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Daily Business Review

First a Nightmare, Then Nearly $13M for a Miami Law Firm Targeted by Fraudsters

Aballi Milne Kalil's phone number was used in approximately 100,000 calls to unsuspecting Miami-Dade residents to inquire about insurance packages. Now, through the efforts of attorney Matthew Deblinger, the firm has secured approximately $13 million in damages against the perpetrators.
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International Edition

HSF and Pinsents tune in for $7.4bn telecoms deal alongside US firms

Troutman, Alston and Cravath also win roles on Arris takeover
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The Legal Intelligencer

What to Do When Technology Outpaces Legal Rules: Part 2

In Fox v. Smith, No. 1438, February term 2018 (C.P. Philadelphia, Aug. 30), Judge Arnold L. New held that, under current caselaw, a cause of action for defamation, false light and conspiracy could have proper venue in Philadelphia County because: the plaintiff, a Democrat, was running for mayor in Chester Heights, Delaware County, in the November 2017 election.
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The Legal Intelligencer

The Tune Is Changing in the Digital Music Landscape

Prior to 2018, the last significant piece of copyright legislation addressing digital developments in music was the 1995 Digital Performance Right in Recordings Act (DPRA).
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Five Things I Learned About Legal Communications From Working in a Hardware Store

In this Law Firm Marketing column, Steven Andersen writes: Over the course of 25 years working in the media—most of that in the legal and professional services space—I've acquired a fair amount of specialized knowledge. But although it has never been listed on my resume, the most valuable skills I use were learned on a different sort of job, working in a hardware store in Minneapolis in the 1980s.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Limits Discovery in Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump, Holding Info on Other Female Accusers Off Limits

President Donald Trump is not required to produce information about women other than Summer Zervos, who says Trump groped her more than a decade ago, who also accuse the president for sexual misconduct for discovery in Zervos' defamation suit, a state court judge found.
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New York Law Journal

In TV Rights Agreements, Attention Needs to be Paid to Holdback, Reversion, and Derivative Works Provisions

Entertainment Law columnists Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini write: Much press is given to the compensation aspects of the creators' agreements with exhibitors, but attention also should be paid to the extent and duration of the exhibitor's exclusivity in the property in which rights are being acquired, including holdback provisions, reversion of rights, and the right to produce derivative spinoffs, sequels and other derivative works.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Win Rare Victory in Anti-SLAPP Case

Holland & Knight attorneys Sanford "Sandy" Bohrer and Brian Toth won on a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed against their clients, Miami Herald Media Co. and investigative reporter Julie Brown, over coverage of the 2014 death of a female inmate at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala.
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Daily Business Review

Ex-Trump Staffer Hires Hulk Hogan Lawyers for $100M Suit Over Stripper Abortion Report

"Millions of people read about how Miller tried to kill a woman, killed her unborn child, and beat another woman — none of which actually happened," said the complaint filed by former spokesman to the Trump campaign, Jason Miller, who is seeking $100 million from Gizmodo Media Group LLC over its reporting of what he says are false allegations.
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Legaltech News

Who Decides if a Social Media Post Constitutes a Threat?

Posts made on social media can result in a police interrogation, but deciding what constitutes a threat is a thornier situation.
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