Terrorism and the Pollution Exclusion
September 27, 2012
This article considers whether alleged personal injuries based on exposure to contaminants disbursed because of a terrorist attack are excluded from coverage by the pollution exclusion commonly found in most insurance policies.
No Fair Use in Mag's Publication of Marriage Photos of Singer
August 30, 2012
To Ninth Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown, the appeal in copyright case <i>Monge v. Maya Magazines</i> read "like a telenovela, a Spanish soap opera." McKeown wrote that the Spanish-language gossip magazine <i>TVNotas</i> violated the copyright of Noelia Lorenzo Monge, a Puerto Rican pop singer known mostly by her first name, and her husband, Jorge Reynoso, a music producer, by publishing private wedding photographs that apparently had been stolen from them.
China Opportunities for U.S. Entertainment Industry Still Saddled with Government and 'Copycat' Hurdles
August 30, 2012
<i>Entertainment Law & Finance</i> Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher traveled to China over the summer to teach the course 'American Music Goes to Court' at the International College of Beijing. He reports here, in a two-part series, on the state of entertainment industry issues in China, as U.S. companies try to expand their reach there. Part One covers the current state of copyright law in China and discusses TV and film concerns.
The New York Convention for the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
July 30, 2012
Cross-border equipment lessors and their financiers often prefer binding arbitration clauses in their lease agreements on the assumption that, under the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, an arbitral award granted, for example, in the United States would be simple and quick to enforce in the foreign jurisdiction of the lessee. This, however, is not necessarily the case.
Digital Copiers Don't Forget
May 29, 2012
Risk mitigation requires a good understanding of where the vulnerabilities are, and one that many companies have missed is the sensitive data that likely reside in the hard drive memories of printers, copiers, and fax machines.
Digital Copiers Don't Forget
April 29, 2012
The measures discussed in this article can help organizations to manage the risks associated with operating in the digital environment. This is important because, in 2012, ignorance of what your copier remembers is no longer a defense.
Random House Suit Brings Renewed Push For 'E-Book' Rights in Older Contracts
March 30, 2012
The e-book format continues to be a growing force in book publishing. Worldwide sales are predicted to reach nearly $10 billion by 2016 ' compared to $3.2 billion in 2011. Current publishing agreements offered by book publishers unambiguously transfer electronic rights as well as print rights. But whether licenses granted by authors in older book publishing agreements can be construed to embrace this new technology is a major question for the industry. The answer will determine whether traditional publishers, or authors and the digital startups that some of them now choose to license to, will control e-book publishing of lucrative classic titles. This
