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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

News Of The (Shareholder Derivative) World: Record-High $139 Million Settlement In News Corp. Phone Hacking Suit

by Kevin Askew, James Grohsgal, Robert Varian | Orrick - Securities Litigation and Regulatory... on 5/1/2013

Putting an end to shareholder derivative litigation arising from News Corp.’s phone-hacking scandal, the company’s directors agreed last week to a record-breaking $139 million cash settlement. According to the plaintiffs’...more

Think About Copyright Registration for That New Website Before You Even Hire the Web Developer

by Evan Pappas on 1/2/2013

Many businesses fail to recognize that their original website content is valuable intellectual property and fail to take steps to adequately protect that content from being stolen or misused by a competitor. With little cost...more

United States Increases Entertainment Exports to Latin American Markets

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/6/2011

On September 30, 2011, the United States government signed an Export Trade Certificate of Review for the Latin American Multichannel Advertising Council ("LAMAC"). This certification will allow seven United States-based...more

UK Supreme Court: Joseph -v- Spiller, a new defence of honest comment in defamation proceedings

by Druces LLP on 1/11/2011

The United Kingdom Supreme Court restates the 'fair comment' defence to defamation claims as 'honest comment', relaxing the requirement to provide readers with all of the facts necessary to allow them to judge themselves...more

Breach of Contract Explained

by Frank Natoli on 8/11/2010

If a party to a contract fails to fulfill its obligations as set forth in the contract then the other party may be entitled to damages. However, the amount of damages which may be recovered is dependent upon how fundamental...more

Charity Million Dollar Home Raffles in California and The Ten Percent (10%) Rule Attorneys Must Advise Non-Profit Clients To...

by Sebastian Gibson on 11/17/2009

There is a set of complex rules that Charity and Non-Profit Organization Attorneys must convey to charity organization clients seeking to hold a charity raffle. In vogue today are charity million dollar home raffles. If the...more