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The authors relate an experience in a case involving a not affirmative experimental treatment, but a human research study regarding modes of diagnosis.

Pain is the most common cause of long-term disability, and it is the leading reason patients seek medical attention. But physicians seeking to manage their patients' pain with narcotics must be mindful of both the potential liability involved and the potential for scrutiny by their medical boards.

TV Show Titles/Copyright, Trademark Claims
Inter-Label Litigation/Insurance Coverage
Trademark Infringement/Laches
Video Games/Artists' Indicia

The legal protection afforded to the unborn has become a procedural and substantive issue arising in both traditional and non-traditional contexts. Following is a look at case law, past and present.

Malpractice Claims/File-Sharing Software
Malpractice Claims/Statute of Limitations

BOOK COPYRIGHTS/FAIR USE DEFENSE
USE OF VOICE/PUBLICITY, ENDORSEMENT CLAIMS

For Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is engaged in a drive to expand internationally and take the House of Mouse into the digital age.

During the last few years, recording artists have been entering into so-called "360 agreements" with record companies and entertainment corporations in increasing numbers, changing the relationship that existed for decades among artists and major labels. Instead of focusing solely on sales of recorded music, the record companies now are sharing, through these agreements, in performers' income from a 360-degree range of professional activities. These developments reflect the difficulties encountered in the music industry as electronic transmission of recordings has become dominant and piracy rampant, making the financial returns from sales of records insufficient to justify the cost of creating, marketing and promoting recorded music.