LOS ANGELES – A Lancaster man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for criminal copyright infringement for illegally posting screener versions of two movies – “The Revenant” and “The Peanuts Movie” – to a publicly accessible website. As a result of the illegal upload, “The Revenant” was available for download six days before its
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The Global 100 top law firms showed a slow and steady approach to their growth, according to the American Lawyer release of the world’s biggest law firms. The top 100 showed a slower growth in 2015 with the highest revenues after the sixth, consecutive year of gains, the survey reported. The top firms were: 1.
Groundbreaking annual study ranks the performance of AmLaw 100 firms on performance, reach and engagement on social media platforms and thought leadership Leading digital marketing agency Good2bSocial has released its third annual Social Media Law Firm Index, the only study of its kind that takes a comprehensive look at the top 100 law firms in
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Being ‘unfriended’ on Facebook is a face-slap many face – but now a New York judge has used it to unfriend an entire firm – Kirkland & Ellis – who sent a ‘rookie lawyer’ to defend Facebook against two lawsuits accusing the social network of facilitating terrorism. The lawsuits are supported by 20,000 plaintiffs and
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Glamorous civil rights lawyer Amal Clooney’s next move in her fight against the corrupt and inhumane is the world’s worst current scouge – ISIS. Fighting ISIS is something that requires more than bombing missions and special forces for Ms Clooney, but how exactly can they be sued for their depraved criminality? Supported (of course) by
Divorce supremo lawyer Lauren Wasser has landed her biggest client in Angelina Jolie and the media circus will only grow. As the lawyer for such celebrity splitters as Kourtney Kadashian, Halle Berry and others, Wasser is the unquestioned queen of celebrity divorces. Her first major, headline-grabbing case involved Stevie Wonder, who was being sued by his
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Littler – On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing actions.1 OSHA issued these guidelines based on its concern that certain confidentiality and other provisions in settlement agreements may unlawfully restrict or
Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by NVIDIA Corporation of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.20% notes due 2021 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.20% notes due 2026. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA Corporation is a computer technology company that has pioneered GPU-accelerated computing. The Davis
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Dating a lawyer might seem to be your life’s work – both in getting one, and then keeping her/him – but let’s first do the prep. Lawyers, good ones at least, believe greatly in preparation and in order to date a lawyer successfully you need to know some home truths. If you can get past
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Davis Polk – Technology companies routinely conduct patent sales, whether through high-profile auctions like the one recently proposed by Yahoo, or as part of ordinary-course asset divestitures. There are many considerations to address when conducting a patent sale to ensure that both the buyer and seller realize maximum value from the transaction; however, one issue in particular that is sometimes overlooked is the importance of assessing
