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Media & Communication Top 10 Lessons From the Rise of 'Fake News'

The serious implications of “fake news,” and how to protect your firm.

Joint Infringement Post-Akamai: Understanding the Impact on Prosecution and Litigation Strategies Part 2: Decisions Since Akamai and Practice Insights

Reviews the recent Federal Circuit Eli Lilly case as well as district court cases that have interpreted the new standard and identifies prosecution and litigation strategies for practicing post-Akamai

Case Notes

A look at a case involving eviction for non-payment of fees for services provided by the landlord.

Monitoring for Recovering Lost Revenue Pricing Groups Can Be a Good Starting Point

Most firms are building pricing groups as the place to start addressing this pain. This is certainly a good starting point, but if your firm is pricing and not monitoring, you've actually got a problem.

Real Property Law

Analysis of two major rulings.

The Possible Consequences of Pursuing Outstanding Legal Fees

The attorney-client relationship is not one that always ends well. The client is able to discharge the attorney at any time, but outstanding legal fees must be addressed. If the client either ignores the correspondence or refuses to pay the fees, the attorney may determine to commence an action seeking the legal fees. What follows is a long, unhappy, expensive experience for each party.

Verdicts

Discussion of a case in which a hospital was ordered to produce records it did not have.

Bit Parts

Failure to Geoblock User Uploads of Movies Isn't Ground for Establishing Personal Jurisdiction Over Web Company Letter of Intent For Production of Film Wasn't Binding Use of Catcalling Footage in Ad Doesn't Result in Viable False Endorsement Claim by Actress

Case Notes

In-depth analysis of two important rulings.

Liability Exposure When Experts Flub Part Two of a Two-Part Article

Last month, the author began discussion of the consequences of retaining an expert witness who errs on the stand. Should the expert be subject to lawsuit for damages? Could the attorney who hired him/her be held liable? The analysis concludes here.

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'Customary Operations' or A Vacant Building?
Many times, courts are faced with the question of whether a loss location is 'vacant' under a commercial property policy when trying to determine if the building owner or lessee is conducting customary operations. This article explores various decisions across the United States as to what is considered 'customary operations,' thereby rendering the property 'vacant.'
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Mixed Ruling in Jefferson Starship Band Name Suit
What's in a rock band's name? Plenty, if you are talking about Jefferson Starship, which goes back more than 40 years, has had more than 30 members and was born from the 1960s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.
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Authorship and Copyright In Hybrid AI-Human Collaborative Works
The United States Copyright Office recently issued a letter ruling on the copyrightability of Kristina Kashtanova's comic book-like work, Zarya of the Dawn. The Kashtanova ruling indicates that the Copyright Office's determination of copyrightability of works involving use of AI will rely on whether the author is able to control and foresee with some measure of predictability the output of the authorial process
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Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
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Second Circuit Rejects Arbitration of Debtor's Asserted Discharge Violation
A bankruptcy court properly denied a bank's motion to compel arbitration of a debtor's asserted violation of the court's discharge injunction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held.
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