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$7.3 Million Award For Discovering Lady Gaga
November 30, 2014
A federal jury in Newark ordered Robert Fusari, a record producer credited with launching the career of Lady Gaga, to pay $7.3 million to a songwriter who claimed she brought the two together.
Global Corruption Enforcement
November 30, 2014
Counsel, directors and managers of multinational companies that have corporate compliance programs and codes of conduct in place may think the company has done all it can to reduce the risks posed by potential corrupt employee actions. But these things may not go far enough.
Practice Tip: Intelligent Cars
November 30, 2014
Recent technological advances are allowing the car industry to consider a shift away from the need for a driver because of increasingly intelligent and connected vehicles. This article briefly surveys the major legal challenges likely to be faced during this evolution in several key areas
Upcoming Events
November 02, 2014
Nashville Annual Entertainment Law in Review<br>Copyright Year in Review
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Circuit Dubious About Claim to Stan Lee's Characters
November 02, 2014
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently dealt a powerful punch to a lawyer whose client, a company founded by comic book legend Stan Lee, claimed to own the rights to Lee's iconic characters.
Bit Parts
November 02, 2014
Cartoon Network Mobile App Users Android ID Isn't "Personally Identifiable Information" under the Video Privacy Protection Act<br>Court Says Republication Rule Alive in Tennessee But Dismisses Defamation Claims by Disqualified American Idol Finalist<br>Toto Denied 50% Royalty for Digital Download Sales
The Brave New World Of Internet Copyright Trolls
November 02, 2014
Copyright trolls are in the business of acquiring the right to bring lawsuits against alleged infringers and threatening to file copyright infringement claims in order to induce rapid settlements against large groups of defendants.
What's So Different About Healthcare Leasing Transactions?
November 02, 2014
Among the many types of healthcare real estate transactions, this article focuses on "off-campus" leasing transactions, including why and how leases involving healthcare providers differ from other leasing transactions and what this means for those involved in these transactions.
Do We Need #consent?
November 02, 2014
While numerous companies now maintain an active presence on Twitter, the extent to which brands can lawfully interact with other Twitter users for advertising and similar commercial purposes is still not yet clearly defined and, consequently, the legal risk associated with each tweet is not always properly weighed before a promotional social media campaign is launched.
Broadway Musicals Economics
November 02, 2014
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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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    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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  • Meet the Lawyer Working on Inclusion Rider Language
    At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
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