The music industry’s widely anticipated Mechanical Licensing Collective (“MLC”) officially went into effect at the beginning of January 2021. The MLC, which was created via the passage of the Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) in 2018, was created to administer a…
The bankruptcy code provides a debtor with the power to either reject or assume an executory contract. The debtor must decide 60 days after filing for chapter 7 or before the reorganization confirmation in a chapter 11 case, to reject…
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards featured a Michael Jackson performance like no other: a holographic Jackson moonwalked once again as he sang “Slave to the Rhythm,” a song from the new, posthumously released Jackson album “Xscape.” The legality surrounding holographic…
Loot boxes are random chance purchases inside a game. Gamers pay real money for a box whose contents can range from a pedestrian low-value in-game item to a rare and costly in-game treasure. FIFA, an annually released football simulation video…
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, a Broadway usher tested positive for COVID-19. A day later, on March 12, 2020, one of New York’s most significant cultural institutions, and a symbol of the city itself, entered an indiscernibly long hiatus when…
Several industries rely on high volumes of creative input from their labor forces; the legal, accounting, medical, and financial fields are infamous for time demands placed on employees. Tech professionals also confront similar high-volume work periods, typically before a big…
Epic Games is known for its over-the-top and bombastic video games such as the smash hit, Fortnite. It turns out Epic Games’ approach to legal disputes is just as bombastic as its approach to game development. On August 13, 2020,…
Are feelings protected expression? On September 23, 2020, Netflix released the “Enola Holmes” movie despite being embroiled in a lawsuit for alleged copyright and trademark infringement brought by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the author of the Sherlock…
Apple created an App Store to give customers a wide range of apps they can use form their iPhone. Apple takes a 30% standard fee of all in app purchases, in exchange for allowing developers access to the App Store.…
While the fight between movie studios and theater chains over the exclusivity period has been ongoing, who would have thought it would take a pandemic taking place for this issue to come to a head. We are living in a…
The recent popularity of reality television has generated a new category of talent. Reality television stars like Snooki, Kelly Clarkson, and Kim Kardashian have become famous merely because of their appearance on reality television.[1] This new definition of “talent” has…
Recent box office hit, Hustlers, featuring a slew of well-established celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to Cardi B, has come under fire for claims of exploitation and defamation from the very woman who inspired the movie plot.[1] That woman is Samantha…
