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The year 2013 will mark the first year that authors can take advantage of the Copyright Act's ' 203 termination provision, likely setting off a flood of termination notices by artists seeking to regain rights previously granted to record labels, book publishers, advertising agencies, and other content owners. This newly effective right, particularly when combined with the increasing number of works subject to termination under the Act, will soon bring to the legal forefront the complex and until now largely ignored termination provisions of the Copyright Act.
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Cutting-Edge Case Developments in Film and TV Law, New York City, May 26
Bruce Lee T-Shirt Suit Transferred to New York<br>Infringement Suit Against Tim McGraw Remains Dismissed<br>No Summary Judgment in "I'll Fly Away" Copyright Termination Suit
ARBITRATION PROVISION/FORMER BAND MEMBERS<br>FILM DISTRIBUTION/ADVANCE REPAYMENTS
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In pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, the failure-to-warn claim continues to be among the most common causes of action. This article examines some of the key factors involved in proving causation in a failure-to-warn case, and discusses recent case law in this area.
Court Dismisses Suit By Shareholders of Stan Lee Media<br>Suit over Copyrights to Marvel Characters Can Proceed in NY
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Comcast Corp.'s courthouse victory over the FCC in April might not turn out to be a win for the company after all if it speeds the path for wider regulation of broadband services. In a move that some say would spark the "World War III" of communications law, advocates for consumers and content providers want the FCC to reclassify Internet service providers as telephone-style common carriers.
From a mass tort product liability defense perspective, the trend away from class certification is welcome news. However, any pronouncement that class actions are dead is premature.
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A New York Supreme Court judge has thrown out a suit by Sony Music Entertainment against a competitor record company and one of the competitor's top executives, who allegedly breached a $3 million employment contract with Sony.