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Beach Boys Songs Written Decades Ago Triggered Current Quarrel With Lawyers Image

Beach Boys Songs Written Decades Ago Triggered Current Quarrel With Lawyers

Stan Soocher

There's current litigation in the ongoing Beach Boys litigation saga. A lawsuit filed in 2019 against Nevada residents Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada that alleges inaccurate payment by the Loves under the retainer agreement and seeks $84.5 million in damages.

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Attorneys Forecast Legal Challenges In NFTs

Cedra Mayfield

As nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, continue to grow in popularity through cryptocurrency purchase, sale and trade online, opportunities for entertainment attorneys in the emerging industry also are booming. For this article, attorneys shared how they're grabbing hold of NFT-related work and the challenges they foresee.

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Keeping Track of Legal Claims from Fatal Shooting on 'Rust' Film Set Image

Keeping Track of Legal Claims from Fatal Shooting on 'Rust' Film Set

Marianna Wharry

Actor Alec Baldwin has detailed his account of the October 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust film production set in an arbitration demand in which he seeks indemnification.

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How NCAA Athletes and Brands Can Avoid Big Mistakes In NIL Influencer Agreements Image

How NCAA Athletes and Brands Can Avoid Big Mistakes In NIL Influencer Agreements

Nicole Demas, L. Andrew Tseng & Sean P. McConnell

The biggest event of the year in college sports just concluded as national champions were crowned in men's and women's basketball, and hundreds of thousands of college athletes are entering the influencer marketplace for the first time. College athletes now find themselves attractive candidates in the fast growing influencer marketing arena. With the FTC Commissioner taking a closer look at the use of influencers for marketing, student athletes and brands should take care when entering into the influencer marketing arena.

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The FTC Gets Into the College Athlete NIL Game

Nicole Demas, L. Andrew Tseng & Sean P. McConnell

As national champions are crowned in men's and women's basketball, hundreds of thousands of college athletes are entering the influencer marketplace for the first time and now find themselves attractive candidates in the fast growing influencer marketing arena. With influencer marketing potentially providing a 5x return on investment, many brands are eager to get into the industry, but it doesn't come without risks as the FTC Commissioner is taking a closer look at the use of influencers for marketing.

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Supreme Court's Breyer Ruling on Mistakes In Copyright Registrations Image

Supreme Court's Breyer Ruling on Mistakes In Copyright Registrations

Scott Graham

The Ninth Circuit had ruled in 2020 that §411(b)(1)(A) of the federal Copyright Act excuses inadvertent mistakes of fact on copyright registrations but not mistakes of law. The Supreme Court has now ruled 6-3 that the provision covers both mistakes of facts and law.

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Fresh Filings

ELF Staff

Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Both Sides' Summary Judgment Motions Denied in Copyright Infringement Suit Over Jimi Hendrix Photo Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Copyright Infringement Suit Over "Gimme Some Lovin'"

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Artist's Talent Agencies Act Claim In CA Doesn't Bar Personal Managers' NY Lawsuit Image

Artist's Talent Agencies Act Claim In CA Doesn't Bar Personal Managers' NY Lawsuit

Stan Soocher

What happens if a personal manager files a lawsuit in a court outside of California against a talent client who has raised a California Talent Agencies Act claim in California?

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Defamation Suit Against Netflix Can Proceed Over 'Queen's Gambit' Image

Defamation Suit Against Netflix Can Proceed Over 'Queen's Gambit'

Marianna Wharry

A former chess grandmaster's suit against Netflix alleging that the streaming service's show The Queen's Gambit defamed her will continue in federal court, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled.

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