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<b>Anatomy of a Practice:</b> Washington, DC's Jenner & Block Builds Music and Movie Client Base
November 01, 2005
Three years ago, the closest most lawyers at Jenner &amp; Block came to the entertainment industry were the compact discs its partners bought or the movies its associates rented. But now, Jenner &amp; Block has been tapped to solidify the industry's role on the Web, edging out law firms with longer histories representing publishing and production companies. Add that to Jenner &amp; Block's recent victory as lead Supreme Court counsel in <i>MGM Studios v. Grokster</i>, and the firm is quickly shaping up as a prominent player in the expanding industry.
Courthouse Steps
November 01, 2005
Recently filed cases in entertainment law, straight from the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Bit Parts
November 01, 2005
Recent developments in entertainment law.
Ringtones Breed Tension Within Music Industry
November 01, 2005
By 2004, mastertones were the hot new thing. They had replaced polyphonic ringtones (multipitched tunes), which had replaced monophonic ringtones. Mastertones were compressed snippets of studio-recorded music. In order to offer them to the public, ringtone content aggregators needed to obtain both publishing clearance and permission from those who held the rights to the recordings. That meant negotiating with record companies.
<b>Decision of Note:</b> Rapper Isn't Public Figure
November 01, 2005
The Court of Appeals of Georgia, Fourth Division, found that a local rap artist wasn't a public figure for purposes of a defamation suit over comments made about him on a local radio station.
Recent Developments from Around the States
October 31, 2005
A look at rulings of interest to you and your practice.
e-Commerce Docket Sheet
October 31, 2005
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
Ambush Marketing: Here to Stay?
October 04, 2005
Ambush marketing," a term coined by Jerry Wexler, manager of global marketing efforts for American Express in the 1980s, refers to the marketing activities of companies that manage to associate themselves, or their products or services, with high-profile events without paying to become an "official sponsor.
Net News
October 03, 2005
Court Rules Against KaZaA <br>Internet Oversight Board OKs New Domains
Bit Parts
October 03, 2005
Recent developments in entertainment law. <p>This month: <br>Actors/Moral Clauses<br>Copyright Infringement/Laches<br>Copyright Litigation/Effect of French Suit<br>Marketing-Promotion Consultants/Personal Jurisdiction<br>TV Program Licenses/Termination

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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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