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Monster Magazine Covers in Biography Are Fair Use
In the movies, it seems that monsters are always up to no good ' making mayhem or setting fires. But in a federal court in Philadelphia recently, a couple dozen movie monsters made some important new law and set a few significant precedents in the area of copyrights and trademarks that may help to define the doctrine of fair use for years to come.
Infringement Suit Against Tim McGraw Is Dismissed
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.
Talent Boutiques Challenged By Business Downturn
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.
Gaining Confidence in Alternative Billing
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.
IT is Dead; Long Live IT
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.
Texas Legislature Passes Certificate of Title Bill Negating Effect of Clark Contracting Decision
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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Case Briefs
Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
Insurance Coverage for Trademark Infringement Lawsuits
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.
Overlapping Coverage, Divergent Case Law
Overlapping insurance coverage raises complicated issues for insurers, insureds, and the courts. This article discusses certain tensions among New York cases discussing "other insurance" in the duty to defend context, as brought to the fore by two recent decisions of the First Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
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