Above The Law

JUNE 13, 2024

Which lawyers were honored on this year's illustrious list of entertainment dealmakers and litigators? The post The Hollywood 100: America’s Top Entertainment ‘Power Lawyers’ (2024) appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The post Legendary Titan Of Hollywood’s Entertainment Law Bar Passes Away appeared first on Above the Law. What a tremendous loss for the legal community.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

A Day For Innovation, Insight, And Entertainment appeared first on Above the Law. ILTACON attendees and legal tech watchers: Here's a rundown of what's set for today in Nashville. The post Welcome To ILTACON 2024!

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Above The Law

JUNE 11, 2024

The post National Society Of Entertainment And Arts Lawyers Presents The David A. NSEAL is made up of the country’s top artists’ rights advocates and has litigated some of the most important artists’ rights cases over the past couple of decades. Pierce Award appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The post Entertaining As Alexa Is, Coloring Books Are Way Less Dangerous appeared first on Above the Law. Alexa and Siri have some explaining to do.

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Law 360

APRIL 20, 2023

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Thursday that it has brought aboard an attorney with 30 years of experience in the entertainment world to join its Los Angeles office as chair of its motion picture, television and entertainment finance practice group.

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Law 360

JUNE 1, 2023

Paul Hastings LLP continued with its hiring spree by adding a former co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's entertainment, sports and media practice in Los Angeles, the firm announced Thursday.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2023

New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday released a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. ” Additionally, James expressed concern that MSG Entertainment’s policy may deter lawyers from accepting cases that involve litigation against MSG Entertainment. .”

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2023

Radio giant iHeartMedia announced on Monday that it has hired a former senior corporate counsel from Amazon's Audible as its executive vice president of business affairs and chief entertainment counsel.

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Law 360

APRIL 24, 2023

The Delaware judge overseeing a stockholder challenge to AMC Entertainment's controversial stock conversion proposal said Monday she will seek help to review the flood of comments, letters, requests to intervene and objections the court has received to a proposed settlement of the case.

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Above The Law

MAY 10, 2023

The post Anyone Remember When Movies Were About Entertainment As Opposed To Selling Unrelated Crap? A preemptive cobranding campaign of this magnitude is kind of like if the movie industry and the marketing industry had a baby and named it 'Too Big to Fail.' appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

The Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) prohibits the performance of “adult cabaret entertainment” in public or in the potential presence of minors.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

“This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy; Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at undermining Native sovereignty”: Elie Mystal has this article in the December 12, 2022 issue of The Nation.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

Wong Yiu-ming, aka Anthony Wong, and Au jointly face one count of engaging in corrupt conduct to provide others with entertainment and refreshments at an election in violation of § 12(1)(a) of the Elections Corrupt and Illegal Conduct Ordinance (ECICO).

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of India declined to entertain a petition seeking to declare the caste system unconstitutional on Tuesday. “We are not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India,” stated the CJI, as the bench dismissed the plea. The bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2023

In the day’s discussion of these questions, some clues to the future of entertainment in the car may have emerged. The desire to continue providing service to the public from AM stations was the broadcaster’s vision of the future of entertainment options in the car. But that vision of the future may not be shared by all.

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HowAppealing

JULY 9, 2022

“‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right’s efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices; A former evangelical leader details his group’s extensive program to influence Justices Thomas, Alito and Scalia through meals and entertainment.” ” Peter S.

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Law 360

AUGUST 18, 2022

Exceleration Music, a partnership of global music industry leaders, has hired longtime industry attorney Jennifer Newman Sharpe as its general counsel and head of legal and business affairs.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2023

Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Parker ruled that the AEA violates First Amendment rights. He stated that free speech does not extend to just words.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The former vice president of licensing lead and business affairs at music streaming platform Tidal has joined entertainment boutique firm Granderson Des Rochers as senior counsel in Los Angeles, the firm said.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise. On Wednesday, New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging that the maker of a highly popular mobile game knowingly collects and sells the personal data of children under the age of thirteen.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The tribe operates the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center near El Paso, where it offers bingo activities. A 1994 decision by the Fifth Circuit read the Restoration Act to grant Texas regulatory authority over non-prohibited gaming activities on tribal lands.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

Disney filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials, accusing them of spearheading a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power” against the entertainment giant.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But he is entertaining. The post Not Exactly A Shining Example Of The Legal Profession appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

The founder of this music and entertainment firm has the scoop on how to succeed in a practice area that’s known for being a boys’ club. The post Alter Kendrick & Baron’s Founder Shares Her Thoughts On Breaking Into And Thriving In A Male-Dominated Practice Area appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Desmond from interfering with the Blount County Pride Festival under Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA). The AEA bans “male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest” in public. The Blount County Pride Festival was held on Saturday as planned.

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Above The Law

MAY 15, 2024

Although it's polite to entertain this flight of fancy for a short time, the two experiences are not similar. The post Business School And Law School Should Not Be Compared appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2024

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the court’s decision creates a back door into speech regulation that favors large, commercial entertainment products over individuals using those works for “fair use” expression.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 7, 2023

While it is entertaining to explore the links that come up when you Google “RBF,” there is a serious lesson in this for lawyers. The post Convert ‘Resting B h Face’ to ‘Neutral Alert’ appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Exceptions are made for places of worship, health reasons, local customs, art, entertainment and advertising. The initiative was brought by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party and aims to prohibit hiding one’s face in all public places or private spaces accessible to the public. Offenders face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A new option for those hoping to attend one of the country's top entertainment law schools. The post Say Hello To The Nation’s First ABA-Approved Fully Online J.D. Program appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2024

The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to entertain a petition challenging legislation that gives the Tamil Nadu state government control over Hindu temples, the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act of 1959 (HRCEA).

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2022

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settling the federal lawsuit against the entertainment giant. A California judge has approved video game company Activision Blizzard’s settlement Tuesday with the U.S

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Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2023

Delaware's chancellor ordered Madison Square Garden Entertainment on Tuesday to provide more answers and depositions to stockholders who sued in Delaware's Chancery Court over their alleged shortchanging in MSG Networks' $900 million merger with MSG Entertainment last year.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Lawyer Monthly ] * Pro se Rudy is the most entertaining Rudy. * TikTok hires Noel Francisco to get ban struck down. Law360 ] * Gibson Dunn hires senior SEC enforcement official. Did they miss the news that the crypto industry would boycott firms hiring from the SEC ? American Lawyer ] * Collusion by algorithm is still, you know, collusion.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2021

” Quaintance also emphasized that Noor “shot across the nose” of his partner in the squad car when residents of a nearby house were entertaining on their porch. . “However, I do not know any authority that would make that grounds for reducing your sentence.”

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Law 360

MARCH 28, 2024

shareholder Blackwells Capital on Thursday asked Delaware's Court of the Chancery to force Disney to open its books and records as the investor looks into potential wrongdoing and mismanagement stemming from the entertainment giant's dealings with ValueAct Capital. An affiliate of Walt Disney Co.

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