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Gendered Dress Codes

Jen L. Cornell

While employers always need to keep in mind differing obligations under state and federal anti-discrimination statutes, the potential pitfalls for employers with regard to transgender employees are enormous.

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Digital Signatures In the Legal Market

Eliya Fishman

Automated signing solutions are all around us: at the supermarket checkout; when we receive a package; at the doctor's office. Despite this, paper-based signing still finds its way into our regular operations, and too often remains there unquestioned.

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Broadway Musicals Economics

Jeff Brabec & Todd Brabec

Being an investor, producer or creator involved in a Broadway musical ' whether a new show with original music and lyrics, a "catalogue/jukebox" musical using pre-existing songs or a revival ' may yield enormous amounts of money, both short term and long term, if the show is a hit, but can result in enormous financial losses if it fails to attract an audience.

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Leadership Mistakes

Aleta Norris

Leadership. It's an accidental career.

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Over-Secured Lenders and Requests for Attorneys' Fees

Mark A. McDermott & Christine A. Okike

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reaffirmed the long-established rule that an over-secured lender's legal and other fees are subject to court approval as reasonable under section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

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The Copyright Office's Revised Compendium's Views on Digital Content, Copyrightability

Christopher Seidl & William Manske

Much has been written about the so-called "monkey selfie" and the dispute about whether nature photographer David Slater owns a photo snapped by a macaque monkey. As entertaining as that story is, there are more practical and far-reaching consequences that arise out the Copyright Office's overhaul of its standards and practices. This is especially true for the type of digital and Internet-based businesses and technologies that operate on the entertainment industry landscape.

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Counsel Concerns

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California Court of Appeal Overturns Revised Award Arbitrator Had Given Lavely &amp; Singer Law Firm<br>College Athletes' Lawyers Seek $50 Million for Suit over Use of Players' Personas<br>New York Firm Wins Fee Dispute over "Buck Rogers" Representation<br>Suit Against Atlanta Lawyer over Lil Wayne Concert Scam Is Settled

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Justices' Silence on Marriage Rights Speaks Volumes

Marcia Coyle

By declining on Oct. 6 to take up any of the same-sex marriage cases pending before it, the U.S. Supreme Court defied the conventional wisdom that it finally would resolve the debate over the constitutionality of state bans on those marriages.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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Discussion of three important rulings.

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