Twitter Must Reveal User's Information To Audio Company
January 30, 2015
A magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted an audio equipment manufacturer's motion to enforce a subpoena requiring case non-party Twitter to reveal the names of account users who allegedly defamed the manufacturer. In <i>Music Group Macao Commercial Offshore Ltd. v. John Does I-IX</i>, Twitter had asked the court to consider whether the First Amendment right of account users to anonymous protected speech was being properly considered.
Unpaid Royalty Suits Rain Down on Music Streaming Services
January 30, 2015
Sirius XM Radio's recent clubbing in litigation over the rights to pre-1972 sound recordings has unleashed a series of suits against Google, Apple, Sony and music streaming service Rdio.
Movers & Shakers
January 30, 2015
A Collection of Moves in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Areas
<i>Online Extra</i>The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Extends Tax Breaks and Provides Tax Benefits for Disabled Individuals
January 12, 2015
On Dec. 19, 2014, the President signed into law the long-awaited year-end tax package, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 ('TIPA'). This law extended to the end of 2014 many but not all of the individual, business, and energy provisions that expired at the end of 2013.
Extend Beyond Showing Up
January 06, 2015
One of the interminable bumps lawyers experience in their efforts to cultivate new clients and business is in following up with their new contacts, growing network and even their best clients. We examine how to introduce and tweak a follow-up plan. Read on to see what I mean.
Quarterly State Compliance Review
December 31, 2014
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect during the last quarter. It also examines some recent decisions of interest, including three from Delaware.
Georgia Fed. Ct. Dismisses Suit Over <i>Honey</i> Films
December 31, 2014
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, dismissed a lawsuit brought by hip-hop dancer Ereina "Honey Rockwell" Valencia over Universal's <i>Honey</i> and <i>Honey 2</i> movies, released respectively in 2003 and 2011.
Upping the Legal Training Ante
December 31, 2014
Womble Carlyle's technology training and online learning programs were in need of an upgrade. Unprecedented firm growth, heightened emphasis on developing lawyers' core technology competencies, and a need to streamline and automate existing e-learning processes led the firm to initiate a fundamental shift.
Discovery Sanctions In Litigation over Soap Opera
December 31, 2014
A copyright infringement lawsuit centered on the Telemundo network's popular Spanish-language telenovela <i>El Rostro de Analia</i> has some melodrama of its own.
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