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The National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau has released a new list of things companies cannot do in advertisements.
Small victory for LimeWire as federal judge rules statutory damages for P2P infringement constitute one infringement, not multiple.
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As the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the National Football League (NFL) and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) expires today and the two sides continue to maneuver in anticipation of a lockout, the owners now will likely have to go to the mattresses with a slightly smaller war chest. And by slightly, I [...]
Continue Reading →Lindsay Lohan’s tumultuous career faces a new obstacle with a lawsuit filed against the starlet in a Nevada district court. Lorit Simon, represented by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.‘s Las Vegas office, filed a complaint this month alleging that Lohan failed to provide payment for mobile tanning services. The complaint [...]
Continue Reading →Last November, tour promotion company Live Nation initiated a $5.35 million breach of contract suit against former chairman Michael Cohl. Now, Cohl is fighting back, alleging in a countersuit that Live Nation breached that contract by interfering with Cohl’s opportunity to secure promotional rights to the Rolling Stones 2011 tour.
Cohl left [...]
Continue Reading →The lead character “Dora” of Nickelodeon’s wildly popular animated television show, “Dora the Explorer,” has embarked on a variety of journeys during her ten years on the air. Interestingly, “Dora’s” most recent excursion involves a trip to the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. More specifically, fourteen-year-old Caitlin Sanchez, [...]
Continue Reading →The Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Vanderbilt Law Professor Richard Nagareda. Professor Nagareda passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 8, 2010. He was an outstanding professor and wonderful friend to many, and touched many lives during [...]
Continue Reading →Lane Kiffin can’t catch a break. Not that he deserves one. On Monday, the Tennessee Titans joined in on the Lane Kiffin bashing with the rest of the state of Tennessee by filing suit against Kiffin and the University of Southern California. This came just days after Titans head coach, Jeff Fisher, Continue Reading →
A Los Angeles County jury recently awarded Don Johnson $23.2 million in lost profits for his role in the 90′s television show “Nash Bridges.”
In February 2009, Johnson sued three entertainment companies associated with the show’s production — Rysher Entertainment, 2929 Entertainment, and Qualia Captial — in Los Angeles [...]
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