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Haiwen & Partner Hires 5th Hong Kong Partner

Chinese firm Haiwen & Partner has recruited a fifth partner in its newly launched Hong Kong office.
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The Recorder

Twists and Turns of Copyright Litigation Over Jersey Boys Musical Reach Latest Stage

Since 2007, the development of the musical has been the source of protracted litigation that reached its latest stage in June 2017.
23 minute read

The Recorder

What's in the Actors' Deal

Bargaining teams from SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers worked through the weekend—and several contract extensions—before reaching a deal Tuesday night. Here are some of the key points in the tentative agreement, which now goes to the membership for ratification.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Video Game Voice Actors Strike a Singular Exception to Hollywood Labor Peace

There is labor peace in Hollywood now — with one notable and sticky exception. SAG-AFTRA negotiators reached a tentative deal for feature films and prime-time TV over the holiday with the major movie studios and networks. Pending the expected ratification, the agreement will cover the union's roughly 160,000 members and is in line with the pacts reached earlier by the directors and writers unions, each of which signed off on similar three-year deals which extend into 2020.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Colon v. Conchetta, Inc., et al, PICS Case No. 17-1000 (E.D. Pa. June 14, 2017) Kelly, J. (16 pages).

Plaintiff was obligated to arbitrate arbitrability where her employment agreement contained a delegation provision which she did not challenge specifically and all the defendants, including non-signatories to the agreement, were covered under the arbitration agreement under agency theory. The court granted defendants' motion to compel arbitration.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gehris Family Trust v. Bowlorama, Inc., et al, PICS Case No. 17-0991 (C.P. Berks June 8, 2017) Sprecher, J. (5 pages).

The plaintiffs, minority shareholders in the defendant business, had knowledge of every shareholder meeting and participated in every vote; thus, their rights were not violated when the majority shareholders voted to sell corporate assets and they had no grounds to stop the sale. The court recommended affirmance of its order denying plaintiffs relief.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. State Police v. Legion Post 304 Home Ass'n, PICS Case No. 17-1009 (Pa. Commw. June 15, 2017) Leavitt, J. (16 pages).

Civic association's "bingo" game constituted lawful form of bingo where the game's mechanics involved a preset combination of spaces prior to patrons' purchase of bingo card and did not have predetermined winners, and where the Bingo Act contemplated a game where a "pre-announced combination" of spaces were used, in addition to the traditional conception of the game involving a wheel or mechanical device to choose numbers following the sale of cards. Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

The Recorder

O'Melveny Duo's Backup Work Key to Kesha's 'Praying' Release

Embattled singer-songwriter Kesha released her first new single in four years Thursday. It's a defiant and celebratory tune called "Praying," and is accompanied by an artsy music video and will be on an album called "Rainbow," set for an Aug. 11 release. It took some standout backup work from attorneys Dan Petrocelli and Bo Pearl, partners at O'Melveny & Myers, to clear the way for the track's release. And it may do the same for the career of Kesha, who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, but has been largely off the radar since an ongoing legal battle with her former producer Dr. Luke exploded in 2013.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cosby to Face Retrial in November

Bill Cosby is set to return to court before year's end for a retrial beginning Nov. 6.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jeopardy Finally Attaches for Persistent Appellate Lawyer

Jon Eisenman is not a quitter. The appellate lawyer in Los Angeles tried five times to appear on “Jeopardy!” before he snagged a spot on the TV answer-and-question game show. So far, he's won three games and is due to play his fourth on July 5.
10 minute read

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