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Three for Three

Veronique A. Urban & Ted A. Berkowitz

As can be expected, bankruptcy cases often involve numerous claimants holding general unsecured claims against the debtor. As a result, an official committee is usually appointed under Bankruptcy Code section 1102 to represent the interests of all of the debtor's unsecured creditors. Upon approval of the bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Code section 1103 authorizes the committee to retain attorneys, accountants and other professionals to assist it in performing its services during the course of the bankruptcy'

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Business Crimes Hotline

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The collapse of a UK Bribery case is discussed.

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Your e-Discovery Bucket List

David Boyhan & Sanjay Manocha

One of the most persistent problems encountered in e-discovery is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. As a result, in-house teams that have been subject to resource constraints and staff reductions must approach their litigation more thoughtfully and creatively than ever before. They need to establish an e-discovery "bucket list" that contains both new tools and basic processes to use when things go pear shaped.

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Google's Mass Copying of Copyrighted Works Judged 'Fair Use'

Mark Hamblett

Google's mass-copying of copyrighted works to build a digital library of more than 20 million books is shielded by the fair use doctrine, Judge Denny Chin ruled on Nov. 14.

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Soul Men Ruling Latest to Demonstrate Courts' Shift To Transformative Use Test In Publicity Rights Cases Image

Soul Men Ruling Latest to Demonstrate Courts' Shift To Transformative Use Test In Publicity Rights Cases

Keola R. Whittaker

Celebrities often turn to the Lanham Act and state right of publicity laws to protect against exploitation of their name, image or voice in connection with the promotion of products or services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently considered both Lanham Act and right of publicity claims in an action that pitted a Grammy winning musical artist against a major motion picture studio over the alleged use of the musician's likeness in a movie.

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Net News

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LinkedIn Post Likely Did Not Violate Non-Compete Clause <br>Virtual Currency Is Real Dough

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The Evolution of Litigation Management Technology

Matthew Gillis

For decades, litigation was typically associated with large paper files piled on conference tables and oversized boxes being wheeled into courtrooms. The closest thing to technology that many people ever connected to litigation was a Dictaphone used to narrate notes for transcription.

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Court Watch

Cynthia M. Klaus & Susan E. Tegt

Franchisor's Operation of Online Store does not Violate Exclusivity <br>Federal Court Declines To Enjoin Franchisee from Violating Non-Compete

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Court Approves Settlement of Suit Over NFL Players Publicity Rights

Jan Wolfe

A federal judge in Minnesota signed off on a hotly contested $50 million settlement between the National Football League and former players who said the league infringed their publicity rights. The ruling was a blow to a group of plaintiffs' lawyers who lodged objections to the deal, calling it inadequate.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Ksenia Takhistova

New Patent Litigation Reform Bills Introduced <br>U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Burden Of Proof for Licensee-DJ Plaintiff<br>A Split Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing In Case Involving Finality Of a Judicial Decision<br>Federal Circuit Explains Exhaustion of Method Patents

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