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COPYRIGHT FAIR USE/STAGE PRODUCTIONS
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It's been a good stretch for Marvel Entertainment and its former president Stan Lee, the ever-youthful 87-year old face of the company. Marvel characters Thor and Captain America have dominated the box office. Lee keeps winning over young fans with his blink-and-you'll-miss-them film cameos. Now, thanks to a Stan Lee role on the witness stand, Marvel and its parent The Walt Disney Co. were able claim a win in the courtroom.

Counterfeiting and piracy never go out of style. Fake handbags and illegal copies of first-run movies can be found on city street corners and throughout Internet websites. These illegal activities have been in the U.S. government's cross hairs of late. In addition to Congress introducing legislation designed to protect against intellectual property theft, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) principal investigative arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has applied pressure to Internet-era counterfeiters and pirates.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that the music company Rykodisc wasn't liable for alleged copyright infringement after Apple's iTunes sold some tracks from Frank Zappa albums as individual Internet downloads.

Most law firm partners generally have no objection to the idea of cross-selling, but they don't do much about it. Cross-selling is really just another way of describing the purchase of legal services by clients from more than one practice area.

What can law firms do to integrate their laterals into their firms so that their laterals establish and develop loyalty and attachments to their organizations? Here are 10 tips to consider if you want to anchor your laterals at your law firms.

Attorneys are very busy people, often logging their time in six-minute increments. Where do they "find" the time to get and stay in touch with everyone AND have the oft-needed downtime?

Possible relocation raises significant issues and concerns for the tenant as well as the landlord. This calls for careful consultation with the tenant's attorney and tight drafting to lessen the cost and inconvenience to the relocated tenant.