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  • 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
  • Shouldn'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 Heintz
  • While 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. Lucking
  • President 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. Russomano
  • Imagine 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 King
  • On 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