LJN Newsletters

  • In the Marketplace

    Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.

    October 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Vehicle Leasing: Graves Amendment Held Inapplicable to Leased Trailers

    If you or your clients are in the business of leasing the trailer portions of tractor-trailers take note, a New York County trial court judge has ruled that 49 U.S.C. ' 30106, ("the Graves Amendment"), does not pre-empt actions alleging vicarious liability with respect to "delivery equipment" that does not contain a motor.

    October 29, 2009Adam J. Schlagman

  • Upcoming Event

    Nashville Bar Association Annual Entertainment Law in Review

    October 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Who Moved My FASB?

    The FASB's Accounting Standard Codification topical system has permanently changed how accountants, lawyers, educators, regulators, and finance professionals will cite and research myriad rules that govern how companies account for and present their financial transactions and financial statements.

    October 29, 2009John LaBella and Wing Wong

  • Bit Parts

    Bank Not Liable for Unauthorized Film Loan Transfer
    Disney Owns "Pooh" Copyrights and Trademarks

    October 29, 2009Stan Soocher

  • Cameo Clips

    COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP/INEFFECTIVE TRANSFER
    FILM DISTRIBUTION/ADVANCE OBLIGATION

    October 29, 2009Stan Soocher

  • What Is an Athlete's Publicity Right in a Video Game?

    Today's game designers and consumers demand a sports game experience that is as close to the real world, and real players, as possible. Game manufacturers have largely succeeded in delivering on this demand. But at least a handful of players are not happy with this situation.

    October 29, 2009Jeffrey Sullivan

  • Non-L.A. Firms Try L.A. Practices in Entertainment

    Some non-Hollywood law firms have carved out limited entertainment practices based on their own areas of expertise, such as large corporate mergers or financing. But most avoid the entertainment world altogether.

    October 29, 2009Amanda Bronstad

  • Use on Foreign Web Site Is Not U.S. 'Publication'

    In a ruling of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware decided that photographs published on a foreign Web site weren't simultaneously "published" in the United States. The photographer thus wasn't required to register the photographs with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to filing an infringement suit.

    October 29, 2009Stan Soocher

  • Deals At Risk: Textron Opens Door to IRS Discovery of 'Tax Accrual Workpapers'

    SILOs underlie a confrontation between a taxpayer and the IRS in the new First Circuit case of United States v. Textron Inc. But that decision was not just about the legality or taxing of such leases. Rather, it has grave consequences on a far more sweeping issue: the inability of taxpayers to shield from disclosure so-called "tax accrual workpapers," documents typically prepared by in-house tax attorneys that set out in detail sensitive areas of tax liability.

    October 29, 2009Anthony M. Sabino