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Advising e-Commerce Business Startups: Beyond the Crib Sheet
March 26, 2007
The legal risks associated with operating an online business are largely hidden to many people who are lured by the dream of making their fortunes with the apparent ease of opening a virtual storefront.
Author! Author!
March 14, 2007
Who writes for Law Journal Newsletters?
Net News
February 27, 2007
Music Industry Trade Group Targets Colleges<br>Judge Says MySpace not Liable for Alleged Sexual Assault on Girl
Music Publisher Concerns over Viral-Video Sites
February 27, 2007
The Internet has presented numerous challenges to the music industry. Unlicensed digital downloading has been at the top of the list for several years. More recently, the use of music on viral-video Web sites has produced a new set of challenges. Three of the four major record labels have struck content deals with mega-viral-video site YouTube, as have two of the three major TV networks. But music publishers haven't been involved in significant direct viral-video-site negotiations.
Advising e-Commerce Business Startups: A Crib Sheet
February 27, 2007
In the first of a two-part article, our expert author examines some issues that e-commerce counsel should pay particular attention to when advising e-commerce startups, particularly small, single-entrepreneur or small-group driven Internet-based storefronts.
Book Release
February 27, 2007
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Bit Parts
February 27, 2007
Stan Soocher's roundup of the news you need to know.
Music Report Meets Rule 702 Requirements
February 27, 2007
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that opinion testimony of a copyright-infringement musicologist that was consistent with his infringement-analysis report would be admissible expert evidence, if needed. <i>Velez v. Sony Discos</i>, 05 Civ. 0615(PKC).
Counsel Concerns
February 27, 2007
Recent litigation.
Television Shows and Trademark Protection
February 27, 2007
Recent rulings that may affect your business.

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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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