My favorite online destination is UDUAK LAW blog. It feels like the online space I can truly be myself and let my cyber hair down. My year kicked off with this neat interview by EWellAfrica.com …
Elvis Presley Estate Sues Music Publisher for $5 Million
“Elvis Presley Enterprises, which owns a 50% interest in the King’s compositions, is suing music publisher Chrysalis Music Group, claiming as much as $5 million in owed royalty payments. In a lawsuit filed last week …
Associated Press Settles Dispute with OBAMA “Hope” Artist
Hollywood Reporter reports: “The Associated Press has settled its lawsuit against street artist Shepard Fairey, who created the famous Barack Obama “HOPE” image. The media organization had sued Fairey, claiming the artist had violated its copyright of a …
Prosecutors Charge Talent Companies for Grand Theft, Scams etc. Against Actors
“The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has charged the operators of two local talent service companies with violating the state’s talent scam prevention law. The charges mark the latest crackdown on talent management and services …
Lawyers Get Sanctioned for Electronic Discovery
“*Oh, electronic discovery.* You were supposed to make life so much easier for everyone. Yes, you were expensive, what with your vendors charging fortunes-per-terabyte. But the promise was so high: No more conference rooms with …
Tom Ford Spring 2011 Collection #Fashion Film Agreements, #Contracts
Now this is one of the great perks of being a fashion law attorney! I get to satisfy my passion for fashion, take in beautiful intelligently creative design aesthetics and on UDUAK LAW FIRM blog …
New Year, New Laws!
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a good holiday. I did. Wishing for you all of the great things you wish yourselves this year. “New Year, New Laws” reads one of WSJ Legal posts. …
Reclaim Your Life in 2011 + ‘I Did it My Way’ by Frank Sinatra
You would think I would focus on some fashion, music or film law concept to close out 2010. Afterall, isn’t that what I do? Not so quick. For me, 2010 was about reclaiming my life …
Dr. Conrad Murray’s Defense: Michael Jackson Killed Himself?
The latest story on the Michael Jackson Manslaughter case is that Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team plans to argue that Michael Jackson killed himself with a fatal dose of Propofol. “According to a report from Reuters, …
Africa: Songwriter Credits + ESQlaw.net (Nigeria)
These days, I am getting used to receiving messages from legal colleagues within and outside Africa curious about Africa’s intellectual property laws and specifically, Nigeria’s as it pertains to its fashion and entertainment industries. If …