Regulation

  • Legislation to Fight Global IP Piracy

    To paraphrase a line from a favorite song, you don't always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) almost certainly did not get all that it wanted when the House of Representatives passed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (Pro IP Act), H.R. 4279, in May. What remains to be seen is whether the RIAA and other proponents of the legislation will get what they claim to need ' or anything at all.

    July 30, 2008Douglas W. Kenyon and R. Dennis Fairbanks

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Commentary on the latest cases.

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Index

    Everything contained in this issue, in an easy-to-read format.

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • PROTECT Act Upheld; Questions on Protected Speech Arise

    The problem of child pornography on the Internet has long bedeviled Congress. But the legislature has floundered between the First Amendment's protection of speech and the self-evident evils involved in child porn's production and consumption, leaving a trail of laws invalidated by the High Court. The most recent legislative iteration ' the PROTECT Act, upheld on May 19 by the Supreme Court in United States v. Williams ' raises new and intriguing questions about the relation of sexual and political speech.

    June 26, 2008Aziz Huq

  • Real Property Law

    Analysis of recent rulings.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Commentary on the latest cases.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Court of Appeals Affirms Owner Occupancy Rights Under Rent Stabilization

    In its June 3, 2008, decision in Pultz v. Economakis, the New York State Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that there is no limit on the number of rent-stabilized units an owner can attempt to recover for owner occupancy. The ruling was a major victory for rent stabilized landlords, and a sharp rebuke to tenant advocates who claimed that multiple recovery for owner occupancy violated the letter and spirit of the Rent Stabilization Law. Indeed, the case continues a recent trend of favorable Court of Appeals decisions for landlords.

    June 26, 2008Jeffrey Turkel

  • News Briefs

    The latest news from the franchising world.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Franchisor's Non-Compete Upheld In New Jersey

    A franchisor of tax preparation franchises was entitled to a 24-month injunction beginning from the time of the former franchisee's compliance with a non-competition covenant. Jackson Hewitt Inc. v. Childress, Bus. Franchise Guide (CCH) ' 13,849 (D. N.J., Jan. 22, 2008). The permanent injunction was ordered when the court granted the plaintiff franchisor's motion for summary judgment.

    June 26, 2008Cynthia M. Klaus