Cardozo AELJ

Anticipating The New “Green Guides”: FTC Promises Review of Environmental Marketing Guidance

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is poised to review its “Green Guides,” a series of guidelines issued to help marketers make nondeceptive environmental claims that comply with federal regulations. Guidance is supplied for claims about a product or its packaging,…

Frances Bandas
September 20, 2022

Can the Big Five of Publishing Become the Big Four?

On March 4, 2020, ViacomCBS announced its intention to sell its book-publishing subsidiary, Simon & Schuster. This announcement came less than a year after the merger between Viacom and CBS. Since the 2019 merger, ViacomCBS decided to focus on television…

Olivia Nacionales
September 20, 2022

Cardozo AELJ’s Statement on YU’s Appeal to SCOTUS

The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (“AELJ”) strongly and unequivocally condemns Yeshiva University’s treatment of its LGBTQ+ undergraduate students. New York courts found that Yeshiva University’s refusal to recognize and fund the undergraduate LGBTQ+ group, Pride Alliance, was in…

Editorial Board
August 31, 2022

Crypto Enters the Courtroom: Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT finds itself in court

What if I told you that a digital portrait of an animated ape is claimed to be worth millions of dollars? Now, what if I told you that this digital portrait was stolen and then resold at a fraction of…

Alexander Aufrichtig
April 13, 2022

Central Park Needs More Women

On August 26th, 2020, the non-profit organization Monumental Women unveiled the first statue of women in Central Park, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument features Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,…

Madison Marlow
April 13, 2022

The Dua Lipa Copyright Controversy

Dua Lipa has come under fire after two separate copyright infringements claims were filed against her song “Levitating.” The popular song recently made history as the longest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit ever among women artists, surpassing the 69-week run of…

Caitlin Muraca
April 12, 2022

Implications of the Copyright Lawsuits Against Dua Lipa

If you were not aware of Dua Lipa due to her pop hits over the past few years, you may have heard her name in the news for other reasons. Recently, Dua Lipa has been sued for copyright infringement for…

Scott Semaya
April 12, 2022

Scènes à Faire in Music Copyright Cases: Why Don’t the Courts Make a Scène About Music?

The entertainment industry is known for producing all kinds of art, many of which are original works that inspire future creators to make their own. Often there is a reemergence of trends that come back stronger than it once was,…

Michelle Shabat
April 11, 2022

ANDY WARHOL: FAIR USE OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? THE SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE

On March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. Andy Warhol created sixteen silkscreen works of art based on Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of Prince Rogers Nelson, who, at the…

Lauren Chamberlin
April 11, 2022

When Acting Becomes Reality: Determining Liability when a Death Occurs on Set

During the filming of the movie Rust in October 2021, actor Alec Baldwin “was holding an antique Colt .45 . . . when the prop gun discharged a live bullet.” The bullet struck cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza,…

Pearl Hertz
April 4, 2022