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Broadcast Law Blog
How Misunderstandings about Big Numbers Distort the Debate over Songwriter Digital Music Royalties – As the DOJ Readies its Recommendations for Reform of the ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees
Press reports indicate that the Department of Justice is nearing the completion of its study of whether to suggest the revision of the antitrust consent decrees that have bound ASCAP and…
Virtual Currency Report
California Legislature Proposes Virtual Currency License
By Lowell D. Ness, J. Dax Hansen, Dsu-Wei Yuen, Hailey You
On February 27, 2015, California Assembly member Matt Dababneh (D - Encino) introduced AB 1326, which would require virtual currency businesses to be licensed by the Department of Business Oversight (DBO).…
PropertyProf Blog
Schindler on Underground Dining
Sarah Schindler (Maine) has posted Regulating the Underground: Secret Supper Clubs, Pop-Up Restaurants, and the Role of Law (Chicago Law Review - Dialogue) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Instagram pictures of…
Professional Liability Advocate
Licensing Boards Can Fine You – Even If They Can’t Find You
It the fast-paced world of health care, it is easy to forget the simple things – like notifying your state licensing board about address changes. It seems trivial, but there…
Alcohol Law Advisor
South Carolina Court Upholds Constitutionality of Statutory Limitation on Retail Dealer Licenses
Retail Services & Systems, Inc., dba Total Wine & More v. South Carolina Department of Revenue and ABC Stores of South Carolina A trial-level court in South Carolina recently issued…
InsureReinsure
“NARAB II” Will Ease Insurance Producer Nonresident Licensing Burden
By Anthony Sherman, Troutman Pepper Locke
Anthony B. Sherman, partner in our Chicago office, discusses how Congress has put in place a mechanism to streamline nonresident licensing for insurance producers. The National Association of Registered Agents…
Intellectual Property
In the case of Netflix and VPNs, All Roads Lead to Licensing Woes
Adapting intellectual property law to the Internet is no small feat--even streaming giant Netflix is encountering issues. And it all comes back to licensing. Reports rolled in from around the web…
PropertyProf Blog
Essert on Property as the Law of Things
Christopher Essert (Queens) has posted Property in Licenses and the Law of Things (McGill Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:A theoretical account of property rights needs to identify what,…
All About Advertising Law
3-D Printing – The End of Shopping As We Know It
3-D printing is one of the most disruptive technologies to penetrate the market place. While it is currently and extensively used for prototype design, medical devices and creating novelty items,…
Intellectual Property
How Marvel divided the rights to its kingdom
Marvel Studios practically broke Twitter Tuesday afternoon when it announced phase 3 for its movies. But although it’s got a pretty full slate for the next 5 years (at least),…