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.
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.
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.
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.
California Court of Appeal Overturns Revised Award Arbitrator Had Given Lavely & Singer Law Firm
College Athletes' Lawyers Seek $50 Million for Suit over Use of Players' Personas
New York Firm Wins Fee Dispute over "Buck Rogers" Representation
Suit Against Atlanta Lawyer over Lil Wayne Concert Scam Is Settled
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.
Discussion of three important rulings.
Either diversity jurisdiction or federal question jurisdiction must exist to pursue a declaratory judgment action in federal court, and courts increasingly are questioning jurisdiction and dismissing declaratory actions on their own initiative.
