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How Joint Venture Was Developed for Touring Bands

Amanda Bronstad

This year, three bands boarded a vintage train for a tour through the American Southwest. The bands formed a joint venture to manage their Railroad Revival Tour and control revenues and related intellectual property, including a documentary DVD. <b>Matthew V. Wilson</b>, an associate at Atlanta, GA's Arnall Golden Gregory who structured the deal, describes the arrangement in the following interview.

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Analysis of Decision By Supreme Court on Video Games

James Chadwick & Thayer Preece

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his teammates recently mowed down California's ban on violent video games with fully loaded First Amendment precedents and barbed retorts to opposing arguments. In doing so, the U.S. Supreme Court reinforced a fundamental point: First Amendment protections do not depend on the medium of communication. Thus, video games are protected speech, and restrictions based on their content will be subject to strict scrutiny.

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Tax Court Divides Endorsement Income into Personal Service Or Royalty Earnings

Stan Soocher

The U.S. Tax Court decided that fees received by international pro-golfer Retief Goosen for so-called "on-course" endorsement deals constituted both personal service and royalty income.

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New Business Structures for Keeping Cast Albums Alive

Michael I. Rudell & Neil J. Rosini

This article discusses how, in the wake of changing economic and industry conditions, new business structures have evolved to bolster the production and exploitation of cast albums while shifting the risk and reward from large labels to the authors, investors and producers of the shows themselves.

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Understanding and Mitigating the Legal Risks of Cloud Computing

Bennett B. Borden & Shannon Smith

Information governance policies and procedures can be developed to reduce the risks and realize the benefits of cloud computing.

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Successful Mediation of Leasing Disputes

Steven B. Corenblum & Barry Marks

This article examines some of the key issues involved in a successful mediation. The article is framed as a conversation between lawyer and mediator.

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State Legislatures Consider UCC Article 9 Amendments

Alan M. Christenfeld & Barbara M. Goodstein

In early 2009 we reported about the formation by the Uniform Law Commission and the American Law Institute of a drafting committee to consider the first comprehensive set of changes to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code since the amendments approved in July 1998. Given that approximately six months have elapsed since the launch of the legislative approval process for the 2010 amendments, we thought it an opportune time to review the progress of adoption of these amendments.

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The Case of the Broken Checklist

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Intellectual property rights, such as a domain name, and trademarks and copyrights, can far outweigh an e-commerce enterprise's (and other types of businesses') tangible assets in value &mdash; and must be covered in the checklists that loan officers and outside counsel review to complete loan documentation.

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Opinion Says Lawyers May Check Jurors' Online Activity

Brendan Pierson

Attorneys may monitor jurors through online social networks as long as they do not contact the jurors or in any way make their monitoring known to them, the New York County Lawyers' Association said in a recent ethics opinion.

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Strategic Buyers Go to 'School' on Financial Buyers

Adam Schlagman

<i>The Corporate Counselor</i>'s editor-in-chief recently had the pleasure of attending the Dealmakers' Summit, a unique private event dedicated to the discussion and analysis of hot-button topics currently facing equity investors, advisers, and their bankers. He reports on the lively debate.

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