Managing the Risks of Doing Business in Latin America
Every business must manage some degree of risk. Venturing into the Latin American marketplace, according to popular perception, is a particularly risky business.
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<b><i>Commentary</b></i> The Strange Case Of Justice Breyer
After the U.S. Supreme Court came down with its last decision in June, <i>Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union</i>, PBS Newshour commentator Margaret Warner asked rhetorically: Why in the world was Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer in the dissent?
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Grokster Wins Peer-to-Peer Battle
In what is poised to spark a debate of significant economic impact for the entertainment industry in the United States Supreme Court, a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled that Grokster, Ltd. and StreamCast Networks, Inc. ' distributors of the Morpheus program ' will live another day, as they do not infringe film and music copyrights by facilitating file-sharing over the Internet.
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Cases of Note
Cases of interest to the Internet law community.<br><b>Commercial Web Site Does Not Violate DMCA <br>Texan's Web Site Not Violative of ACPA<br></b>
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Net News
Feds Cracking Down On Cybercrime <br>Britain Fires Civil Servants At 'Ministry of Porn' <br>Federal Judge Rules Suit Is No 'Perfect 10' <br>Spike Lee Wins Cyber-squatting Case<br>VeriSign Suit Against ICANN Dismissed<br>California Bill Would Extend Privacy Protection To e-Mail
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Oogles Of Google
Stories abound as the popular search engine goes public.
Upcoming Events
American Bar Association Annual Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. Los Angeles, October 8-9. Will cover recent case rulings as well…
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Online: Web Site Addresses Product Safety Issues
If you need information on product recalls, unsafe products, or would like publications on a variety of consumer-related topics, visit the Web site for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), <i>www.cpsc.gov</i>.
Case Notes
Highlights of the latest product liability cases from around the country.
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Successor Liability Claims in Bankruptcy
More often than not, bankruptcy filings lead to the sale of a business as a going concern. Such sales are frequently concluded prior to confirmation of a plan of reorganization by resort to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Section 363 authorizes the sale of a bankrupt company "free and clear of any interest in such property." 11 U.S.C. '363(f). Product liability claims, though, can occur suddenly and seemingly at random long after the sale of the assets to the successor. The successful purchaser may have thought that the "free and clear" sale order was a legal barrier to successor liability. The prudent product liability practitioner knows otherwise.
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