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Fair Use of Embedded Content on Social Media

Stephen M. Kramarsky & John Millson

The change in character of social media, from purely social communication to a mixture of the social and commercial, has had knock-on effects for courts applying traditional legal principles, notably, the application of copyright law.

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How the Changing Concept of 'Work' May Jeopardize Employers' IP Ownership Image

How the Changing Concept of 'Work' May Jeopardize Employers' IP Ownership

Sarah Schaedler & Jennifer T. Criss

A key step to ensure that employers own their intellectual property is having employees sign agreements which assign to the employer all intellectual property created in the course of employment.

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What Is the Difference Between 'Covenant' and 'Condition Precedent' In Song Administration Agreement? Image

What Is the Difference Between 'Covenant' and 'Condition Precedent' In Song Administration Agreement?

Stan Soocher

A question of law arose for a District Judge when a songwriter sued YouTube, claiming she never approved licensing her works to YouTube — whether the administration agreement's notice-and-consent clause was a condition precedent to the administrator's ability to license the songwriter's songs.

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Tax Issues In Charitable NIL Collectives In College Sports Image

Tax Issues In Charitable NIL Collectives In College Sports

Todd Kesterson & Alyssa R. Wan

With a growing number of donor groups forming Name Image and Likeness collectives as not-for-profit entities, there are questions about whether or not these collectives truly qualify as charitable organizations for tax purposes.

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Scrutiny of Eminent Domain Power

Stewart E. Sterk

How closely will courts scrutinize exercises of the eminent domain power? Until recently, courts have been quite deferential when entities clothed with eminent domain power have determined that private property is necessary for public use. Two recent decisions, however, suggest that there are limits to that deference.

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NY Court Strips Major Claims from Lil Wayne's Suit Against Lawyer Image

NY Court Strips Major Claims from Lil Wayne's Suit Against Lawyer

Jason Grant

A New York State appellate court knocked out major claims from prominent rapper Lil Wayne's $20 million lawsuit against Ronald Sweeney, his former attorney and representative of 13 years, including causes of action for fraudulent inducement, legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment.

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Expense Right-Sizing In a Challenging Economy

Rob Mattern

What strategies can law firms take to rein in expenses during a challenging, down market to avoid further layoffs? Look no further than the firm's back-office operations. This article presents a brief overview of five areas where your firm can not just "cut costs" but actually improve operations while doing so — this is expense "right-sizing."

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What's Working to Get Employees to Return To the Office

Anthony Davies

We are seeing a variety of successful measures that are designed to help attorneys get what they want: a best-of-both worlds scenario where they keep some work-from-home and fold-in an opportunity to intentionally connect and collaborate with colleagues in the office.

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Second Circuit Narrows Reach of Wire Fraud and Insider Trading Prohibitions Image

Second Circuit Narrows Reach of Wire Fraud and Insider Trading Prohibitions

Harry Sandick, Anna Blum & Abigail Marion

The Second Circuit's long-anticipated decision in United States v. Blaszczak limits the government's ability to bring fraud or insider trading prosecutions where the information used to achieve an advantage is regulatory information held by the government. It also brings the Second Circuit in greater alignment with the Supreme Court's wire fraud jurisprudence.

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Online Extra: Live Nation Taps Prominent Antitrust Attorney Ahead of Congressional Showdown Image

Online Extra: Live Nation Taps Prominent Antitrust Attorney Ahead of Congressional Showdown

Chris O'Malley

Girding itself for scrutiny by Congress and regulators over anti-competitive concerns, Live Nation Entertainment has retained prominent antitrust attorney-turned-lobbyist Seth Bloom.

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