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Second Circuit: No Preemption of Implied Contract Claim

Sheri Qualters

The Copyright Act doesn't preempt a lawsuit over the idea for the television show <i>Royal Pains</i>, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled.

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e-Discovery and U.S.Privacy Laws

David A. Sorensen & Michael Hamilton

U.S. data privacy laws pose complex issues for corporations, especially in the context of e-discovery. Here's what you need to know.

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Raising the Bridge v. Lowering the Water: Expense Management and Its Relation to Cost Recovery

Robert C. Mattern

What many firms fail to take advantage of is the fact that, by focusing on the recovery of costs where applicable, they can accomplish more to help their bottom line than most cost reduction exercises.

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Digital Music Provider Can Operate During Court Dispute

Jan Wolfe

Like most 'legit' digital music services, MediaNet has yet to make a cent in profit. In fact, MediaNet offers a fascinating example of the recording industry's struggles to adapt to the digital age.

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Will Your Firm Pass a Stress Test?

Steven A. Davis, Marc Feigelson & Tyler Quinn

An annual stress test can evaluate the critical areas of firm governance, financial reporting, risk management, fiduciary practices and financial health. Monitoring these factors can help a law firm prepare to weather both internal and external threats.

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Courts in NY, TN Rule on Impact of Federal Copyright Law on Pre-1972 Recordings

Stan Soocher

How federal copyright law may affect state common law copyrights in sound recordings has long been a priority concern for record labels. Two courts recently rendered decisions on this issue.

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Tax Developments for Film Companies

Schuyler M. Moore

For the last several years, the largest source of "soft money" for film financing has been U.S. state tax credits, but within the past year the Internal Revenue Service issued a Chief Counsel Advice that threatened the viability of this vital source of financing by holding that the receipt of the proceeds from the sale of state tax credits is immediately taxable.

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PDF Proficiency at Your Law Firm

Steven J. Best & Debbie Foster

This article hopes to shed some more light on how law firms of all sizes and complexities can make better use of this Adobe technology they probably already have.

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Technology Assisted Review: Much More Than Predictive Coding

Greg Buckles

in the context of today's advanced technological world, TAR is about using a combination of technology and people to speed, improve and sometimes automate elements of the legal review process in a way that reduces costs and improves quality.

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Taking on the Costs of Legal Research

Nina Cunningham, Ph.D.

Although many cost reducers have entered the arena in recent years to beat down the monthly cost of renting information, several challenges remain to the firm. One is to understand which features and contract terms are the real drivers of costs; the other is to evaluate and then select alternatives. Both of these require analysis that takes knowledge and time. This article and others to follow will help IT management learn what to look for.

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