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Awaiting Supreme Court's Ruling on Hybrid Licenses

Anthony S. Volpe & Max S. Morgan

The owner of entertainment intellectual property often faces concerns about maximizing licensing revenues while addressing the restrictions of federal and state laws that create those rights. Because a given IP right may involve federal law and state law ' through associated trade secrets or confidential information ' licensing of that IP mix often presents a challenge to maximizing an entertainment IP owner's potential revenue generation.

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Third Circuit Decides Adult Film Industry Challenge to Federal Recordkeeping Laws

Saranac Hale Spencer

Federal regulations requiring producers of pornographic material to keep records of their models' ages don't violate the First Amendment, but the warrantless searches they authorize violate the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled.

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Fighting to Win: A General Counsel's Perspective on Retaining Outside Counsel

Joseph Di Salvo

Myriad lawsuits are brought on behalf of consumers who allege that buyers of various food and beverage products are harmed because they consume products with labels promoting specific attributes or claims such as "better for you" or "all natural." How do you retain outside counsel?

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Act Doesn't Bar Separate Attorney-Fee-Shifting Provision<br>No Federal Jurisdiction over Songs Suit

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of a case involving potential criminal liability under the AKS.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at a key ruling of interest.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of two recent important rulings.

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How to Obtain Social Media Data for Defending Lawsuits

Emily T. Acosta & Eric P. Conn

It is pivotal that a practitioner who wants to conduct formal discovery of social media user content understand how each site stores and communicates its data. Armed with information, the informed attorney may well reap huge rewards when engaging in digital discovery.

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No Defamation From Comments on Atlanta Reality TV Show

Kathleen Baydala Joyner

An Atlanta R&amp;B singer who said on a reality TV show that the CEO of her former record label mismanaged her career and beat her years ago in a hotel room has prevailed in a defamation lawsuit the CEO brought in Fulton County Superior Court.

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Battling Grey Goods? Advantages of ITC Now Writ in Black and White Image

Battling Grey Goods? Advantages of ITC Now Writ in Black and White

Lyle Vander Schaaf

Customers in the United States often pay more for valued branded goods than buyers of the same goods in less well-developed economies. Higher prices here in the U.S. in turn support profits and shareholder value for manufacturers of branded goods, and strengthen domestic industry.Yet this pricing disparity for the same products in different markets creates an incentive for the so-called grey market.

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