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Bringing <i>Falsettos</i> Musical from Stage To Movie Screens
August 01, 2017
During this year's annual Tony awards recognizing Broadway theater, Whoopi Goldberg took to the stage to announce that the musical revival of Falsettos would be hitting movie theaters nationwide in July. Falsettos, which played at Lincoln Center Theater in New York, was nominated for five Tonys, but a deal had been negotiated long before the June 11 awards broadcast to make the stage production into a piece of event cinema.
<i>Matal v. Tam</i> and Viewpoint-Discriminatory Prohibitions Against Federal Registration
August 01, 2017
In <i>Matal v. Tam,</i> the SCOTUS held that a portion of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(a), prohibiting the federal registration of potentially disparaging trademarks and service marks, violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Jury Verdict in Allman Film Fatality Trial To Be Appealed
August 01, 2017
CSX Railroad says it will appeal a Savannah, GA, jury verdict of $11.2 million rendered after a six-day trial stemming from the fatal train accident on the set of the film Midnight Rider of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million according to the jury's apportionment.
Counsel Concerns
August 01, 2017
Entertainment law firm changes and new hires.
Bit Parts
August 01, 2017
Consumers' Digital Music Price-Fixing Suit Ruled No "Class" Act<br>Marshall Tucker Band's Former Manager Loses Bid for Attorney Fees After Prevailing in Trademark Action Brought Against It By the Band
Twists and Turns of Copyright Litigation Over <i>Jersey Boys</i> Musical Reach Latest Stage
July 02, 2017
Since 2007, the development of the musical has been the source of protracted litigation that reached its latest stage in June 2017.
Trial Judge Acts Over Hacking of Plaintiffs' Emails In Media Dispute
July 02, 2017
A New York trial court judge struck a defendant's answer in a media-based breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition suit, after finding that 2,000 emails, including attorney-client privileged information possessed by the plaintiffs, had been hacked and stolen.
Supreme Court News
July 02, 2017
'Disparaging' Trademarks Decision<br>High Court Declines Takedown Notice/Fair Use Case
Bit Parts
July 02, 2017
Mash-Up of Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Components Is a Fair Use
Netflix Dooming Need for Foreign Presales Deals
July 01, 2017
Foreign rights presales, which since the 1970s have been used by independent Hollywood producers to raise funds to get their movies shot, are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Credit Netflix for giving them a big shove out the door. So what does that mean for Hollywood's deal lawyers? Bigger rights deals — but fewer of them to go around.

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