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Online Sweepstakes and Contests As Promotional Devices

Alan L. Friel

Online sweepstakes and contests are frequent devices used to promote companies and their products and services. While these tools of the online promotions and marketing trade offer the promise of a cost-efficient way to target interested consumers and create a great deal of buzz, they are hardly trouble-free and myriad traps await the unwary. The Attorney Generals of several states closely regulate and monitor sweepstakes and contests and failure to conduct the campaign properly can result in regulatory enforcement actions and consumer lawsuits.

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e-Telephone Privacy

Jonathan Bick

At low cost and widening availability, VoIP is common in business, and might be used at a greater volume and frequency among tech and e-commerce companies, thus making it a technology and a commodity to watch. Unfortunately, for consumer and businessperson alike, a concealed cost of VoIP service might be a user's privacy. That's because traditional telephone privacy is strictly sheltered by existing case law and statute, while VoIP, it could be argued, is unprotected in many instances.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Arbitration/NFL Agent Contracts<br>Copyright Exemption/Subject-Matter Jurisdiction<br>Sampling/Copyright Infringement<br>Trademark Infringement/TV-Reality Series

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Cameo Clips

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COPYRIGHT DAMAGES/CLAIM PRECLUSION<br>LIVE PERFORMANCES/CLAIMS BY ARTIST

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CA Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Talent Act Case

Mike McKee

Hollywood had its eyes on the California Supreme Court last month when arguments were heard in a case that could shake up the way personal managers and their fame-hungry clients conduct business. The case has the entertainment world all atwitter because the outcome will have a major impact on the complex interplay between personal managers, talent agents and entertainers.

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State-Law Claims Over TV Footage Are Dismissed

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed state-law claims brought over the TV broadcast of a 37-second clip of plaintiff Jonathan E. Smith, an animal trainer, being attacked by orca whales at Sea World and a segment of Smith discussing the attack in a later interview.

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Industry's Lead Counsel in Music-Sharing Suits Discusses Procedural Aspects of Campaign

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The RIAA has filed thousands of legal actions since its campaign against unauthorized file sharers began in 2003. For the past two years, Holme Roberts &amp; Owen (HRO), based in Denver, CO, has served as national coordinating counsel for these cases. HRO partner Richard L. Gabriel, the record industry's lead counsel in its national campaign, gave an update on the industry's legal efforts against file sharing in a discussion at his office with <i>Entertainment Law &amp; Finance</i> Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher.

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Merck to Pay $4.85 Billion in Vioxx Settlement

Maria Vogel-Short

Wire services are reporting that Merck &amp; Co. has agreed to pay close to $5 billion to settle claims that its Vioxx painkiller caused heart attacks and strokes.

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Merck to Pay $4.85 Billion in Vioxx Settlement

Maria Vogel-Short

Wire services are reporting that Merck &amp; Co. has agreed to pay close to $5 billion to settle claims that its Vioxx painkiller caused heart attacks and strokes.

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MLF 50 2007 -- The List

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The 2007 MLF 50 in PDF format.

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