troll Litigation

Mark A. Finkelstein & Meredith L. Williams

The amendments to the FRCP that took effect on Dec. 1, 2015, are already having an impact on IP litigation, especially patent troll lawsuits.

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Verdicts

In-depth analysis of a case involving a deceased patient's medical records.

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Closing the Expectation Gap With e-Discovery Technology Image

Closing the Expectation Gap With e-Discovery Technology

Jim Gill

Chief Justice John Roberts recently said that the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should "achieve the goal of Rule 1 ' 'the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding' ' only if the entire legal community, including the bench, bar, and legal academy, step up to the challenge of making real change."

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Section 181's Extension to Live Stage Productions Doesn't Set Clear Path for Producers, Investors Image

Section 181's Extension to Live Stage Productions Doesn't Set Clear Path for Producers, Investors

Thomas D. Selz, Bernard C. Topper Jr. & Christopher A. Cacace

At the end of 2015, Congress passed, as part of a large tax extender bill, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH), an extension of '181 of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 181 has been available since 2004 to permit expedited deduction of the costs of a film or TV production. Since inception, this has had several sunset provisions, each of which was extended as part of year-end extender bills. The latest for the first time has extended the availability of '181 treatment to live stage productions.

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NLRB and the Joint Employer: Is Franchising On the Ropes? Image

NLRB and the Joint Employer: Is Franchising On the Ropes?

Paul F. Millus

Recent NLRB decisions have rewritten the labor law map in a variety of ways, but nowhere more significantly than in the areas of franchising and outsourcing. With the decision in <i>Browning-Ferris</i> and decision by the NLRB's general counsel involving McDonald's, the definition of a "joint employer" has grown exponentially broader.

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Second Circuit Asks NY Ct. of Appeals To Answer Pre-1972 Recordings Issue Image

Second Circuit Asks NY Ct. of Appeals To Answer Pre-1972 Recordings Issue

Mark Hamblett

The New York Court of Appeals has been sent an important and unresolved issue on copyright infringement for music recorded prior to 1972. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has asked New York's highest court to determine whether there is a right of public performance for creators of sound recordings under that state's law and "if so, what is the nature and scope of that right?"

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Med Mal News

Review of a case in which another health care worker was indicted for stealing opioids at work.

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Case Notes

Examination of a case in which a landlord was not obligated to repair a roof.

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