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Issues in Reverse Morals Clauses In Talent Influencer Contracts With Product Brands Image

Issues in Reverse Morals Clauses In Talent Influencer Contracts With Product Brands

Chris O'Malley

The next company general counsel to slide a morality clause across the desk for a celebrity or web influencer to sign shouldn't be surprised if that talent also whips out a morals clause, one to cancel the contract if the company's brand acts immorally.

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Ninth Circuit, Texas Supreme Court Weigh in On Live Nation Litigations Image

Ninth Circuit, Texas Supreme Court Weigh in On Live Nation Litigations

Avalon Zoppo & Adolfo Pesquera

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit called Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s requirement of new procedures for mass arbitration claims unenforceable and rejected the company's bid to keep a proposed class action lawsuit alleging inflated ticket prices out of court.

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Mass. Appeals Court Holds That Email to Landlord Constituted 'Effective Notice' to Prevent Automatic Lease Renewal Image

Mass. Appeals Court Holds That Email to Landlord Constituted 'Effective Notice' to Prevent Automatic Lease Renewal

Allison Dunn

Despite a provision in a commercial lease that prohibited electronic notice, the Massachusetts Appeals Court sided with a tenant in holding that an email to its landlord constituted effective notice to opt out of an automatic five-year lease extension.

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CA Appeals Court Rules Hobbs & Shaw Film Dispute Must Be Heard By Court Image

CA Appeals Court Rules Hobbs & Shaw Film Dispute Must Be Heard By Court

Alaina Lancaster

Universal City Studios will have to settle a contract dispute with a producer from the Fast & Furious movie franchise in court after a California appeals court ruled the entertainment company could not enforce an arbitration agreement.

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When Is a Promise Enough?: Contractual Duties and Insider Trading Image

When Is a Promise Enough?: Contractual Duties and Insider Trading

Telemachus P. Kasulis

Two criminal appeals before the Second Circuit require the Court of Appeals to decide whether the violation of a fiduciary relationship is required to create insider trading liability or if a breach of contract is sufficient.

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A Practitioner's Guide to Key Provisions In Film Director Agreements Image

A Practitioner's Guide to Key Provisions In Film Director Agreements

Marc Jacobson

Film remains a director's medium, considering that the director will always give shape and vision to the writer's words.

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Fifth Circuit Holds Asset Purchaser Unable to Acquire Rejected License Agreement Image

Fifth Circuit Holds Asset Purchaser Unable to Acquire Rejected License Agreement

Michael L. Cook

A license agreement "deemed rejected by operation of law" could not be acquired under a court-approved asset purchase agreement, held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

BOSTON Band Principal Scholz Loses Appeal in “Original” Member Billing Dispute Against Former BOSTON Guitarist Goudreau<br>Former Band Member's Counterclaims Against Commodores Are Dismissed

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Counsel Concerns: Ambiguous Offer for Daddy Yankee to Settle Suit Ends in Attorney Fees Denial Image

Counsel Concerns: Ambiguous Offer for Daddy Yankee to Settle Suit Ends in Attorney Fees Denial

Celia Ampel

Attorneys who sued “Despacito” artist Daddy Yankee for defamation should have heeded the song's title and drafted their settlement offer slowly, a federal appellate court ruled.

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Decision of Note: TV Reality Show Release Overrides Objection Clause Image

Decision of Note: TV Reality Show Release Overrides Objection Clause

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld a release clause signed by an entertainment attorney who appeared in WE network's reality TV show Money. Power. Respect.

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