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Has it been three years already? Should you start preparing fo an actors’ strike?
Although it feels like the actors strike just ended, the SAG and AFTRA commercials contracts are expiring again at the end of October. Since we won’t know for several months whether there will be a strike, there are some important things that you can do now to prepare yourself and your clients in the event that union production is interrupted. Read more.
August 20, 2003
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Statements Made in Dispute over Authenticity of Art Not Covered by the Lanham Act
In the recent case of Boule v. Hutton, 328 F.3d 84 (2d Cir. 2003), the Second Circuit declined to extend the availability of the Lanham Act to claims for false representation outside the context of mainstream commercial advertising. Read more.
August 6, 2003
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“Protecting Against Defamation Claims From Docudrama Productions”
Entertainment Law & Finance, Vol. 19, No. 3 published Sean F. Kane's article "Protecting Against Defamation Claims From Docudrama Productions".
June 30, 2003
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Doing a Pitch? Who Owns the Ideas?
A jury in Michigan sent shock waves through the advertising industry earlier this month when it awarded more than thirty million dollars to two men who alleged that Taco Bell stole from them the idea of using a Chihuahua in advertising. Read more.
June 15, 2003
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To Shred or Not to Shred: Document Retention Policies and Federal Obstruction of Justice Statutes
Chief Justice Rehnquist cited Christopher Chase's article in the Arthur Andersen v. United States decision (544 U.S. 696) (2005). View Article
March 21, 2003
In the Press: Praise
Frankfurt Kurnit in Black Enterprise Magazine 2002
Black Enterprise Magazine named Lisa E. Davis as one of "Top 50 Black Power Brokers in Entertainment" in 2002. Read more.
December 10, 2002
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Marketing Debacle - All About Endorsements
Sony suffered embarrassing allegations for the second time about its advertising recently, after the news media uncovered that Sony had used its employees to give an endorsement in a television commercial for one of its own films, "The Patriot." Read more.
September 16, 2001
