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Picture this: You're just about set to open a new workplace in Smallsville. The only hurdle remaining is finding the right person to manage the new location.

In Warner Chappel Music, Inc., v. Sherman Nealy, [22–1078] (May 9, 2024), the Supreme Court finally clarified copyright's 3-year statute of limitations (17 U. S. C. §507(b))...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a Final Rule banning non-compete agreements ("NCAs") nationwide.

A recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals established that an entity that acquires all of another entity's assets and liabilities inherits the transferring entity's status for purposes...

Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and civil rights activist who was the first African American member of the U.S. Supreme Court, serving as an associate justice from 1967 to 1991. As an attorney, he successfully argued before the Supreme Court the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

The decision is yet another in a long line of cases in which courts defer to the authority of sports league Commissioners.

On May 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Warner Chappell Music Inc. et al. v. Sherman Nealy et al. (No. 22-1078), holding that copyright owners can recover damages going back more...

Under the Copyright Act, "there is no time limit on monetary recovery" for a timely claim. So held the Supreme Court last week in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy.

Childish Gambino successfully took victory in a copyright case after being accused of plagiarism over his hit single 'This is America'.

In Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending a text message to...