The Work For Hire Doctrine Before And After The Copyright Act of 1976
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Imagine you are an inspiring film producer with a terrific idea for a major television mini-series or feature film. In order to pitch your product to the studios or an established producer who can arrange financing, you need a script.
After shopping around you find a struggling writer who agrees to write your script for [...]
Personal Injury Claims And The Presence Of A Specialist Lawyer
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Personal injury claims are said to be an effective law branch where it is made sure that the victims of specific accidents should be compensated fir their sufferings, pains and losses. Like all the other law cases, it is advised to all the victims to get the professional guidance from the specialist lawyers.
The presence [...]
Finally, The California Lemon Law Is In Effect And Can Keep Up With Other Laws That Protect Consumer
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There are so many laws in California that you sometimes wonder if there is anything you can do at all without breaking one of them. Even though that is true, it’s really good that the consumer can feel protected and aided in making sure that they do not get taken when they purchase a [...]
Finding A Lawyer To Fight Your Brain Injury Claim
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The normal individual would think that tragedy could ever happen to them. They are safe from harm, and tragedy only happen to other people. Mostly, they’re likely correct, until the unthinkable takes place. A friend experiences the most terrible sort of tragedy: a brain injury, or possibly a wrongful death. Such an event would have [...]
What Part of Your Settlement Award Do You Have To Claim to the IRS?
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Outside the legal community, Dennis Rodman is well known for his ferocious defense and rebounding skill during his long career in the NBA as well as his tattoos, piercings and wild off-the-court partying lifestyle. In the legal community, Mr. Rodman is well known for causing an incident that led to a landmark tax law [...]
What Out For “Other Insurance” Clauses Regarding Underinsured Motorist Coverage
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After what seemed (to a plaintiff’s lawyer) like an almost endless string of pro-insurance company decisions out of the Pennsylvania appellate courts, insureds finally have a case to cheer about, Generette v. Donegal Mutual. Decided on October 23, 2008 by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Generette case involves a pro-insured ruling relating to [...]
Latest Judgement On Splitting A Family Business After Divorce
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Although only a first instance Judgment in the High Court, any owner of a business going through a divorce or about to go through a divorce may draw some comfort from the Judgment of Justice Moylan in the case H and H reported at the beginning of 2009. The wife’s claim, following a 15 year [...]
The California Lemon Law - Where Did It Come From?
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Not many people understand where laws began but many times it’s important to know this to help you better understand the law itself. This is also true with the California Lemon Law.
This law started in 1979 by a woman in Lemon Grove, California. She purchased a car and while waiting it to be [...]
Are Businesses Ready For The New ACAS Code Of Practice?
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The new ACAS Code of Practice replaces the statutory dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures from 6th April 2009. Set out below is a summary of the changes.
Removal of the Statutory Dismissal, Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.
The much controversial statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedure (SDDP) and statutory grievance procedures (SGP) will be abolished and replaced with [...]
Famous American Legal Cases: Cippollone v. Liggett Group
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In 1988, in Newark, New Jersey, Rose Cippollone’s family won the first civil suit victory against a tobacco company in United States history. What the Cippollone family did not realize, however, was that its legal battles were only beginning and that Liggett would fight the verdict to the Supreme Court, and beyond.
The Case
Rose Cippollone [...]