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Bit Parts
May 31, 2012
Jazz Artist's Daughter Can't Pursue Conspiracy Claim over Music Royalties<br>S.D.CA's Key Points in "YMCA" Lyrics Assignment Termination Case
Cameo Clips
May 31, 2012
RIGHTS IN BAND NAMES/MARVELETTES DISPUTE<br>FILM DISTRIBUTION/RIGHTS LIMITATIONS
Counsel Concerns
May 31, 2012
CA Filing Time Is Applied to Malpractice Suit in WA Federal Court<br>No Selective Waiver of Attorney/Client Privilege Allowed in Superman Litigation
First Circuit Hears Arguments in Suit over A&E Photo Use
May 31, 2012
In May 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considered a photographer's case against television companies over alleged infringement of his image of a notorious imposter who called himself Clark Rockefeller.
TV Writers' Lawyers Fight over Fee Award
May 31, 2012
For a class of older television writers suing studios, networks and talent agencies for age discrimination, a $70 million settlement reached in 2010 was a happy ending. For the writers' lawyers, though, it was only the opening act in a story line that might seem clich' to some of their clients ' a fight over money.
Disqualification Dilemma for Expert Witnesses
May 31, 2012
Strategic disqualification is a tactic in which a recognized expert is interviewed by a prospective client to determine where the expert stands on a particular fact pattern. But the client's attorney may not be really interested in the actual expertise of the witness elect, nor is the lawyer interested in whether or not the witness will opine in the client's favor. This attorney has only one agenda: to create the appearance of a relationship substantial enough so the opposing counsel can't also consult with the expert.
The Impact of the 2012 Jobs Act on Independent Film Financing
May 31, 2012
The newly enacted federal JOBS Act of 2012 (H.R. 3606; http://bit.ly/JfRRg2) impacts independent film financing by loosening the restrictions on companies ("issuers") raising capital via securities offerings that are exempt from registration with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
Movers & Shakers
May 31, 2012
Who's doing what; who's going where.
News Briefs
May 31, 2012
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Court Watch
May 31, 2012
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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