By Sue Reisinger | December 9, 2019
Corporate Counsel recently spoke with Lee, who just ended her term as president of the Sports Lawyers Association, about her 20-year in-house career with the Diamondbacks and the obstacles she faced as an openly gay, African American woman.
By Ross Todd | December 9, 2019
Nearly two years after abruptly retiring amid sexual harassment allegations, the former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit returned to the court to argue on behalf of the son of a playwright who claims the filmmakers ripped off copyrighted elements of his father's work.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz | December 9, 2019
In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz discuss the legal implications stemming from the DOJ's decision to ask a federal district court to terminate the Paramount Consent Decrees, a set of rules governing major film studios for the last 70 years.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Steven Appelbaum, Andrea Brockway, Amy Piccola and Tricia Kazinetz | December 5, 2019
Only time will tell how (and if) the NCAA's decision will translate into actual rule change. Creating even more uncertainty for Florida colleges and universities is the question of how pending state legislation might intersect, or conflict, with the NCAA's anticipated new rules.
By Sue Reisinger | December 3, 2019
Glass joined Warner in 2010 as associate counsel for digital legal affairs. Before joining the company, he was director of digital business and legal affairs for Sony Music Entertainment.
By Phillip Bantz | December 3, 2019
As MTI has grown and opened offices in London and Melbourne, Australia, Hartnett's role has expanded beyond contract work to involve a host of other issues, including international privacy laws and copyright enforcement actions in far-flung jurisdictions.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein | December 3, 2019
It's a common fact pattern: A songwriter alleges that another songwriter has infringed the lyrics of Song A by using a similar short phrase, frequently a current slang phrase, in the lyrics of Song B. With this context, Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein discuss the recent Ninth Circuit decision in 'Hall v. Swift' in this month's edition of their Copyright Law column.
By Ross Todd | November 21, 2019
A Ninth Circuit panel held that viewers of the 2015 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao had "no cognizable claim" stemming from Pacquiao's failure to disclose a shoulder injury suffered in the run-up to the fight.
By Phillip Bantz | November 18, 2019
Arya Towfighi takes over LBI's legal department after having served for more than a decade as an executive and in-house leader for rival media company Univision.
By Meredith Hobbs | November 14, 2019
Barnes & Thornberg partner Steven Weizenecker, who was just sworn in as a member of the governor's Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Commission, said entertainment content production is at an all-time high in Georgia and nationally, which means a lot of work for lawyers.
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