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Important news and rulings from neighboring states.

The Appellate Division, Second Department, has interpreted Friedman, discussed last month, in a more restrictive way than was suggested by the Court of Appeals. Is this interpretation the correct one?

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.

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.

Florida Federal Court Dismisses Book Author's Publicity and Privacy Claims
No Access Shown By Plaintiff in Copyright Infringement Action over TV Shows
Plaintiff's Counsel Lacked Authority to Settle Suit over TV Series

RECORD DISTRIBUTION/EXTRATERRITORIAL IMPACT
SONG DISTRIBUTION/PERSONAL JURISDICTION

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.

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.