by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 18, 2012 | Business Formation & Sales Law Blog
In Martin Heller v. Lauren Gardner Trust, No. A-0914-11T2 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 27, 2012), the court considered the enforceability of a “put offering notice, by which one or more members could require the other members to buyout their shares.” The...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 18, 2012 | Business Lawsuit Blog
In Merrill Lynch v. Cantone Research, Inc.,___ N.J. Super. ____ (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2012), the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey was presented with the issue of whether a party may be forced to arbitrate in a situation in which they did not...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 18, 2012 | Internet Law Blog
What state law claims are preempted by the federal law embodied in the Copyright Act? This question was recently addressed in Stadt v. Fox News Network LLC, 719 F.Supp.2d 312 (S.D.N.Y. 2010).In that case, Kenneth Stadt (“Stadt”), a video owner, filed a lawsuit...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 18, 2012 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
One of the unanswered questions in the adult industry is to what extent the prostitution laws prohibit the activities underlying the adult content. The position taken by Arizona officials on this issue is that the activity underlying adult content would violate their...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 10, 2012 | Internet Law Blog
In Urbont v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 11 Civ. 4516 (S.D.N.Y. March 27, 2012), the federal District Court for the Southern District of New York was presented with the question of whether the discovery rule applies to causes of action under the Copyright Act.The...