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New Jersey Law Journal

Bill to Tax, Regulate Daily Fantasy Sports Clears Assembly

New Jersey on Monday moved closer to joining the growing ranks of states enacting legislation regulating daily fantasy sports betting—the multimillion-dollar-a-year industry that, until recently, has gone unregulated nationwide.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Strike 3 for Abbott & Costello Heirs' 'Who's on First' Copyright Dispute

After a swing and a miss at both the trial court and appellate level, a copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's "Who's on First" routine has struck out, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Lawyer Finds Love on Reality TV Show 'The Bachelorette'

Trial lawyer Rachel Lindsay stars on Season 13 of "The Bachelorette, " an ABC reality television program.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fantasy Sports Operators Eye Calif. Ruling on Horse Racing

A federal judge's decision this week that entry fees paid to play on the fantasy horse racing website Derby Wars are wagers could be a warning signal to the booming fantasy sports industry.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Suit Details Fight Over Alan Thicke's Estate

Venable is representing two sons of the “Growing Pains,” actor in what could become a nasty legal battle.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Hollywood Deal Lawyers Wrestle With Great Squall of China

Manatt partner Lindsay Conner is bullish despite the political winds. "Deals are still being made, and smart money can still get out of China.”
21 minute read

The Recorder

What's Next in Antitrust Probe of Mega Movie Theaters?

Makan Delrahim, nominated to head the DOJ Antitrust Division, is a Los Angeles lawyer with ties to the film industry, stirring talk in Hollywood that the investigation may be all but dead.
26 minute read

The Recorder

In Eminem's Copyright Fight, a Test of 'Sound-Alike' Recordings

The two-week copyright infringement trial pitting Eminem's music publishers against New Zealand's ruling party may be the first of its kind abroad.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mixed Verdict Arrives in Latest Act of Doomed Broadway Musical

A jury handed down a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a Broadway press agent accused of scaring off an angel investor who stood ready to save the ill-fated production "Rebecca-The Musical."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Norman Mailer's Former Supermodel Flame Loses Defamation Suit

The lawsuit of a former supermodel suing the publishers of Norman Mailer's biography for mischaracterizing her affair with the late writer as “strictly sexual” has been thrown out by a federal judge.
3 minute read

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