The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss on the pleadings a copyright infringement suit against country artist Tim McGraw.

The recession has hit an entertainment law sector that has undergone considerable change during the past decade. Boutique law firms that represent most of the talent end of the entertainment business have multiplied amid the dissolution of some long-standing firms and the departure of top attorneys who struck out on their own.

Firms that model matter planning scenarios provide their partners and business development staff with the crucial ability to gauge up front how different approaches to pricing and staffing will affect profitability. Modeling allows firms to make adjustments before making their bid ' and therefore price alternative billing arrangements with confidence.

Highlights of the latest equipment leasing cases.

There is an irony to IT in law firms: Firms spend so much time on issues like IT infrastructure and upgrade projects that they spend too little time using technology to improve how lawyers work. Law firms cannot achieve real value from their technology investments until they change this model.

On June 19 of this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law Senate Bill 1592, S.B.1592, 81st Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2009) ("SB1592"), bringing an end to an intensive five-month effort to negate the broader effects of a decision handed down by a bankruptcy court in the Western District of Texas in late 2008 relating to the perfected status of a lender on a loan purportedly secured by six equipment trucks.

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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

Standard liability insurance policies contain, in addition to the well-known bodily injury and property damage coverages, an often-forgotten section known as "advertising injury," which affords coverage that too many companies overlook.