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Second Circuit: 502(d) Does Not Apply to Administrative Claims Image

Second Circuit: 502(d) Does Not Apply to Administrative Claims

Marion M. Quirk

In <i>ASM Capital, LP v. Ames Department Stores, Inc.</i> the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the "Second Circuit") held that ' 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, which disallows claims until the claimant has returned all voidable preferential payments and other voidable transfers from the debtor's estate, does not apply to disallow administrative claims under 503(b).

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ConnectU Sued for Slice of $65M Facebook Deal Image

ConnectU Sued for Slice of $65M Facebook Deal

Sheri Qualters

A Boston software developer is suing the now-defunct social media site ConnectU, its founders, its law firm, Washington-based Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &amp; Dunner, and Scott Mosko, a Palo Alto, CA, partner at the firm, for allegedly cutting him out of Facebook's $65 million settlement with ConnectU's founders.

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Second Circuit Reinstates Antitrust Claim Against Online Music Providers Image

Second Circuit Reinstates Antitrust Claim Against Online Music Providers

Mark Hamblett

A federal appeals court has reinstated an antitrust suit alleging price fixing by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other producers, licensors and distributors of music on the Internet.

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Third Circuit Tackles Teen 'Sexting' As Child Pornography Image

Third Circuit Tackles Teen 'Sexting' As Child Pornography

Shannon P. Duffy

As the nation's first case involving criminal prosecutions of teenagers for "sexting" made its way to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, all three judges seemed skeptical of the prosecutor's claim that child pornography laws are violated when a teen transmits a nude image of herself.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Film Studio Wins Tax Credit Case<br>One-Second Sample Isn't Automatic Copyright Infringement<br>"Sham Affidavit" Rule Applied in Memorabilia Suit

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Expert Witnesses

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California denied a motion to exclude the expert testimony of a witness who has worked in advertising and celebrity endorsements for more than three decades.

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Representing Clients with Gambling Debts to Casinos

Petra Pasternak

As a young associate at McManis Faulkner &amp; Morgan, Eric Sidebotham was put in charge of a $4-$6 million gaming dispute between a Silicon Valley executive and a New Jersey casino. Little did he know then that the negotiation skills and casino-related expert witness contacts he picked up at McManis Faulkner would help keep his own two-lawyer firm afloat through one of the deepest recessions in recent memory.

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NY Appellate Court Dismisses <i>Star Trek</i> Memorabilia Suit Image

NY Appellate Court Dismisses <i>Star Trek</i> Memorabilia Suit

Noeleen G. Walder

A <i>Star Trek</i> fan who claims he was humiliated after spending more than $24,000 on fake props at a Christie's auction has had his $7 million suit against the auction house zapped by the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department.

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Personal Jurisdiction Determined in Suit for Legal Services

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California determined, in a case transferred to it from a New York federal court, that the New York court properly exercised jurisdiction over California defendants, who had hired the plaintiff, a New York lawyer, for entertainment matters.

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All Sums Great And Small

Patrick M. Tomovic & Kevin D. Szczepanski

How is loss allocated when bodily injury or property damage occurs in several successive policy periods? Can the insured choose the policy that it wishes to cover the loss, limiting itself to one deductible and forcing a single year''s primary (and excess) policy to respond?

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