The final episode of the hit television series The Sopranos aired in June, 2007. The final episode of a five year court battle over the creation and profits of the series, however, didn’t play out until just before this past Christmas.1 Could this costly and distracting litigation have been avoided?  Maybe . . . if the show’sContinue reading "Sopranos Litigation Makes The Case For Following Best Practices"

Does organized fantasy baseball require a license of Major League Baseball player names and records? In a case involving CDM Fantasy Sports, a federal district court in St. Louis has answered “no”. The Court’s decision potentially may change business practices not only in the fantasy sports industry, but in other businesses in which information isContinue reading "New Fantasy Baseball Ruling May Impact Database Practices Generally"

In the cable television business, there is inevitably tension between networks, which periodically reposition themselves to maintain and build a loyal audience, and cable operators, who seek a variety of programming on their channels to attract different audiences for their systems as a whole. This tension can be faced either up from, in prolonged and derailedContinue reading "Change of Format Puts American Movie Classics in Breach of Cable Carriage Agreement"