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The "Parenting Coordinator" or "Parent Coordinator" (PC) is a newly evolving professional role, which is now being implemented in an increasing number of states -- with or without the benefit of a specific Rule of Court or statutory authority -- as a means for dealing with high-conflict families involved in domestic relations proceedings before the courts. <b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article.</i></b>
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Motion Pictures/DefamationThe U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut found that the 1970 film "A Man Called Horse" didn't defame the plaintiff,…
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<b>Decision of Note:</b> Station Cleared In Fan Death Over Spears Interview
The New York Appellate Division, Third Department, ordered summary dismissal of a suit over a fan who died after chasing a Britney Spears impersonator outside a radio station.
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Courthouse Steps
Recently filed cases in entertainment law, straight from the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Arbitration Update
Recent cases on the enforcement and requirement of arbitration disputes.
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Calif. Justices Consider Words Of TV Writers
The justices of the California Supreme Court recently seemed inclined to keep their fingers out of the creative process that helped breathe life into the characters on the TV sitcom "Friends." The court had been asked to rule whether the show writers' sexually crude comments and simulations while hashing out TV scripts could constitute sexual harassment serious enough to cause a hostile work environment, especially for women and minorities.
Clause & Effect
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the owner of an interest in a song failed to show that he reasonably relied on an alleged materially false representation regarding the transfer of his interest in the song ' and thus failed to establish his fraud claim.
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Counsel Concerns
Lawyer's Conduct Leads to Reduction In Services Award <br>
Tennessee Appeals Court Affirms Rights Of Hank Williams' Heirs to Radio Concerts
Courts have broadly interpreted in favor of record companies the language in agreements with artists that states the label will be able to reproduce the artist's recordings "by any method now or hereafter known." But the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville, decided that neither the record company to which the late country legend Hank Williams had signed, nor a company that obtained rights in the physical masters of Williams' 1950s radio performances had the right to exploit those recordings.
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