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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
Infringement Suit Against Tim McGraw Remains Dismissed
No Summary Judgment in "I'll Fly Away" Copyright Termination Suit

ARBITRATION PROVISION/FORMER BAND MEMBERS
FILM DISTRIBUTION/ADVANCE REPAYMENTS

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
Suit over Copyrights to Marvel Characters Can Proceed in NY

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.

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.