Features
Michael I. Rudell
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Neil J. Rosini
It takes a good while for a producer to develop a motion picture based on a book. A screenwriter must be engaged, decisions must be made about how to adapt the book into a film, the screenplay must be written and revised, and then an entire creative team must be assembled. For this reason, the producer attempts to structure the acquisition agreement with the book author in the form of an option coupled with a self-executing purchase agreement. The option period gives the producer time to complete development activities, and if the option is exercised, the purchase agreement transfers audiovisual rights without further discussion.
Features
Cynthia M. Klaus
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Meredith A. Bauer
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
Features
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
An in-depth look at a recent ruling.
Features
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
An in-depth look at recent rulings.
Features
Stewart E. Sterk
In <i>Cerniglia v. Church of the Holy Name of Mary</i>, decided on April 20, the Second Department confronted an argument about the scope of New York's "stranger to the deed" rule.
Features
Elliott Scheinberg
In last month's issue, we discussed a decision in in which a Supreme Court judge in Manhattan dismissed a divorced man's suit to recover from his ex-wife half of what he lost by taking investments in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme in their divorce settlement. The discussion concludes herein.
Features
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Recent rulings of interest.
Features
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Features
Charles McEvily
Although a wife concealed the true paternity of a child born of an adulterous relationship and permitted her husband to incur the costs of raising that child, New York's high court found no "egregious conduct.
Features
Jennifer Smith Finnegan
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Leah Loeb
The abundance of media outlets and the 24/7 news cycle they have created, both driving and feeding America's insatiable appetite for up-to-the minute news and gossip ' make it necessary to be prepared to try high-profile cases in the media as well as in court.
