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Is an agreement to share in an income stream derived from copyright exploitation subject to copyright termination?
May 17, 2023 - In 1998, Sonny Bono (“Sonny”) went up a mountain to ski in South Lake Tahoe but failed to make it back down. The death of a music icon who had ...
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Listening and seeing – perceiving reality
April 26, 2023 - Ten years ago my brother-in- law, John, an award-winning tele- vision writer, director and producer, taught a class on storytelling at a local uni...
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Groundwater adjudication cases are best resolved through mediation
April 26, 2023 - By Hon. Patrick Walsh (Ret.) You don’t have to be a water lawyer to know that California is finding it increasingly dif- ficult to find enough w...
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When is a “Genuine Issue” a Defense Against Insurance Bad Faith?
April 18, 2023 - By George Knopfler T he “genuine issue” or “genuine dispute” doctrine is a product of California case law. The doctrine has evolved an...
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New Title IX rules will require new approaches to resolution
March 31, 2023 - By Angela Reddock-Wright W e’ve all heard the shocking stories. Over the past three years, students at Michigan State University, the Univers...
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Term Sheets and Mediator Proposals; Not Always Enforceable, but Valuable
March 30, 2023 - By Suzanne H. Segal and Mark Loeterman A fter a long, challenging day of mediation, the par- ties frequently reach agree- ment on the essenti...
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Options for bypassing employment arbitration are changing
March 03, 2023 - By Jonathan Andrews W hen it upheld a lower court’s injunction against a California law banning mandatory employment arbitration, the Ninth Cir...
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Johnson & Johnson’s Texas two-step fail
February 17, 2023 - By Catherine E. Bauer O n its website factsabout- talc.com, Johnson & Johnson claims that “…addressing each and ev- ery one of the talc cases ...
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Even “toxic” clients deserve to have divorces effectively litigated or settled
December 13, 2022 - By Hank Goldberg F amily law attorneys could learn a thing or two from criminal defense attorneys. When a criminal defense attorney represents a...
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Third-parent claims require careful navigation
October 21, 2022 - By Patti Ratekin Imagine that you have raised a child from a young age. You’ve been part of every milestone in his life, comforting him when he ...
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Where can I do the Texas two-step in bankruptcy court?
September 29, 2022 - By Catherine Bauer It’s no secret that bankruptcy attorneys have preferred ven- ues when it comes to filing mega Chapter 11 cases. They say they...
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Celebrities should have a will (or a trust) of their own
September 23, 2022 - By Clifford L. Klein W`hen she died on Au- gust 11 as the result of a fiery car crash, actress Anne Heche left behind two sons from former relat...