The Treasury Department's Guidelines on Executive Pay
February 19, 2009
The guidelines were designed to strike a balance between the financial industry's need to attract top talent to lead in the current economic climate and the public's interest in requiring transparency and accountability. They require not only disclosure of, but an explanation and justification of the policy supporting certain compensation decisions. Here's how they work.
Gripe Sites: Sue or Stew
January 30, 2009
Gripe sites are Web sites whose purpose is to complain, criticize, and revile businesses or other institutions. So, what to do.
Revisiting MLF 2008: What You Missed!
January 29, 2009
Last month, Marketing The Law Firm took a look back at 2008 with pared-down versions of one article each from our January to June issues. In this issue, we continue to look back at 2008 with articles from the July to December issues.
What's in a Domain Name? The Changing Internet
January 29, 2009
Generic, top-level domain names (gTLDs), such as .com or .net, are the sorters of the Internet. They serve the single purpose of identifying the database in which a domain name is registered. Last June, ICANN reversed its long-held position and announced that it would allow an unlimited number of generic top-level domains.
RIAA Tempers Tactics
January 29, 2009
In December, the RIAA announced that it would no longer look to file suit against individual file sharers and instead form relationships with ISPs that maintain the online accounts of the consumers.
Bit Parts
January 28, 2009
Copyright Infringement/Claims Assignment<br>Copyright Infringement/Substantial Similarity<br>Film/Products in Scenes
Counsel Concerns
January 28, 2009
Client's RICO Claim Against Lawyer Is Dismissed<br>Malpractice Suit Lacks Proximate Cause
Activision/Blizzard Merger Shows Video Game Industry Challenges
January 28, 2009
In late 2007, Activision CEO Robert Kotick, the jolly-looking entrepreneur known as one of the smartest and toughest in the business, approached Vivendi Games, which published World of Warcraft through its subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment Inc. Kotick made an offer for Blizzard, but Vivendi countered by suggesting that the two companies merge ' with Kotick at the helm. The merger, which was completed in July 2008, created a publicly traded company, Activision Blizzard Inc., that is the most impressive video game business in the world ' running neck-and-neck in revenues with longtime leader Electronic Arts Inc. ' and surpassing it in profits.
