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Issues in Terminating Copyright Grants in Sound Recordings

Michael I. Rudell & Neil J. Rosini

The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.

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Franchisee Attorneys Share Advice

Kevin Adler

At the 34th Annual ABA Forum on Franchising, held in Baltimore in October, two veteran franchisee attorneys led a session in which they set forth the basics for protecting franchisees' rights and interests.

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When Is a Repair Structural or Nonstructural Under a Commercial Lease?

Jack Malley

A common question that commercial landlords and tenants face is which of them is responsible for a repair to the subject premises. These disputes often center on whether the repair is "structural" or "nonstructural."

<b>Decision of Note</b> 'Jersey Boys' Case Focuses On Licensing of Underlying Rights Image

<b>Decision of Note</b> 'Jersey Boys' Case Focuses On Licensing of Underlying Rights

Stan Soocher

The safest approach to obtaining exclusive rights for uses of a copyrighted work is to procure those rights from all of the copyright's owners. Then how "exclusive" is a license that is obtained from one joint owner of a copyright? Litigation in Nevada federal court involving rights on which the highly successful musical Jersey Boys was allegedly based deals with this very question.

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Negotiating Protections for Sports Sponsors When Disputes Arise Between Teams and Players

Benjamin R. Mulcahy

Many writers, observers and enthusiasts following this year's professional sports labor disputes in both the NFL and the NBA focused solely on the players, the owners and the fans. But there is another group of stakeholders that is inevitably affected by a lack of labor peace: sponsorship partners.

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Decisions of Interest

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Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

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Class Action Waivers in Commercial Agreements

Jennifer Dolman & Matthew Thompson

While the legal status of class action waivers is evolving in the United States, largely due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, franchisors that operate in the United States and Canada also should be aware of the differences in how the two countries address this important element of franchise contracts.

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NJ & CT News

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What's happening in neighboring states.

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Divorce Cases Are Complicated by New Maintenance Rules

Joel Stashenko

A new system for calculating interim maintenance awards in matrimonial actions, adopted last year to make no-fault divorce more palatable, is under fire from many attorneys who say it is confusing, and potentially inequitable.

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Child Testimony

David Rosoff

The testimony of children in family proceedings is governed by unique rules that derive from the tension between due process and the protection of children. Here's what you need to know.

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