Janice G. Inman
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Converntion) trumps a custodial parent's right to move a child out of a country without the non-custodial parent's consent.
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Pauline H. Tesler
Persuading family law specialists that some other professional might do a better job than they of marshalling financial evidence on the client's behalf has remained a hard sell in some quarters ' even in the realm of collaborative divorce practice, where interdisciplinary professional teams are becoming the norm.
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Stan Soocher
Florida Federal Court Dismisses Book Author's Publicity and Privacy Claims<br>No Access Shown By Plaintiff in Copyright Infringement Action over TV Shows<br>Plaintiff's Counsel Lacked Authority to Settle Suit over TV Series
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Stan Soocher
RECORD DISTRIBUTION/EXTRATERRITORIAL IMPACT<br>SONG DISTRIBUTION/PERSONAL JURISDICTION
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Brian Baxter
O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company's long-running legal dispute with Mattel over ownership of the popular Bratz line of fashion dolls.
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Victor Li
A federal judge in Manhattan said "Beat It" to most counts in a $300 million suit filed against Michael Jackson's estate, Jackson's ex-manager, Frank Dileo, and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) over promotional rights to the comeback tour the King of Pop was planning prior to his death last summer.
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Kate Moser
Litigation in the social gaming sector features young companies vying for position in a lucrative and fast-growing market where copycat games and employee poaching are commonplace. Social gaming is expected to contribute more than $800 million this year to the $1.6 billion virtual goods market. Legal questions continue to surround the sector's ubiquitous practice of "fast following" ' quickly copying competitors' successful gaming concepts.
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Morris, Manning & Martin (Atlanta): Holly A. Pierson has joined the firm's health care and commercial litigation practices as of counsel to the Atlanta office. Pierson will focus on health care fraud, whistleblower actions, identity theft, mortgage fraud, environmental issues and public corruption. Dilworth Paxson (Philadelphia): Eleanor "Ellie" D. Thompson has joined the firm's health care group as Of Counsel. Thompson will be assisting clients with health care issues and in preparations for the new health…
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Stan Soocher
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, reinstated a jury verdict that dismissed a complaint against an entertainer who shoved a security guard, injured as a result, during a performance at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City.
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Steven Masur
Advances in digital distribution technologies and widespread use of the Internet have moved media distribution technology out of the control of rights holders and distributors, and directly into the hands of consumers or creative members of the general public. To address how U.S. copyright law should apply to new business models that take advantage of these technologies, some have proposed collective rights licensing at the Internet service provider (ISP) level.
