by jburns | Aug 26, 2015 | Internships
This summer I worked at a firm in Washington D.C. Although I was not satisfied with working at this particular firm, I used this experience to take down notes about what it may be like to run a firm and to have to handle an array of cases that I may not be...
by jburns | Jun 22, 2015 | Entertainment Law
It has certainly been said before, but 2015 will likely not be remembered as a good year for the Sony Corporation in the entertainment world. This past month, the online news site The Verge, leaked a copy of the actual 2011 contract between the company’s major record...
by jburns | Jun 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The author of the 2006 novel The Little White Trip: A Night in the Pines, Peter Gallagher, recently filed a copyright infringement suit for $10 million against Lionsgate and the producers of the 2012 film The Cabin in the Woods.[1] Gallagher alleges that the...
by jburns | Jun 9, 2015 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Sports Law
Earlier last month marked the most hyped boxing match in quite some time. Saturday, May 2, 2015 was the day that pinned Floyd Mayweather Jr. v. Manny Pacquiao, which produced 4.4 million pay-per-view purchases.[1] Mayweather Jr. was declared the winner of the fight,...
by jburns | May 27, 2015 | Copyright
On April 23, the video game company, Valve Corporation, announced that starting with Bethesda Game Studio’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the Steam Workshop “now supports buying mods directly from the Workshop, to be immediately usable in game.”[1] In general, anything...
