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Whether or not to adjust the number of employees or partners downward can be a critical decision for 2008. In the event it does happen, marketing executives will, undoubtedly, be asked to help craft appropriate messages to both the market and within their own firms in advance of rumor mills, blogs, and especially, the competitors offering their own take on the changes. However daunting the task, working through such scenarios can go a long way toward preserving your firm's reputation and bolstering your own career opportunities within your current firm or with a prospective employer.

This article discusses two strategic but basic tenets of law firm finance and economics — matter profitability and return on investment (ROI) — and how marketing and finance professionals can work together to link marketing and financial strategies.

FILM PRODUCTION/DEFAMATION
FILM PRODUCTION/TRADEMARKS, DEFAMATION
KARAOKE LICENSES/LANHAM ACT, COPYRIGHT CLAIMS

Celebrity Indicia/Licensee's Web Site
Film Exhibition/Use Tax
Film Production/Copyright, Unfair-Competition Claims
Right of Publicity/Counting Statutory Claims

Text messages, cell phones, TV game shows, Howie Mandel ' none of these could have been contemplated by Georgia's colonial lawmakers when they first passed a law allowing gamblers to recover their losses through lawsuits. The current version of the law is at the center of a case against NBC Universal and the producer of Mandel's hit show, 'Deal or No Deal,' now being considered by the Georgia Supreme Court.

Those who download music to their computers now have two unlikely heroes. One is Janet Bond Arterton, a federal judge who sits in New Haven, CT. The other is Christopher David Brennan, a young Waterford, CT, resident who, among other artists, has reportedly downloaded songs by Billy Joel and Hootie and the Blowfish.

Sonnenschein Team Leaves to Found MSK NY Office
TV-Company Deal Highlights U.S. Risk Allocation

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered defendant Artisan Pictures to show cause why a suit against it for payment of film-acquisition rights shouldn't be remanded to state court. The federal court noted it 'likely lacks' subject matter jurisdiction over the declaratory suit, even though the case involves whether copyright claims over licenses for film music were time barred.