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Comic Legends' Estates Say Pandora Streamed Routines Without License Image

Comic Legends' Estates Say Pandora Streamed Routines Without License

Thomas Kjellberg & Robert W. Clarida

In dual lawsuits, the estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin accuse Pandora Media of willfully infringing the legendary comedians' registered copyrights in their "spoken word compositions" — their standup routines — by streaming the sound recordings that embody those routines without a license to use these works.

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What Can the Legal Industry Learn from Baseball's Labor Dispute? Image

What Can the Legal Industry Learn from Baseball's Labor Dispute?

Dan Packel

Major League Baseball just resolved a contentious dispute between owners and the players union over revenue; both parties had been at odds about how to split up the pie. The challenge of splitting up the pie in law firms is going to become an increasing issue in coming years and perhaps even later in 2022 — particularly if the pie doesn't keep growing.

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While Associate Salaries Rise to Fight Talent War, Counsel Are Asking, 'Where's Mine?' Image

While Associate Salaries Rise to Fight Talent War, Counsel Are Asking, 'Where's Mine?'

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Uncertainty at most firms has led some Big Law counsel to become unhappy or disgruntled. They may be working the same long hours as their firms' associates, but, in some cases, they're now making less than lawyers with less experience. As a result, many counsel have been reaching out to recruiters.

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Inside Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes

Jonathan Bick

Cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes (CPDs) are becoming increasingly prevalent. As in the case of traditional "pump and dump" schemes, CPDs lead to short-term trading perturbations — exaggerated increases and/or decreases in prices, volume, or volatility.

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How the SEC's ESG Disclosure Rules Might Effect Commercial Real Estate Image

How the SEC's ESG Disclosure Rules Might Effect Commercial Real Estate

Erik Sherman

After years of discussions and hints, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally released its proposed environmental disclosure rule for public company reporting. Getting the information and making the determinations will be a challenge for any sized company that comes under the SEC's purview. But there are significant questions about who is responsible for gathering and reporting information from commercial real estate facilities.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Both Sides' Summary Judgment Motions Denied in Copyright Infringement Suit Over Jimi Hendrix Photo Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Copyright Infringement Suit Over "Gimme Some Lovin'"

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IP News

Howard Shire & Stephanie Remy

Federal Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion By Attributing Inconsistent Position to Plaintiff

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Common Issues In Commercial Property Bankruptcies Image

Common Issues In Commercial Property Bankruptcies

Robert K. Scheinbaum & Philip W. Allogramento III

A review of landlord-tenant bankruptcy issues that should be in the forefront for landlords and tenants in determining rights, obligations and strategies when a bankruptcy involving a commercial property is filed.

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Legal Tech: Are Websites A Forgotten Source of Evidence? Image

Legal Tech: Are Websites A Forgotten Source of Evidence?

Glenn Barden

It's fascinating how quickly the industry has shifted from the days when e-discovery teams would spend weeks digitalizing and coding vellum, microfiche and paper documents to where we are today with dynamic and varied processes to deal with a plethora of electronic sources. Among these are websites, which can provide deep insights in discovery, but have been largely forgotten as a source of evidence.

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Examining the Differences Between Data Privacy and Data Security

Melissa Griffins Paulk

As businesses develop data protection frameworks to ensure compliance, it is important for companies to design a data protection program that contemplates data privacy and data security individually, to achieve the most comprehensive data protection program.

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