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...Legal Costs for University of Houston, Hous. Chron., Mar. 17, 2017, http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/What-s-in-a-name-500K-in-legal-costs-for-UH-law-11009251.php. [2] See id. [3] Matthew Watkins, Judge Tells School to Change Name Back to South Texas College of Law, Tex. Tribune (Oct. 14, 2016, 4:45 PM), https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/14/judge-houston-law-school-change-its-name-back-sout/. [4] Kathryn Rubino, University of Hous...
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...ke the NBA and NHL operates under a salary cap, with the goal of promoting competitive balance in the League. By limiting the amount that each club may spend on salaries, the richer teams and poorer teams compete on an even playing field. Which brings us to the 2010–11 NFL season. Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones, owners of the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys, respectively, took advantage of the uncapped year, by front-loading player contracts. A...
...rammy Foundation Annual Event. This year, the event was entitledWhy Record Companies Can’t Make Money Selling Records. A panel of music industry executives and artist representatives discussed how and why record companies need to expand their interest beyond the traditional record-buying market and how this agenda affects recording agreement negotiations going forward Opening remarks were presented by Ken Abdo (ELI Executive Committee Chair, Lomme...
...access to content. The Open Internet regulation does not require wireless companies to comply with the “no unreasonable discrimination” regulation, so AT&T is technically free to mess with traffic (short of blocking it) without violating the regulation. But shareholders, specifically Mike D. from the Beastie Boys, do not think that is right. He, and other investors, proposed requiring AT&T to remain open (subject to shareholder vote). AT&T denied...
...on. During that time, the work will likely be checked only by an automated computer process. Can stores hide behind computerized review, honestly claiming that they had no knowledge because no human ever checks the submitted works, and thus, could not know whether any particular submission infringed another? Conversely, under the doctrine of willful blindness, is human review necessary? Could a store operator willfully blind itself to infringement...
...music, television and film, and promotion. Borchetta cited Taylor Swift’s commissioned compositions and recordings for The Hunger Games, and the ABC series Nashville, as good examples of combining various media. Borchetta said, “if you combine the right audio and the right visual, then people are going to want to own that.” When asked about American Idol and other music-oriented reality shows, Borchetta lamented, “we are not going to get the next...
...hion designers experiment with technology in increasingly complex ways, as computers become smaller and people become more dependent on technology for their everyday needs. Fashion designers like Liz Salcedo, founder and CEO of Everpurse, are taking our basic needs and combining form and function. Ms. Salcedo, who presented her work at the panel, is in the process of obtaining a patent for her line of purses and other accessories that will charge...
...o litigation as the music industry did with the transition of music to the computer, or will they be more willing to come together to create the future together? Only time will tell. The group did seem in favor to the idea of increased government spending to bring 3D printing to classrooms across the country as a tool for learning the basics of science and computer design, and to encourage development of 2nd and 3rd generation applications of 3D p...
