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Copyright Office Updates Takedown Notice Agent Registration
January 01, 2017
The Copyright Office has mandated a new procedure for how online service providers — including websites, hosting companies, mobile app publishers and other online services that permit user-generated content — must designate an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement under the DMCA.
Injunction of the DOL's Overtime Rule and Its Appeal
January 01, 2017
Is the Department of Labor overtime rule now dead? Will the overtime rule be modified to a more modest version? Much uncertainty remains regarding the recently announced overtime rule in both the legal and the political sphere.
The Continuing Evolution of the False Claims Act
January 01, 2017
The number of lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) continues to increase. In 2015 alone, relators filed over 600 qui tam complaints — and courts awarded over $3.5 billion — under the FCA.
<i>Decision of Note</i><br>NY Apps. Court Says Pre-'72 Recordings Have No Public Performance Right
January 01, 2017
No common law right of public performance exists in New York state to compel Sirius XM Radio to pay fees for the use of pre-Feb. 15, 1972 sound recordings by popular artists such as The Turtles, the state's highest court ruled in <i>Flo & Eddie Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc.</i>
Quarterly State Compliance Review
January 01, 2017
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect Jan. 1, 2017.
Presidential Cybersecurity Handoff
January 01, 2017
Given the pending change in administration and uncertainty around President-elect Trump's priorities on cybersecurity, an analysis of the current federal cyber landscape may yield insights into how the next administration might prioritize their approach on this important front.
Law Departments and Clients Face Budgetary Concerns in 2017
January 01, 2017
Law departments are not being asked to do more with less? Instead, they are being asked to do more with more (though sometimes their budget increases are not keeping up with their new responsibilities).
Corporate Guilt and Individual Innocence in Financial Fraud
January 01, 2017
Comparing the success of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in extracting guilty pleas from companies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with the DOJ's notable trial failures in FCPA matters brought against individuals is particularly instructive when we are discussing individual versus corporate criminal accountability, as we did in the first part of this article.<br><i><b>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i>
Internet Law in a Trump Presidency
January 01, 2017
President Trump is already being pressured to reverse President Obama's Open Internet Order (also known as “net neutrality”) and take an aggressive stance against it. It remains to be seen how President Trump will balance the call for privacy regulations amidst our country's vulnerability to cyber-attacks.
Trademark Board Amends Its Rules of Practice
January 01, 2017
Entertainment and intellectual property practitioners and businesses should take note of these changes, as they directly inform the manner in which these matters will be handled moving forward and could potentially affect outcomes.

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