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Handling IP Ownership Issues In Remote Work

Sarah Schaedler & Jennifer T. Criss

Even with legal assumptions that certain intellectual property rights in works created by employees are owned by the employer, these should not be relied upon exclusively. A well-drafted employee-agreement form is increasingly essential in light of the explosive growth of remote and flexible work arrangements.

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J&J Gets Stay In Talc Chapter 11 Dismissal

Amanda Bronstad

Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy may be on its last legs, but it's still standing — at least for a while. On February 13, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to rehear its Jan. 30 decision dismissing its Chapter 11 case

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Players On the Move

ELF Staff

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

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Development

NYRE Staff

Neighbor Lacked Standing to Challenge Nonconforming Use Determination Parking Congestion Allegations Insufficient to Confer Standing Council's Approval of PUD Upheld Neighbor Had No Standing to Challenge SEQRA Determination

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Fresh Filings

ELF Staff

Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Open Use of Driveway Provides Constructive Notice of Unrecorded Easement Subsequent Purchaser Qualifies As Bona Fide Purchaser Despite Notice of Prior Purchaser's Appeal Notice of Pendency Not a Substitute for Recording Defect In Original Foreclosure Precludes Reforeclosure Sellers Who Paid Tax Are Entitled to Refund of Overpayment Easement Holder Has Right to Erect Dock

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Fifth Circuit Adds Color to Abstention Issue

Francis J. Lawall & Brenden Dahrouge

Rules Bankruptcy Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Decide State-Governed Question Jurisdictional boundaries within the federal system as between bankruptcy and district courts as well as various federal agencies can be a maze that is at times nearly impossible to navigate. Further complicating matters are those cases involving state-regulated issues that add abstention to the mix.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Sixth Circuit Affirms Late Don Everly's Sole Authorship Right to Everly Brothers' 1960 Hit "Cathy's Clown"

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Habitability Claim

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Music Rates and Royalties In 2023

Jeff Brabec & Todd Brabec

Part One of a Two Part Article A look at the most important music rate and royalty areas, both past, present and future and how and by whom they are set or determined as well as the effect that legislation, litigation, the Copyright Royalty Board and the Department of Justice have had on the process.

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