Universal Music Hit with Copyright Claim Over Use of Song in Pitbull Recording | The Recorder Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/08/08/universal-music-hit-with-copyright-claim-over-use-of-song-in-pitbull-recording/ Pitbull (Credit: Nick Biemans/Shutterstock) NEWS Composer Aaron LaCanfora contends his song “Samir’s Theme” was shared with artist DJ White Shadow years before the release of Pitbull’s 2021 song “I Feel…

A former London income partner at Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault has won an unfair-dismissal case against the firm. The firm failed to convince U.K. Employment Tribunal Judge Farin Anthony that it had to let Allan Reason go because it didn’t have enough litigation and arbitration work.

Judge Gary Brown Will Vacate Carceral Sentence If Defendant Assigned to MDC | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/08/08/judge-rules-he-will-vacate-white-collar-carceral-sentence-if-defendant-assigned-to-brooklyns-mdc/ The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York Photo: Ryland West/ ALM U.S. District Judge Gary Brown said an extrinsic factor “looms large in nearly every bail and sentencing…

It’s not so long ago that branding for a legal practice amounted to having a brass plate at the entrance to its building and an elegant letterhead that never changed. Each partner had their own roster of clients, whom they dealt with exclusively, and these relationships superseded any idea of…

Elon Musk’s X Corp. and online video platform Rumble filed antitrust lawsuits against the World Federation of Advertisers, claiming it conspired to withhold advertising revenue from them by enforcing compliance with its brand safety standards. Both complaints were filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita…

When Beth Olsen got to her seventh year as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, she lifted her head from her heavy workload and considered what she wanted from the rest of her career. “I looked around and thought, ‘Oh, wow, I’m senior now. I’m at a great firm, I…