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Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Turns On Existence of Fiduciary Relationship
March 01, 2024
A recent New York federal court decision in a dispute between a broker that sublicenses program content and a broadcaster that sublicensed content from the broker considered the interaction of contract language and extra-contractual elements of the parties' relationship to determine whether a fiduciary relationship existed.
Players On the Move
March 01, 2024
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
Bit Parts
March 01, 2024
Justin Timberlake Appeals After His Anti-SLAPP Motion Fails to Stick In Documentary Deal Litigation
Texas Federal Magistrate Finds California Unfair Competition Claim Should Be Ejected from Litigation Between Talent Agencies and That Dispute Should First Be Heard by California Labor Commissioner
TV/Film Development Software Can Be Trade Secret
Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Involves Whether Fiduciary Relationship Was Created
February 01, 2024
A recent New York federal court decision in a dispute between a broker that sublicenses program content and a broadcaster that sublicensed content from the broker considered the interaction of contract language and extra-contractual elements of the parties' relationship to determine whether a fiduciary relationship existed.
Landmines In Bankruptcy Practice, Part II
February 01, 2024
By enforcing deadlines strictly, refusing to hear appeals from interlocutory orders, and rarely bypassing the district court for direct appeals, appellate courts have generally avoided what they view as unnecessary work and delay. But a few courts have made important exceptions in the past year.
Can Anti-SLAPP Motion Denials Be Immediately Appealed?
February 01, 2024
In a move of keen interest to the entertainment industry, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has agreed to review whether a judge's denial of a motion to strike a California Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation suit can be immediately appealed by the defendant who claims the case was brought solely to chill its speech.
How New York Times' Lawsuit Over AI Software Copying Differs From Prior Copyright Complaints
February 01, 2024
The New York Times' copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is said to be AI's "Napster Moment." But observers are torn about the case's legal merits, citing differing views around how exactly AI "Large Language Models" are trained.
All the News That's Fit to Pinch: NYT v. OpenAI Could Be Most Troublesome of AI Copyright Cases
February 01, 2024
The emerging cases by authors and copyright owners challenging various generative AI programs for using copyrighted materials are certain to create new troubles for the courts being asked to apply the fair use doctrine to this important new technology.
Players on the Move
February 01, 2024
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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