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Often overlooked with the emerging entrepreneurial spirit amongst musicians, are the mundane (but necessary) legal matters associated with managing their own career. Remember, your band is your business. Treating it like your...more
On April 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an order upholding an arbitration award against a video game developer and granting a publisher a perpetual license in the developer’s game due to the...more
STIPULATION AND ORDER OF SETTLEMENT IN REGARD TO HOWARD LEDERER [SDNY Court Clerk Summary]: IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, ORDERED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff United States of America, by its attorney Preet Bharara,...more
In This Issue: Celador Int’l Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., USCA Ninth Circuit, December 3, 2012 (unpublished opinion): Ninth Circuit upholds $269 million jury award against ABC and other Disney...more
For many of us, our whole life is on our laptop. And if it were lost, we would give anything to get it back. That’s how music producer and singer-songwriter Ryan Leslie felt when he lost a bag containing his MacBook,...more
STIPULATION AND ORDER OF SETTLEMENT IN REGARD TO RAFAEL FURST AND TELAMONIAN AJAX TRUST [SDNY CourtClerk Summary]: The Claimants agree to forfeit to the United States all funds in the Trust Account (the "Trust Account...more
Table of Contents: Muller v. Anderson, USCA Second Circuit, November 8, 2012 (unpublished opinion) - Circuit court affirms summary judgment in favor of producers and creators of motion picture Alien v. Predator,...more
Originally published in Runner's World on November 6, 2012. As do most races, the New York City Marathon has a stated policy that registrants are not due refunds, even in the event of cancellation. While runners wait to...more
Don Johnson Productions, Inc. v. Rysher Entertainment California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District Code of Civil Procedure Section 360.5 allows parties to waive the statute of limitations if the parties follow...more
Exhibitors play a rather instrumental role in bringing to audiences a movie and fulfilling financial and artistic aspirations of makers of a motion picture. Nonetheless, much is discussed about making movies and the legal...more
Table of Contents: - Mena v. Fox Entertainment Group District court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s copyright-infringement action, finding no substantial similarity between plaintiff’s copyrighted...more
A California appellate court recently rejected an attempt by Desperate Housewives star, Nicollette Sheridan, to sue for wrongful termination in violation of public policy when Touchstone failed to renew her contract past...more
Table of Contents: - Flava Works, Inc. v. Gunter: Seventh Circuit vacates preliminary injunction against social bookmarking site myVidster, finding that plaintiff Flava Works was not likely to succeed on its claim...more
Internet Sweepstakes Cafés have been active throughout Ohio since 2010. These establishments offer customers the opportunity to play slot-style computer games online. Potential winnings include more Internet time and...more
Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Poker Stars will acquire Full Tilt Poker’s assets in a transaction that ends the DOJ’s civil forfeiture case against Full Tilt. Both Full...more
The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that an employee who found a new job after two weeks was entitled to the full six months’ pay in lieu of notice under his written employment contract because the principle of “mitigation”...more
Thousands of musicians dream about the moment they will ink their first record deal. For the lucky few who break into the music industry, they are quickly ushered back to reality when, at the time of their “big break,” they...more
Most major sports teams invite fans to receive text message alerts about breaking news, player trades, scores, etc. Teams often use these services to collect information about their fans and to promote products and events....more
In this issue: - Scorpio Music S.A. v. Willis, USDC S.D. California, May 7, 2012 District court dismisses music publishers’ declaratory judgment action challenging the validity of co-author’s unilateral notice of...more
In This Issue: - Selling the Shirt off Tim Tebow’s Back Requires a License...1 - I See Your True Colors Shining Through ...2 - Pretty Boy’s Right of Publicity Lawsuit Ain’t Pretty, Says World Wrestling...more
Table of Contents: - Greenspan v. Random House, Inc. - Scorpio Music S.A. v. Willis - Dash v. Mayweather...more
The Northern District of California continues the series begun by the Seventh Circuit in Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail LLC, against class actions brought under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act and seeking lucrative...more
I think it’s pretty clear that the legal world does not always jibe with the real world (and especially not The Real World: Cancun). Take capitalization for instance. In the real world, it doesn’t mean much. In fact, based...more
Several members of a New Jersey “lottery pool” won big when a jury recently awarded them $20 million. The co-workers played the lottery as a pool and filed a lawsuit after they belatedly discovered the winning member hid that...more
McGee v. Andre Benjamin 3000, USDC D. Massachusetts, March 20, 2012 District Court finds that plaintiff failed to establish probative similarities in the protectable elements of his treatment for an animated television...more
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