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Is Embedding Someone Else’s Image Copyright Infringement? The Fifth Circuit May Finally Tell Us
Gesmer Updegrove LLP are most popular: within Finance and Banking, Corporate/Commercial Law and Tax topic(s) with Finance and Tax Executives in United States with readers working within the Accounting & Consultancy, Business & Consumer Services and Securities & Investment industries On June 2, 2026, the Fifth Circuit heard argument in Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. v.
IBR And Fair Use: What Congress Needs To Fix In The Pro Codes Act
Gesmer Updegrove LLP are most popular: within Finance and Banking, Corporate/Commercial Law and Tax topic(s) with Finance and Tax Executives with readers working within the Accounting & Consultancy, Business & Consumer Services and Securities & Investment industries In 2023, we wrote about the D.C. Circuit’s decision in American Society for Testing and Materials v.
Hiatus
by Lee Gesmer on November 5, 2020 After 15 years, over 560 posts and, by word count, the equivalent of about five novels, I’m putting MassLawBlog on pause for a while. Thank you to my readers for the many compliments and republications I’ve been favored with over the years.
A Few Observations From the Ninth Circuit En Banc Argument in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin
I have a few observations on the Ninth Circuit September 23, 2019 en banc hearing in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin. Video of the oral argument is embedded at the bottom of this post, and the transcriptions below are mine – I’ve left out a few words here and there to make this easier to read, but I didn’t leave out anything material. Did Skidmore’s Attorney Give Away the Case? Quite possibly. Here are the key excerpts from the oral argument.
A New Era In Massachusetts Noncompete Law
The Massachusetts Legislature has attempted to pass legislation regulating noncompete agreements every year since 2009. This year, it finally succeeded. The new law, which Governor Baker signed on August 10, 2018 and which is effective October 1, 2018, makes important changes to the body of Massachusetts non-compete “common-law” that has evolved over decades in the courts. Here are the highlights of the new law. Not Retroactive. The law is not retroactive.
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