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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Jury Awards MGA $88.5 Million in Bratz Doll Retrial Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Jury Awards MGA $88.5 Million in Bratz Doll Retrial

Amanda Bronstad

A federal jury has rejected Mattel Inc.'s claims that MGA Entertainment Inc. stole the idea for the wildly profitable Bratz dolls, and instead awarded $88.5 million to MGA for trade secrets theft by Mattel.

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Arbitration Agreements in the Wage-and-Hour Context

William C. Martucci, Brian P. Baggott, & Michael B. Barnett

For corporate attorneys, questions about how an employer can limit both the costs associated with and exposure to wage-and-hour claims have become ever more difficult. Employer-employee arbitration agreements may be part of the answer.

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An in-depth review of a recent important case.

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Tumultuous Year Ahead for Same-Sex Marriage Image

Tumultuous Year Ahead for Same-Sex Marriage

Chrstopher Dunn

With trepidation from an advocacy community wary of the Supreme Court, the fight over same-sex marriage has now shifted to federal court.

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Raising the Bar for Custody Evaluations

Timothy M. Tippins

A recent decision provides a guiding beacon for identifying a number of forensic errors that are frequently encountered but often overlooked. It is, therefore, eminently instructive for custody courts, attorneys, and evaluators.

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Grabbing Customers' Copyrights

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

What's at issue is control, obviously, and the great lengths to which some will go to maintain, it even as they benefit from the wide-open, free-flowing viral information torrent of the Internet. These copyright acquisitions are not primarily motivated by the desire to exploit the works and make money, but rather by the desire to stop the public circulation of texts and images the new owners do not like.

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Ninth Circuit Vacates Injunction In Advertising Keywords Case

Alison Frankel

Remember U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart's famous line about hardcore pornography? Stewart said it was tough to define, "but I know it when I see it." The quip came to mind after a ruling last month by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a trademark infringement case involving Internet advertising keywords. In essence, the Ninth Circuit concluded that there's no strict standard for determining infringement in the Internet age, so judges have to know it when they see it.

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<b>Decision of Note</b> MI Supreme Court Dismisses Claim over Backstage Taping Image

<b>Decision of Note</b> MI Supreme Court Dismisses Claim over Backstage Taping

Stan Soocher

The Supreme Court of Michigan dismissed an eavesdropping claim by city officials who were taped backstage while demanding that a video they considered improper for young audience members not be played during a Detroit concert that featured rappers Dr. Dre, Eminem and Snoop Dogg.

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Parameters of the Witness No Contact Rule

Lawrence S. Spiegel & Deborah M. Chow

This article articulates some of the common issues that a lawyer should consider under Model Rule 4.2, but the manner in which Model Rule 4.2 is applied across different jurisdictions may vary.

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Quarterly State Compliance Review

Sandra Feldman

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some enacted and pending legislation of interest to corporate lawyers. It also discusses some recent cases of interest, including decisions from Delaware and New York concerning the awarding of attorneys' fees.

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