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Expansion of Right of Publicity Continues To Create Tensions with First Amendment Image

Expansion of Right of Publicity Continues To Create Tensions with First Amendment

William Sloan Coats & Jennifer P. Gossain

Broadly defined, the right of publicity is a person's right to control the commercial use of his or her identity. It has been over half a century since the term "right of publicity" was first coined by Judge Jerome Frank in 1953. Since that time, courts have been struggling to define the scope of the right of publicity protection, and to resolve the inherent conflicts between the right of publicity and the freedom of expression embodied in the First Amendment.

Law Firms' Access to Client Reviews Image

Law Firms' Access to Client Reviews

Amy Miller

Outside counsel can now see what their in-house clients think of their job performance, according to the Association of Corporate Counsel's new law firm rating system.

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Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements

Michael P. Bennett

Though given different names, cloud computing has been around for some time, and the legal lessons learned from experience with traditional software licensing and outsourcing agreements can and should be applied to cloud agreements, but there are new issues which will need new solutions.

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Alternative Fees

John F. Brown Jr.

The diversity of AFA approaches and objectives can divide consumers and providers of legal services, and magnify the law firm-client communication challenges presented by movement away from an entrenched business model.

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The Timing and Substance of M&A Disclosures

Robert S. Reder, Peter B. Heller & Nicholas A. Venditto

Two recent decisions provide useful guidance concerning both the timing and substance of disclosures in the context of M&A activity.

Squaring Off: The Right of Publicity v. The First Amendment Image

Squaring Off: The Right of Publicity v. The First Amendment

William Sloan Coats & Jennifer P. Gossain

Recently, two incidents involving one of the world's most famous couples, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, once again brought the focus onto right of publicity issues, as well as potential First Amendment defenses to right of publicity claims.

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Braving Tempestuous Times: Hell-or-High-Water Obligations Maintain Their Viability Despite Leasing Scams and a Troubled Economy Image

Braving Tempestuous Times: Hell-or-High-Water Obligations Maintain Their Viability Despite Leasing Scams and a Troubled Economy

Raymond W. Dusch

Part One of this Article discussed the impact of some of the recent NorVergence cases on the viability of hell-or-high-water obligations for third-party financing of lease obligations. This second installment discusses the effect of several other cases on the financing of hell-or-high-water lease obligations and accounts receivable obligations in a decade marked by credit crisis and financial fraud, and provides some practical strategies to assure wary funding sources that hell-or-high-water obligations will remain a viable route for navigating treacherous economic seas.

Rule B: Good Riddance to Maritime Pre-judgment Attachments of EFTs Image

Rule B: Good Riddance to Maritime Pre-judgment Attachments of EFTs

James F. Fotenos

While those who made a living prosecuting (and defending) Rule B attachments have to be disappointed by <i>The Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd., v. Jaldhi Oversees Pte. Ltd.</i>, the commercial bar generally and participants in international trade, including generally equipment lessors (<i>e.g.,</i> marine cargo container lessors), are grateful for the decision.

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Taxpayer Suffers SILO (Pre-tax) Loss in Wells Fargo Image

Taxpayer Suffers SILO (Pre-tax) Loss in Wells Fargo

Philip H. Spector

In <i>Wells Fargo &amp; Company v. United States</i>, a court considered for the first time SILOs involving domestic municipal transit agency lessees. While one would have thought that the domestic and federally approved nature of the transactions would have some influence on the decision, they did not.

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