LJN Newsletters

  • Online Sweepstakes and Contests As Promotional Devices

    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.

    November 26, 2007Alan L. Friel

  • e-Telephone Privacy

    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.

    November 26, 2007Jonathan Bick

  • Bit Parts

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

    November 26, 2007Stan Soocher

  • Cameo Clips

    COPYRIGHT DAMAGES/CLAIM PRECLUSION
    LIVE PERFORMANCES/CLAIMS BY ARTIST

    November 26, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • CA Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Talent Act Case

    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.

    November 26, 2007Mike McKee

  • State-Law Claims Over TV Footage Are Dismissed

    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.

    November 26, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

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

    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 & 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 Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher.

    November 26, 2007ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Merck to Pay $4.85 Billion in Vioxx Settlement

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

    November 09, 2007Maria Vogel-Short

  • Merck to Pay $4.85 Billion in Vioxx Settlement

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

    November 09, 2007Maria Vogel-Short

  • BREAKING NEWS: Patent Rules Put on Hold by VA Judge

    Patent lawyers started breathing again on Oct. 31, as the specter of new patent rules was chased away ' at least for a little while ' by a Virginia court. U.S. District Judge James Cacheris granted pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline's motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from implementing rules set to go into effect on Nov. 1.

    November 01, 2007Zusha Elinson