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Daily Dicta: Satan's Favorite Lawyer

'Is there anyone you wouldn't represent?' Kate McKinnon as the devil asked Jon Lovitz playing Alan Dershowitz in the SNL cold open. His answer: 'Well, as long as the client is famous enough to get me on TV, it's all good.'
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The Recorder

Google and Amazon Accused of Marketing Musical Knock-Offs

The suits allege that the tech giants have turned a blind eye to widespread pirating by obscure music companies. A digital music expert not involved in the case says the suits strike him as an attempt to game ambiguities in the new Music Modernization Act for windfall statutory damages.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ousted Grammys CEO Claims Rampant Discrimination and Bias in 'Boys Club' 

Every so often I will come across a topic that happens to span two of my law practice areas, employment law and entertainment law. While it doesn't happen often because of the unique nature of each of the disciplines, when it does, it's usually a doozy of a topic.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Greenberg's Katz, Denying Grammy Chief's Claims, Vows to Reveal 'Whole Truth'

Katz' response came soon after Deborah Dugan's sexual harassment complaint, which also details concerns about "'plainly exorbitant" fees the academy was paying Greenberg Traurig and others.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Stress Youth, Naivete of Alleged Victims; Harvey Weinstein's Lawyers Question Their Stories

Weinstein put the alleged victims through a series of tests, prosecutors said in opening statements, ensuring that they could be manipulated and that they would stay quiet about his behavior.
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The Recorder

Greenberg Shareholder Accused of Sexual Harassment by Ousted Grammys Chief

Deborah Dugan claims she was put on leave after complaining that Joel Katz, a Greenberg Traurig shareholder and the outside GC of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, sexually harassed her.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

City Lawyer 'Fired' by Trump Gets Key Contracts Post

Along with a painful appearance on "The Apprentice," Martin Clarke has practiced law and taught law in New York and worked for the city of Atlanta law department for nearly 15 years.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Roc Nation, Jay-Z Turn to Quinn Emanuel in Defamation Suit Over Meek Mill Documentary

The suit was filed in early January by ex-Philadelphia police officer Sequeta Williams, who claims that an image of her used in the Amazon Prime documentary "Free Meek" gave the false impression that she was a "dirty and dishonest" officer.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

7 Men, 5 Women Will Sit as Jury in Harvey Weinstein's New York Rape Trial

Weinstein's attorneys asked pointed questions about sex during jury selection, hinting at allegations that are likely to come up during the trial.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Jurors Seated in Harvey Weinstein Criminal Trial Told Trial Is Not About #MeToo

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Burke told the jurors that the trial would not be a referendum on sexual harassment, women's rights, or the #MeToo movement.
4 minute read

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