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Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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Mugshot Rights

Smile! You Have New Mugshot Rights

Thomas R. Julin

A handful of enterprising companies have discovered that these portraits of distress have great value because they are public records, are not protected by copyright laws, and can be posted on the Internet to persuade the portrayed to pay dearly to take them down.

Salvador Dalí's Legacy

Salvador Dali's Legacy: Deprived of Image Rights?

Antonio Muñoz Vico

It is beyond question that personality rights expire with death and that post-mortem protection of such a personal sphere should be limited to preserving memory.

Image Rights in Spain

Current Status of Image Rights Structures in Spain

Eduardo Montejo

Diversity Civil Rights Brazil

Diversity and Civil Rights in Brazil

José Vinícius Bicalho Costa, Jr.

Title IX seeks to change cultural norms

Jumping Hurdles toward the Finish Line

Meredith Aldridge, Colleen Welch, and Alicia Hall

Forty-five years of progress with Title IX.

Attorney Brief: Civil Rights Work

Civil Rights Work Has an All New Meaning

Thomas R. Julin

Corporations now use federal law to fight regulation.

Bayh-Dole Act

New Proposed Rules Regarding Government Rights in Federally Funded Research

Hunton Andrews Kurth

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Supreme Court Decision Will Play Important Role in Shaping Defendant Privacy Rights

Gus Kostopoulos

The primary question will likely come down to whether or not cell phone data and location records are protected interests under the Fourth Amendment.

Protecting Company Names

Protect Two of Your Most Valuable Business Assets: Your Company Name and Important Brand Names

Paul C. Van Slyke

Your company name and important brand names are two types of your most valuable business assets. Without your company name and brand names, consumers and trade buyers would not be able to identify easily (and choose) your goods or services over those of another.

What Are Taylor Swift's Contract Rights

The Legal Take on the Taylor Swift Recording Dispute

Jeffrey H. Brown

Empowering Women Through Law

Empowering Women Through Law

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

South African Firm CDH Is Equipping the Community With Legal Agency.

College Athletes Will Be Paid Under New Law

How College Athletes Will Be Paid Under California’s Fair Pay to Play Act

Hugh F. Murray III

Another Challenge to NCAA’s Financial Structure

Unlocking the Supply Chain

Unlocking the Supply Chain

Brittany K. Lazzaro

How Supply-Chain Transparency—Legal, Regulatory, and via Increasing Consumer Scrutiny—Is Forcing Companies to Take a Hard Look at Forced Labor Worldwide.

Stormwater Regulations

WA Supreme Court Holds Vesting Rights Do Not Extend to Stormwater...

Heather Burgess

The result of the case is likely to have immediate and significant implications for a large number of property owners and developers in Washington.

MCAD’s New Procedural Regulations

Proposed Changes to the MCAD’s Procedural Regulations

Brian J. MacDonough

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination's new regulations offer a substantial overhaul from the past system.

Harvard's Affirmative Action Trial

What the Harvard Trial Means for Affirmative Action

John Saxon

Students for Fair Admissions is challenging Harvard's policy of holistic admissions—and might change the future of affirmative action.

An Interview With Gleiss Lutz

An Interview With Gleiss Lutz

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Germany's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” in Labor and Employment Law

Franchise Agreements and Purchase Options

Can Your Option to Purchase Get Lost in a Franchise Agreement?

Benjamin Caddaye, Law Clerk and Alicia Hill

With the changing of a contract in a franchise agreement, certain rights you thought you were entitled to might get lost in translation.

Why Patents Lead to Innovation

Understanding the Constitutionality of Patent Law

John Powers

Ideas can be stolen, just like the machines or products they were used to create.

Estates & Premarital Agreements

Estate Planning Through Premarital Agreements

Gregory T. Peacock

Planning for the end of a marriage before the marriage vows are exchanged can be disconcerting.

Attorney Brief: Trump & Libel Law

Can President Trump Change Libel Law?

Deborah Drooz and Barry Langberg

Colorado’s New “Red Flag” Law

Colorado’s New “Red Flag” Law for Extreme Risk Protection Orders

James H. Chalat

Preventing Mass Shootings

Town of Greece

Town of Greece

Martin B. Margulies

The Supreme Court has found the governing board of the town of Greece, New York opening its meetings with a prayer to be constitutionally unobjectionable.

Akerman LLP

Akerman Represents Ability Housing in Historic Fair Housing Settlement

Akerman

Pro Bono Victory Protects Future Housing Development for Disabled and Homeless in Jacksonville

Attorney Brief: Hate Crime Laws

Hate Crime Laws in a Hate-Filled Era

Susan B. Gellman

Spitting against the wind.

Attorney Brief: Flag Desecration

Flag Desecration as "Speech"

Martin B. Margulies

A burning issue.

Attorney Brief: Free Speech

Presidential Attacks on Free Speech

Jennifer M. Kinsley

A threat to our democracy.

Attorney Brief: First Amendment

The Future of the First Amendment

Julia Yoo

When the future isn't free.

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