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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Developments Impacting Business and Legal Decisions

ArentFox Schiff on 3/27/2024

With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet...more

Three Point Shot - November 2022

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/30/2022

NBA Properties Lands Slam Dunk in Intellectual Property Win Heard Around the Globe - NBA Properties, Inc. (“NBAP”), the exclusive licensee of the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and NBA teams’ distinctive trademarks,...more

Additional Thoughts on “The Right to Hide the Published Truth”

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/25/2021

Private citizens have a right to remove significant falsehoods from the public record. The law of defamation clearly allows for retractions and damage payments if provable lies are published....more

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: covert surveillance; holiday carry over; sexual orientation discrimination; interim relief

BCLP on 12/5/2019

Our December 2019 update outlines the key UK employment law developments over the last month. It includes cases on covert surveillance, sexual orientation discrimination when there is no identifiable victim, harassment under...more

Financial Daily Dose 10.4.2019 | Top Story: Markets Watching US Jobs Report for Clues on More Fed Rate Action

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/4/2019

Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]...more

European Court Rules That Merely Hyperlinking Is Not Defamatory

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/7/2018

Here is a sentence we don't write very often: A decision this week of the European Court of Human Rights has brought U.S. and European defamation law into greater alignment. Well, at least regarding hyperlinks to defamatory...more

Social Links: Can media companies be liable for their talents’ social media posts?; a trade group for social influencers; a...

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 8/9/2017

A defamation suit brought by one reality television star against another—and naming Discovery Communications as a defendant—could determine to what extent (if any) media companies may be held responsible for what their talent...more

German Court Holds Google Responsible for Its Search Suggestions

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 6/18/2013

On May 15, 2013, in a case filed against Google by an entrepreneur selling dietary supplements and cosmetics (the “Plaintiff”), the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (Bundesgerichtshof, the “Federal Court”) ruled...more

UK: The Latest Social Media Legal Updates

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 5/30/2013

In our May 30, 2012 post on the Socially Aware blog—“Should We All Be Getting the Twitter “Jitters”? Be Careful What You Say Online (Particularly in the United Kingdom)”—we considered a variety of UK laws being used to...more

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