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Stan Soocher

Court Rulings on Royalty Calculations for Digital Downloads

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Contractually Amendable Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits

Marshall S. Huebner & Brian M. Resnick

In a controversial decision, the Third Circuit has ruled that a debtor must comply with the stringent procedural and substantive requirements of 11 U.S.C. ' 1114 to terminate retiree health and welfare benefits that the debtor contractually retained the right to modify at will.

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<b><i>Looking Forward, Looking Back:</b></i> Supreme Court's <i>Rear Window</i> Ruling 20 Years Later

Stan Soocher

2010 is the 20th anniversary of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that dealt with the copyright renewal-rights dilemma. The case centered on whether actor James Stewart and director Alfred Hitchcock could continue to exploit their classic-thriller movie Rear Window, which was based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich.

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League Impact on the Sports Team Bankruptcy Process

Thomas J. Salerno & Jordan A. Kroop

As more beleaguered team owners seek refuge in bankruptcy proceedings, the resulting clash of league interests with fundamental principles of bankruptcy law will result in the development of novel legal and practical solutions for financially distressed sports franchises.

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Abusive Internet Social Networking Yields Infringement

Jonathan Bick

As with domain names, social networking user names are often an extension of a person's or an organization's identity. Businesses, for example, use social networking identities to promote themselves as a source of goods and services. And the flip side of that coin is that abusive use of social networking user names allows a third party to benefit from the goodwill by-product endorsement. But here's the problem: Such abusive behavior constitutes intellectual property infringement.

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Plaintiff in Casino Suit Craps Out in Venue Decision

Amaris Elliott-Engel

A New Jersey resident unsuccessfully sought to keep his slip-and-fall case in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court by arguing that an Atlantic City casino's Internet advertising within Pennsylvania established the state's personal jurisdiction over alleged negligence by the casino.

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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

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Navigating the Changing Technological Landscape

Fernando M. Pinguelo & Keya C. Denner

In <i>City of Ontario v. Quon</i>, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a government employer's search of an employee's communications on an employer-issued pager was reasonable under the circumstances and, therefore, did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The Court's narrowly tailored decision underscores that cases in the area of employee privacy will continue to be highly fact-sensitive.

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Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration

David Laing

Judging by the numbers, the Obama DOJ has been as active, or at least as successful, in criminal antitrust enforcement as candidate Obama promised. Criminal antitrust fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion...

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In-depth analysis of key cases you need to know.

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