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Statute of Limitations In Copyright Ownership Disputes: Questions from the Everly Brothers Case Image

Statute of Limitations In Copyright Ownership Disputes: Questions from the Everly Brothers Case

J. Alexander Lawrence

Don and Phil Everly's flawless harmonies that resulted in a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s regrettably ended in acrimony. The Sixth Circuit recently issued a decision in a dispute between Phil's heirs and Don over copyright ownership of the No. 1 hit "Cathy's Clown," in which concurring Judge Eric E. Murphy raised important questions about when the statute of limitations should begin to run in copyright cases and whether courts have been correctly applying the law.

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How to Ensure Financial Health Ahead of an Economic Downturn

Derek F. Meek & Hanna Lahr

The economic downturn that is projected to come out of the shutdowns mandated due to COVID-19 is likely to be more wide-ranging than the Great Recession of 2008 in light of the non-discriminative impact of the virus. Given this outlook, now is a critical time for companies to reassess their business and finances so that they can be prepared for the future.

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Development

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Despite Proximity, Neighbor Lacked Standing to Challenge Alleged Zoning Violation Neighbors Entitled to Remedy Against Landowner's SLAPP Suit Area Variance Denial Overturned

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New Strategies for Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID Image

New Strategies for Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID

David Leffler & David Jacoby

Current circumstances present an opportunity for tenants to use new strategies to renegotiate or even terminate leases. This article looks at conventional legal strategies that may provide grounds for lease termination before turning to consider another, third, approach.

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Small Business Reorganization Act and Subchapter V

Robert W. Dremluk

The general purpose of Subchapter V was to streamline the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process for small businesses and individuals engaged in business to administer their bankruptcy estate in an efficient and less costly manner.

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Commentary: Claims Filing Time Issues on Copyright Ownership from Everly Bros. Case Image

Commentary: Claims Filing Time Issues on Copyright Ownership from Everly Bros. Case

J. Alexander Lawrence

Don and Phil Everly's flawless harmonies that resulted in a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s regrettably ended in acrimony. The Sixth Circuit recently issued a decision in a dispute between Phil's heirs and Don over copyright ownership of the No. 1 hit "Cathy's Clown," in which concurring Judge Eric E. Murphy raised important questions about when the statute of limitations should begin to run in copyright cases and whether courts have been correctly applying the law.

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7 Steps to Pivot Your Business Now

Kimberly Rice

With national shelter-in-place orders in place now for several months with information on resuming business in the new normal changing every day, lawyers must consider pivoting how they operate their businesses in today's sub-normal climate.

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Eminent Domain Law

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Condemnation Upheld Despite Benefit to Private Party

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Shareholder Class Actions During, and After, COVID-19

Margaret A. Dale & Mark D. Harris 

Given the current turmoil in the markets, an increasing number of plaintiffs are bringing shareholder class action suits, citing corporate statements about COVID-19. As first-quarter earnings season draws to a close, now is a good time to reflect on the shareholder class actions that have been brought to date related to COVID-19, and others potentially yet to come.

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Counsel Concerns: Ice Cube's Big3 Suit Against League's Lawyers Ends Quietly Image

Counsel Concerns: Ice Cube's Big3 Suit Against League's Lawyers Ends Quietly

Dan Packel

Three-on-three basketball league Big3, co-owned by hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube, quietly abandoned a lawsuit accusing the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan of putting its lucrative relationship with the Republic of Qatar ahead of its attorney-client obligations to the fledgling sports project.

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