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CRM Solution Creates Business Development Opportunity

Paul S. Grabowski

Porter & Hedges embarked on a plan to improve its business development infrastructure. By shoring up technology, marketing and customer relationship management ("CRM") foundations, the firm would be more competitive in business development and competitive intelligence.

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Style or Substance? Why Not Both? The Averatec All-in-One

Brett Burney

When considering a new computer for the office, function usually wins over style. After all, the computer is something you use every day regardless of what it looks like. But if function was the only thing that mattered, we'd all be driving Yugos.

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Information Management: Formalizing the Fire Drill

Annie Goranson

Today's information-rich organizations must be prepared to quickly find and produce ESI that may be relevant to a given litigation matter or request for information. The trouble is, many organizations do not have a well-thought out response plan in place, which makes the timely production of relevant information difficult, time-consuming and potentially very costly.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Infringement/Parody Defense<br>Film Production Insurance/Green-Light Endorsement<br>Right of Publicity/Newsworthiness Defense

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Counsel Concerns

Stan Soocher

Malpractice Suit over Sound Recordings Is Reinstated<br>Counsel Withdrawal Motion Granted

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New Lawyers for MTV in Dispute with Pearlman

Brian Baxter

The tangled bankruptcy mess created by former boy band impresario Lou Pearlman, currently in prison after admitting he ran a $300 million Ponzi scheme, has left a trail of out-of-pocket investors looking to recoup their losses.

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Appeal Arguments In Internet-Gaming Statute Challenge

Shannon P. Duffy

In the high-stakes court battle over the constitutionality of a federal law that bans all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler's state, a trio of federal appeals judges in Philadelphia appeared unlikely to strike the law down.

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Supreme Court Rejects Cert. Bid In DVR Case

Zusha Elinson

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the copyright infringement case brought by television networks and Hollywood studios against Cablevision over technology that allows viewers to record TV shows.

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Third Cir. Upholds Contempt Order In 'Drifters' Case

Stan Soocher

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a finding of contempt against associates, family employees and corporate successors-in-interest of music promoter Larry Marshak over use of the name of The Drifters vocal group. But the appeals court strengthened remedies that plaintiff Faye Treadwell, widow of former Drifters manager George Treadwell, had been awarded by the district court in the contempt proceeding.

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Provisions in Book Author/Studio Contracts Covering Motion Picture Sequels

Michael I. Rudell & Neil J. Rosini

Anyone following summer motion picture releases will note the seasonal prevalence of big budget sequels to successful films. In some instances, sequels are derived solely from the scripts of previously produced motion pictures (<i>e.g.</i>, <i>Terminator</i>, <i>Night at the Museum</i>). In other instances, they connect with books or book series that were made into one or more prior films (<i>e.g.</i>, <i>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</i>, <i>Angels &amp; Demons</i>). Mindful of the vast rewards that can flow from these so-called "franchises" (<i>e.g.</i>, the James Bond franchise), Hollywood studios structure their agreements with book authors to maximize their chances of creating one.

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