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New Wrinkle in Pre-1972 Sound Recording Cases – Georgia Supreme Court Holds that iHeart Streaming Does Not Violate State Criminal Statute

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The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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Paul Clement, the conservative Supreme Court advocate who frequently sparred with Ginsburg during oral arguments, called her “ a path-marking litigator for equality for women and a keen legal tactician.”. He also taught criminal law and trial practice at the George Washington University School of Law.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators. The 2017 cases include a Georgia company that is likely to conclude that no good deed goes unpunished. Of course, some accidents have happy endings. Source: CBS. __.

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Court agrees to hear Title VII employer discrimination case

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Georgia , in which the justices will consider double jeopardy issues in the case of a Georgia man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity on one charge arising from the stabbing death of his mother, while he was found guilty but mentally ill on another charge.

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Trump’s Midas Touch: Legal Experts Line Up To Declare The Georgia Call As The Latest Crime By Trump

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Law has become a recreation and legal analysts have become part of the legal entertainment. Within minutes of the leaking of a call between Trump and Georgia election officials, the same experts were declaring yet another clear crime. Georgia is a one party consent state).

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.