In June, a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held that Aereo's streaming service ' which allowed customers to view over-the-air TV broadcasts via the Internet ' violated the broadcasters' public performance right under the Copyright Act. Applying what the dissent derided as "an improvised standard ('looks-like-cable-TV')," the majority held that Aereo infringed copyrights owned by the television networks.
- August 02, 2014Mitchell Zimmerman
The stature and credibility of any marketing and business development team in the country is based on the experiences that internal clients have with the team. The challenge occurs when a ball gets dropped; no matter how significant or insignificant, "marketing" dropped the ball.
August 02, 2014Adam SeversonBy virtue of its decision in Executive Benefits and its grant of certiorari in Wellness International, the Supreme Court has demonstrated that any further clarification of its decision in Stern will come slowly and deliberately.
August 02, 2014Madlyn Gleich Primoff and Neal HamptonShouldn't we be more deliberate and questioning about the assumptions we make about clients ' in order to ensure that we don't end up with self-inflicted client relations issues?
August 02, 2014Bruce HeintzWhile it is not unusual for federal courts to apply the Wilton/Brillhart abstention doctrine in response to a party motion, a recent case is remarkable because not only did the district court dismiss the case on its own motion, it did so fully a year after removal, with no parallel state court action pending and after the magistrate judge had issued a 39-page report recommending that the coverage question be answered in the insurer's favor.
August 02, 2014William P. Shelley, Jacob C. Cohn and Andrew C. LuckingLady Gaga and her former producer, Rob Fusari, won a court order that keeps a lid on the terms of a 2010 settlement agreement between them that has become pertinent to another case now headed for trial.
August 02, 2014Mary Pat GallagherCorporate journalism ' also known as brand journalism ' is journalistic content produced by a law firm (or any other entity) about that firm, its work, or the issues that it deals with on a regular basis. Here's how it works.
August 02, 2014John FordPresident Barack Obama signed into law the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act in March. This legislation is intended as a solution to extreme flood insurance rate increases caused by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.
August 02, 2014Cynthia C. RussomanoImagine you're cross-examining a witness about a phone call, but you've never used a telephone before. Ridiculous, right? But is it any different than wading into a new client matter where social media communications are at issue without having ever used social media?
August 02, 2014Josh KingOn June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited Noel Canning decision, and invalidated President Obama's January 2012 appointments of three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or Board).
August 02, 2014Matthew C. Lonergan and Anne Knox Averitt

