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COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENTS/CO-OWNERS' RIGHTS
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin decided that co-owners of a copyright can grant exclusive rights in their work to third parties on their own. Thus, a music video company that obtained copyright assignments from two of the three co-creators of the music video “What What (In the Butt)” (WWITB) had the right to file suit over an episode of the TV series South Park that recreated a portion of WWITB to parody the viral-video craze. Brownmark Films LLC v. Comedy Partners, 10-CV-101. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller noted that “no one can credibly argue that the risk of limiting the other co-owner's rights [to independently exploit the work] can be used to artificially restrict the alienability of the co-owner's right to transfer their interest in the copyright.” The district court's decision takes issue with opposing precedent from the Ninth Circuit.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.