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.
August 27, 2009Stan Soocher
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.
August 27, 2009Amanda BronstadFirms 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.
August 27, 2009Kris SatkunasThere 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.
August 26, 2009David B. CunninghamOn 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.
August 26, 2009Michael D. JewessonHighlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
August 26, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
August 26, 2009Richard D. Milone and and John W. McGuinnessOverlapping 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.
August 26, 2009Lynn K. Neuner and William G. FerulloThe Supreme Court of Georgia recently held in Trinity Outdoor, LLC v. Central Mut. Ins. Co. that an insured for which the insurer is providing a defense does not have a claim for an alleged bad faith failure to settle prior to the entry of an excess judgment.
August 26, 2009Lewis E. Hassett and and Brian J. Levy