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<b><i>Commentary: </b></i>Playing with Privacy
June 28, 2007
The policy concerns surrounding virtual communities and social networking are broad and difficult to pin down. Popular social networks typically have well over 100 million registered users. Managing these crowded environments parallels the real-world challenges of managing a major city. So what can U.S. policymakers do to create a safe virtual environment without stifling technological advancements?
Where Does All That Associate Money Go?
May 31, 2007
Kathryn Cole, a 25-year-old who earned her J.D. last year from the University of Michigan Law School, accepted a position at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver &amp; Hedges, LLP in Silicon Valley. Her starting pay was $135,000, but before she even began working she got a $10,000 raise. Then in January, just a few months into the job, her salary went up another $15,000.
Bit Parts
May 30, 2007
Copyright Infringement/Motion to Intervene; Copyright Infringement/Striking Similarity; Right of Publicity/Attorney Fees.
Celebrity Name or Likeness
May 30, 2007
A new department centering on key cases.
Clause & Effect
May 30, 2007
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan decided that unresolved issues of fact as to whether a distributor or a record label abandoned a record-distribution agreement precluded summary judgment for either party on breach claims by the distributor.
Counsel Concerns
May 30, 2007
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted summary judgment in part for Nevada-based entertainment attorney John Mason on his claim of breach of legal-services agreements by a film-production company.
Practice Notes
May 30, 2007
What's happening at the top firms.
'New' Summit Structure Retains Distribution Fees
May 30, 2007
Summit Entertainment's $1 billion movie financing deal ' which created a new production and distribution studio ' all started with a group of bankers and lawyers sitting around and talking about how to get more money from movie-financing deals. In recent years, investors have invested in films that are distributed by studios, which take a distribution fee of about 10% to 15%. With the Summit deal, the investors for the first time cut the middleman in this process.
Cameo Clips
May 30, 2007
Digital Downloading/No Public Performance; Management Agreements/Tortious Interference.
Decision of Note: Mexican TV Co. Can Proceed in Florida Fed Court
May 30, 2007
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that a Florida federal district court, rather than a Mexican court, should hear a suit by one Spanish-language broadcaster against another for tortious interference with a soap-opera actor's contract.

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