#Photographer Sues FELA! Producers Jay-Z, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett, #Copyright Infringement #Copyright Law

New York Times reports the following: “A Brooklyn photographer is suing the producers of the Broadway musical “Fela!” in federal court for copyright and trademark infringement, seeking at least $150,000 in damages for their use of her 1977 photograph of the legendary Nigerian nightclub of the Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan, argues that the “Fela!” …

#Lindsay Lohan Goes to Jail #Violation of Probation #Crimes

I have handled hundreds of criminal matters and one thing remains consistent. There are those who get it and never want anything to do with the criminal justice system; and then there are those who just don’t seem to get it. They are repeat customers. Lindsay Lohan, who has just been sentenced to 90days in jail for violating her probation …