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Checklist and Commentary on Defenses for Right of Publicity Claims Image

Checklist and Commentary on Defenses for Right of Publicity Claims

Schuyler M. Moore

This article is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One appeared in the April issue of <i>Entertainment Law &amp; Finance</i>. Part Two starts with a continuation of the author's discussion of First Amendment defenses to right of publicity claims.

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Ethics and Criminal Practice

Joel Cohen & James L. Bernard

Social media can be used to reveal personal communications, provide location information, prove and disprove alibis, establish crime or criminal enterprise and show instrumentalities or fruits of a crime. But there is no one rule of professional conduct that addresses what a lawyer can advise a client concerning the use of social media.

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Landlord & Tenant

Analysis of a case involving an action by a landlord for a judgment declaring that the landlord was entitled to an accounting of the tenant's gross sales,

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The Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

Emily K. Bardon

Although in many states the covenant of quiet enjoyment is implied in a commercial real estate lease, a landlord can limit its responsibilities and reduce its exposure by narrowing the scope of the covenant in the lease agreement.

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Editor's Note

It is with the deepest regret that we must inform you that this issue of LJN's Franchising Business &amp; Law Alert will be the last.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Nonprofits Ask Copyright Office to Reform DMCA Takedown Procedures Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Nonprofits Ask Copyright Office to Reform DMCA Takedown Procedures

Jennifer Williams

At the end of 2015, the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it would take comments to determine the effectiveness of the safe harbor provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It's clear that the Copyright Office will hear some complaints that the DMCA doesn't offer enough of a deterrent against abusive takedown notices.

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Insurance for Projects

Howard K. Weber

By using various insurance products now available in the market, many project finance developers have been able to change previously sub'investment-grade risks into more highly rated transactions, thus opening them up to classes of lenders that otherwise would not be able to provide the debt for such transactions.

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Business Crimes Hotline

In-depth discussion of two major cases, one out of Colorado, the other from New York.

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'Buck Rogers' Film In Early Stages Not Ripe for Court Image

'Buck Rogers' Film In Early Stages Not Ripe for Court

P.J. D'Annunzio

In a copyright battle stemming from a Hollywood production company's attempt to revive the "Buck Rogers" science-fiction franchise, a federal judge in Pennsylvania declined to rule on whether the sci-fi hero's universe is public domain.

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Equity Crowdfunding

David H. Freeman & Jonathan Friedland

There has been a great deal of media attention the past several years about the JOBS Act. It has various components that do various things. The aspect of the JOBS Act that has the potential to touch the largest number of Americans is Title III (Crowdfunding).

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