First Circuit Treads “Unchartered Waters”: Holds Copyright Sublicenses Can Be Implied

By Brittany Benavidez on March 31, 2020 Posted in Appellate, Copyright, Litigation

On March 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in a case of first impression, held that a copyright licensee given the unrestricted right to grant sublicenses may do so without using express language. The case, Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill, Inc., stems from a license Photographic Illustrators Corp. (“PIC”), a … Continue Reading

Hide and Seek: Plaintiff Permitted to Subpoena Internet Service Provider to Identify Alleged Infringers

By Brittany Benavidez on July 31, 2017 Posted in Federal Rules, Media and Technology

Recently, E.D.N.Y. Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold ordered that a third-party subpoena may be served upon an internet service provider (“ISP”) to identify information about network users who allegedly infringed copyrighted material.… Continue Reading

NY Court of Appeals Clarifies What May Constitute a Binding Agreement in the Sale of Syndicated Loans

By Brittany Benavidez on January 20, 2017 Posted in Federal Rules, New York Rules

A unanimous New York Court of Appeals recently held that the acceptance of an auction bid for the sale of a syndicated loan may constitute a final and binding trade, even if there is language indicating that the agreement is “subject to” the execution of a mutually acceptable, written agreement. The ruling overturns a New … Continue Reading

Amended Rule 34: No Boilerplate Objections, but Specificity Remains a Question

By David M. Jacobson, Stacey P. Eilbaum and Brittany Benavidez on March 15, 2016 Posted in Federal Rules

Amended in December alongside many other rules in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 34(b)(2)(B) now requires that objections to document requests be stated with “specificity.” The early applications of the amended rule demonstrate that boilerplate objections will not stand, but courts have yet to answer more nuanced questions regarding the level of specificity … Continue Reading