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Having observed the "Napsterization" of the music industry, its dramatic decline in revenues and the unsuccessful attempts by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to control consumer Internet downloading, the film and television industries have chosen a more proactive approach to piracy and unauthorized distribution. Led by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), industry groups have argued that current copyright laws are insufficient in the Internet age to protect digi

Once two sophisticated parties have entered into a binding contractual agreement, legal principles, in general, tend to discourage the dissolution of that binding agreement.

If you thought that the recent enactment of anti-spam laws would curtail the proliferation of junk e-mail, think again. Unsolicited commercial e-mail, or "spam," continues unabated, despite these protections. Spammers continue to stay one step ahead of the technology designed to prevent it. And at least one court recently held that a state law regulating spam is unconstitutional.

A tenant of real property is vulnerable to a landlord’s potential bankruptcy because Section 365(d) of the Bankruptcy Code (the Code) provides debtors with the power to reject unexpired leases of real property.

Nothing is more important to the hospitality industry than guests. The industry loves to count "heads in beds." But for all the good things that guests provide, including gross revenues, RevPAR and occasionally, some positive, word-of-mouth advertising, it is inevitable that some guests will become problems. This article looks at two categories of problem guests: the guest who holds over after the reservation has expired, and the under-aged guest.

On November 16, 2004, the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published two proposals in the Federal Register (69 Fed. Reg. 67,246) for public comment: (1) standards for evaluating systemic compensation discrimination, and (2) guidelines for employer self-evaluation of compensation practices.

On June 28, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decided Jaasma v. Shell Oil Company, (No. 02-CV-4677), a case with important implications for owners and lessees of environmentally impacted properties.

50 Day Street Associates v. Norwalk Housing Authority, 2005 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1335, a group of investors in Connecticut purchased a property without previously conducting an environmental assessment and later discovered petroleum contamination on the site.

Long before we were tragically introduced to Terri Schiavo last winter, Karen Ann Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan raised the public’s awareness of the need for advance health care directives. Each of these sad tales has captured the attentions and sympathies of the American public while legal battles were pending before our Courts.

Employers will soon have more detailed guidance about their obligations to employees on leave for military service. The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued new draft regulations in an easy-to-read question and answer format designed to address the most frequent concerns about military leave. The public comment period closed last month and the final version is expected early in 2005. With tours of duty increasing in length and number, these guidelines come at a critical time for employers and em