I'm pleased to have been asked to join an impressive panel of lawyers, including internet defamation attorney Adrianos Fachetti; class action attorney H. Scott Leviant; Barger & Wolen Marketing Director Heather Milligan, and mediator attorney Victoria Pynchon, to discuss how lawyers can use and benefit from social media. The Details:
Update: According to those in the know (and some of our comment authors), the licensure requirement is unlikely to survive the reconciliation process with the House bill. Apparently, this licensing requirement was added by state Senators late in the process, and is not part of the original bill authored by Rep. Smith..
President Obama today named Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Justice David Souter upon his retirement at the end of the current term. Ben Sheffner of the Copyrights and Campaigns blog points out that before her appointment to the Federal Bench by then President ...
In part I of this series, I discussed the current backlog on registrations at the copyright office. Here, I discuss a more fundamental issue which questions the very validity of every copyright registration. Questions about the validity of U.S. Copyright Registrations may require dismissal of every copyright suit!? In most U.S. District Courts, copyright registration is a ...
Entertainment Lawyers are always quick to advise their clients to register copyrights in their work. Today, however, a couple of issues have arisen that make me wonder if the current US Copyright registration system isn't in trouble. Major Backlog at the Copyright Office raises questions about the whole system. First, the Washington Post reports ...
On my other website, I've just posted an article about financing film and theatre projects, and how producers often shoot themselves in the foot by seeking investors on the internet. Here's the link
In recent weeks, I’ve begun to see more and more independent filmmakers and theatre producers using forums, chat rooms, and other internet-services to seek out investors for their projects. In most cases, these inquiries are couched in plain language: “Seeking investors for independent film” or similar. Unfortunately for these producers, their use of ...