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February 01, 2019

Zoning Board Bound By Prior Determination Planning Board Had Rational Basis to Require Church to Record an Easement Special Permit Denial Overturned Restrictive Zoning Ordinance Sustained Against Multiple Challenges

Perfecting Film Financiers' Liens in Copyrights

February 01, 2019

The law on how to perfect a lien in a copyright application is foggy at best. This article sketches out pitfalls of the current process for perfecting a lien on a copyright application, and potential steps that a financier may take to help perfect and protect a film investment.

Decision of Note: 6th Cir. Says No 'Magic Words' to 'Elect' Copyright Statutory Damages

February 01, 2019

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided that §504 of the U.S. Copyright Act doesn't require any “magic words incantation” for a copyright infringement plaintiff to choose a statutory damages award, that “[t]he word 'elect' does not by itself require formal procedures.”

No Secondary Liability Seen Yet, By Band's Reps, for Sexual Assault

February 01, 2019

A federal judge in Camden, NJ decided that a Christian rock band's management, talent agent and lead singer weren't vicariously liable for the sexual assault of a teenage fan committed by a member of the band.

11th Circuit Says Anti-SLAPP Law Doesn't Belong in Federal Court

February 01, 2019

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an appeal by CNN to dismiss a libel case over the cable network's 2015 investigation of infant deaths at a Florida hospital.

SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Copyright Registration Approvals

February 01, 2019

While hearing January 2019 oral arguments before it, the U.S. Supreme Court sounded inclined to resolve a circuit courts' split over copyright registration procedures against copyright holders.

L.A. Sees Many Moves Among Entertainment Law Firms

February 01, 2019

Entertainment practices with well-known clients are in high demand in the Los Angeles legal market, leading to a spate of lateral hires among American Lawyer 200 firms in the latter part of 2018.

Bit Parts

February 01, 2019

Actor's Negligence Claim over Film Set Injury Preempted by California's Workers' Compensation Act Nashville Federal Court Decides Record Producer Didn't Abandon Master Recordings of 1970s George Jones Album

Book Releases

February 01, 2019

The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Intellectual Property The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking

Common-Area Risk Abatement: Who is Responsible?

February 01, 2019

When customers, employees and others invited to or simply passing by a leased commercial property are injured, and want compensation, who will be on the hook for the costs of bodily injury and property damage — the landlord, the tenant, the maintenance and security contractor hired by them, or some combination of these?

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