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Recent Court Rulings on 'Embedding' Foreshadow Split In Circuits Image

Recent Court Rulings on 'Embedding' Foreshadow Split In Circuits

Tamerlin Godley and Kiaura Clark

When and how can someone else's visual content be displayed on a website without the website operator running afoul of copyright law? When and how can someone else display the website operator's visual content? A recent ruling on a popular practice at the center of these issues for entertainment and media companies may upend the current paradigm.

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Consultants Lose Bid for Percentage of Record Label Image

Consultants Lose Bid for Percentage of Record Label

Greg Land

A successful Atlanta-based hip-hop and R&B label beat back the efforts of a Los Angeles consulting firm to lay claim to hundreds of thousands of dollars and a large chunk of the company itself, when a jury declared that the record company owed the consultants less than $3,500.

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Fresh Filings

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Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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Players on the Move

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A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Copyright Year in Review, Nashville TN

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Analyzing the Impact of the Many New Rules of Cybersecurity Image

Analyzing the Impact of the Many New Rules of Cybersecurity

Kenya Parrish-Dixon

New cybersecurity and data protection federal regulations, directives and guidelines as well as new case law, industry-specific guidelines and new state laws that, when taken together, form an industry standard applicable to almost all business sectors

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Where Does Content Use Stand Now After Recent Rulings on 'Embedding' Foreshadow Circuit Split? Image

Where Does Content Use Stand Now After Recent Rulings on 'Embedding' Foreshadow Circuit Split?

Tamerlin Godley & Kiaura Clark

When and how can you display someone else's visual content on your website without running afoul of copyright law? When and how can someone else display your visual content? A recent ruling out of the Southern District of New York may upend the current paradigm.

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In a Year of the Great Resignation, Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation Image

In a Year of the Great Resignation, Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation

Veeral Gosalia

Even before this Great Resignation movement, corporations across the globe were reporting increases in suspicious activity, data leakage, IP theft and other data risks stemming from departing employees and remote workers. And now, with more employees having exited and the Great Resignation seeming to accelerate further, existing data and risk implications are likely to be compounded.

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How Law Firms Can Gain a Competitive Advantage with Financial Intelligence Image

How Law Firms Can Gain a Competitive Advantage with Financial Intelligence

Ari Kaplan

Results of the new "Implementing Financial Intelligence to Give Law Firms a Competitive Advantage in 2022 and Beyond" report revealed a striking shift in the role of law firm finance leaders, both in their value and impact. Many are using data to drive change in their organizations, amplifying the power of profitability, and leveraging their skill to fuel innovation.

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Legal Issues Around Tangible Asset NFTs

Jonathan Bick

When a NFT is transferred to another, both the NFT and its copyright are automatically transferred. However, the intellectual property rights associated with the underlying asset may not necessarily be automatically transferred, unless stated otherwise.

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