Articles in Channel: Media, Entertainment & Sports Law

USF Contribution Factor - 15.3%

March 12, 2010 19:38

Today, the FCC released its proposed Universal Service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2010.  As predicted, it is 15.3% The new rate will go into effect starting April 1, 2010.   

DPPA: East Coast vs. West Coast Showdown?

March 11, 2010 20:05

Today, we have a guest post from Biana Borukhovich, Law Student at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Author of "Fashion Design: The Work of Art That is Still Unrecognized in the United States," Wake Forest L. Rev. (April 2009) and founder and President of the...

LA Textile Show: Your Opportunity to Source More Than Fabric!

March 11, 2010 03:14

If you are in Los Angeles and plan on sourcing fabrics or trims next week at the Los Angeles International Textile  Show (also know as L.A. Textile 2010) at the California Market Center ("CMC"), I will there too! I am honored to be speaking at the following two seminars: On...

Jury Picked and Trial Commences in SCO v. Novell UNIX Code Copyright Ownership Dispute

March 10, 2010 22:34

The back story to the dispute between The SCO Group and Novell, Inc., over the ownership of copyrights to UNIX source code is lengthy indeed. But we'll spare you the details and just say that the ownership of the copyrights is a critical issue because it is that very source code that underlies...

Westmoreland Hall Maines & Lugrin secures $8.3 million negligence verdict for 2004 explosion at Pasadena warehouse fire

Mike Androvett
March 10, 2010 21:53

The March 2004 explosion at Control Solutions Inc. rattled Pasadena residents. More than 100 firefighters struggled more than 10 hours before containing the blaze, while state, local and federal environmental authorities worked to prevent air and groundwater contamination. Six years later,...

ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATION: LINDSAY LOHAN SUES E*TRADE FOR $100 MILLION

March 10, 2010 21:15

ACTRESS CLAIMS BABY GIRLFRIEND COMMERCIAL IS ABOUT HERActress Lindsay Lohan is once again in the news. This time, however, it's not because of what Lohan and her running buddies have done in some nightclub, or the latest in the ongoing...ACTRESS CLAIMS BABY GIRLFRIEND COMMERCIAL IS ABOUT HERActress...

Wake Up and Smell the Threats: Two Recent Examples of Why Municipalities Need Cyber Insurance

Pamela Pengelley
March 10, 2010 16:56

Odd as it may seem to those of us who live and breathe cyber, tech and privacy insurance, I have heard anecdotally of municipal authorities who profess that their cities and towns do not need to incur the expense of buying cyber insurance. “Why do we need it? We don’t operate on the internet,” they ...

Three Keyword Rules for Law Firm Websites

Geri L. Dreiling
March 10, 2010 14:29

Prospective clients use keywords to find lawyers and get answers to their legal questions. For organic search engine results — those listings that appear on pages that are not ads — keyword usage is essential. Follow these three rules when preparing your legal content to give your law firm's web...

New FTC Commissioners Confirmed

March 09, 2010 20:58

It has been quiet on the FCC front as all hands seem to be focused on the upcoming National Broadband Plan.  In the meantime, I didn't want this development at the FTC to go unnoticed.  Our firm's sister blog, Adlawaccess, provided this report on the confirmation of two new...

FGILA Red Carpet Fund Raiser: Meet the Designers

March 09, 2010 19:23

Last October, Fashion Group International of Los Angeles (FGILA) kicked off LA Fashion Week with a spectacular event called…MEET The Designer & The Muse THAT INSPIRES THEM… It was historic … as it was the first time ever, to have so many fashion artists in the same room or...