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It’s fairly well-known that if you want to feature a song in a video posted on social media, you should first obtain a license for the synchronization rights. But what about a song that isn’t featured in a video but just happens to be playing in the background when a video is created? Even if […]
The U.S. Supreme Court just made it easier to raise constitutional challenges to the use of special administrative courts by federal agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Companies pulled into time-consuming and expensive FTC and SEC administrative proceedings now have the option of going straight to […]
“Whether you are the planner or the valuation expert, it is prudent to have a firm understanding of this new law, the protections it affords to your clients and the potential impact on value, and therefore planning opportunities,” according to Eric Bardwell of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell and Carsten Hoffmann of Stout. By Eric […]
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy for corporate criminal enforcement, governing how all U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAOs) across the country determine whether a company has made a voluntary self-disclosure of criminal wrongdoing, and how USAOs will credit companies for making such disclosures. This new policy sets a […]
Eric Bardwell co-wrote the article, “AB 2245: California’s New Law and Its Impact on Estate Planning,” published by The Recorder on February 28, 2023.
Guy Maisnik published an article titled, “Our founding fathers and your mixed-use real estate CC&Rs,” in Reuters Legal News and Westlaw Today on February 27, 2023.
An article by Bob Braun titled “Data Security and Privacy in Hospitality – Who’s Paying the Bill?” was published by Hospitality Net on March 22, 2023.
On February 15, 2023, a federal appeals court blocked a California law that prohibited employers from requiring their workers to resolve legal disputes in private arbitration. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a 2-1 decision held that the law cannot be enforced because it conflicts with […]
As a matter of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that in court proceedings affecting a mark that is the subject of a U.S. trademark application or registration, a foreign-domiciled applicant or registrant can be served through the domestic agent designated by it in the United States Patent and Trademark Office […]
Can Twitter and Other Online Platforms Legally Moderate Content? By Julian Oscar Alvarez, Litigation Department and Nathan M. Shaw, Corporate Department In recent months, a growing number of commentators have suggested that an internet platform such as Twitter commits censorship when it chooses to remove content a user posts on one of its webpages, and/or […]
