Articles in Channel: Media, Entertainment & Sports Law

Mobile Content Providers Settle Unauthorized Billing Class Action

September 02, 2010 17:00

While the FCC has taken an interest in mobile marketing by carriers -- most notably with investigations of carrier early termination fees and proceedings examining wireless consumer "bill shock" -- it also is helpful to remember that the mobile content providers are subject to...

Secrets of Reality TV Participant Contracts

September 01, 2010 22:15

How much would it cost a reality show participant who revealed a secret storyline twist before the episode was broadcast?  If the show in question is Survivor, the tattle-taler (tattle-teller?) could be looking at lawsuit from the producers for $5 million. Eriq Gardner at THR, Esq. points out...

Canadian Copyright and Derivative Rights in Non-Fiction Books

September 01, 2010 17:38

Matt Galsor (writing at Law Law Land) answers the question:  I Want to Write a Screenplay About a Guy Who Uses a Particular, Published Book. Do I Still Need to Option the Book?  The question relates to using a book as the basis for a movie - not using a novel, however, but using a...

A US Perspective on Tax Credits

September 01, 2010 17:32

Writing at the NYSBA's The Entertainment, Art and Sports Law Blog, Bennett Liebman reports on the recent expansion of New York State's film and TV production (and post-production) tax credits - and also offers, among other things, a snapshot of tax credit programs across the US, a handy capsule...

Jersey Shore Trade-marks: The (Canadian) Situation

September 01, 2010 13:41

A flurry of stories appeared in August 2010 about the stymied efforts of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, cast member of the MTV hit Jersey Shore, to register her nickname as a trade-mark in the United States.  The news stories themselves (such as this item at The Smoking Gun) focused...

Late-Filed Forms Update: Airband Seeks Review of FCC Denial

September 01, 2010 13:15

Last week, we posted an entry about the tough stance the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau is taking on late-filed Universal Service Forms submitted by contributors.  One of the parties whose USF appeal was denied, Airband Communications, has filed an application for review of the...

Regulation Spreads to Advertisements on Corporate Websites and Social Networking Sites

September 01, 2010 12:47

The Advertising Standards Authority, ASA, announced on the 1st September 2010 an extension of its regulatory remit, from March 2011, which will give the Regulator jurisdiction over all marketing communications on the Internet including those on corporate websites and social media networks such...

Roger Clemens Pleads Not Guilty. Now what?

September 01, 2010 00:42

Yesterday, former Red Sox and Yankee star pitcher entered a plea of not guilty to federal perjury and obstruction of Congress charges. This story was widely reported but little was mentioned about what happens with Clemens' case between now and the April 5, 2011 trial date. Well, it may not be...

The question facing women lawyers: money or balance?

Mike Androvett
August 31, 2010 20:30

So, is the biggest problem facing women lawyers the fact that they earn, on average, tens of thousands of dollars less than their male colleagues, or is it that their work hours are so brutal that they leave the profession? Both are serious problems, writes Dallas lawyer Kathleen Wu in this...

ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATION: COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMS NOMINEE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE

August 31, 2010 06:17

JURIST ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING FIRST FILIPINO-AMERICAN STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICEMy practice and this blog is focused on entertainment, media and intellectual property litigation. However, the past week -- an historic one for the Filipino and Asian American legal...JURIST ONE STEP CLOSER TO...