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New Small Claims Procedure for Copyright Disputes
March 01, 2021
The CASE Act fulfills the longstanding goal of the U.S. Copyright Office to establish a small claims court. The measure tasked the office with establishing the Copyright Claims Board and adopting governing regulations.
Shareholders' Suit Over Video Game Developer's IPO
March 01, 2021
Two former shareholders allege in federal court that an auto-racing video game creator swindled them out of more than $200 million in stock.
Players On the Move
March 01, 2021
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
In Memoriam: Michael Rudell
March 01, 2021
We sadly note the passing of Entertainment Law & Finance editorial board member and entertainment attorney Michael I. Rudell.
Law Firms Looking to Retail Space and Other Office Alternatives Post-Pandemic
March 01, 2021
The prospect of using retail space for law offices is the latest adaptation, in addition to innovations such as hoteling and other forms of shared workspace, that may define law firm offices in the future as the COVID-19 pandemic makes a permanent mark on how firms configure and run their offices.
Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World, Part 2
February 01, 2021
Part Two of a two-part article While the livestreaming of music performances is not an entirely new phenomenon, the COVID crisis has transformed the live performance landscape, compelling artists from around the world to reach their fanbase by producing "quarantine streams," in which they livestream their sets on social media platforms. Unsurprisingly many questions have arisen.
9th Cir. Finds No Fair Use In Dr. Seuss/Star Trek "Mashup"
February 01, 2021
In Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. v. ComicMix LLC, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit held in December that ComicMix's illustrated book combining elements of several Dr. Seuss children's books with characters, themes and other features of the popular sci-fi series Star Trek was not a fair use of the Seuss material from which it had admittedly been "slavishly" copied.
Additional Perspective on Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Ruling
February 01, 2021
The court's decision means that in the Ninth Circuit commercial mash-ups will have to do more than place new characters in old settings to qualify for fair use.
Lawyer Disbarred Over Mishandling of Investors' Funds for Film Project
February 01, 2021
The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred lawyer Gary Mason after finding he knowingly misappropriated $690,000 that investors paid to support the work of a fledgling filmmaker.
2d Circuit Blocks NY Litigation of 'Girl 6' Copyright Infringement Case
February 01, 2021
Fort Lauderdale copyright attorneys Matthew Nelles and Adriana Kostencki of Nelles Kostencki were in a Los Angeles airport in February 2019, when movie director, producer and actor Spike Lee called the day after winning an Oscar for his historical crime drama BlacKkKlansman. But the call wasn't about the win.

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    At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & 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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    The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.
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