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After a string of losses, the broadcast television industry has tapped Holland & Knight to open up a new front in its copyright fight with Aereo Inc., the fast-growing startup that streams TV programming to subscribers over the Internet.
Litigation Like a Rolling Stone
Songwriter James Damiano's copyright infringement suit against Bob Dylan is still in the federal courts after eight years, with no sign of stopping. The saga of the case is, in fact, mostly about the ability of a pro se plaintiff to keep the object of his obsession tied up in court seemingly indefinitely, despite what more than one court has deemed a meritless complaint.Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm Harbinger Capital Partners admitted to market manipulation and other misconduct as part of an $18 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Google and its lawyers at Durie Tangri are wielding a new weapon in their copyright battle over the Google Books project: the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last summer decertifying a massive employment class in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
No. 1 Task for Shearman Leader: Keeping the Firm in the Top Tier
With its illustrious history and posh name, Shearman & Sterling strikes many as the epitome of the patrician, white-shoe New York law firm. But the past few years have seen the 1,013-lawyer firm's image tarnished by associate layoffs, partner departures and signs of internal dissent, all capped by a profitability gap between Shearman and its erstwhile peers. Now the firm may be enjoying a fresh start, due partly to firm leader Rohan Weerasinghe and a 22 percent jump in profits per partner.Trending Stories
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