Media & Entertainment Law

Covington, Proskauer Advising on Sale of NBA's New Orleans Hornets
The two Am Law 100 firms that happen to boast two of the most prominent sports law practices in the country are working on a proposed $338 million sale of the National Basketball Association?s New Orleans Hornets to billionaire Tom Benson, owner of the National Football League?s embattled New Orleans Saints.

Courts - Still more on: The plot of John Grisham's latest novel may have already come to life in W. Va.
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 19th, Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal that begins:The ethical hornets' nest stirred up by the refusal of an acting West Virginia chief justice to recuse himself from a multimillion-dollar appeal...

Judicial Elections and Due Process
From Law.com High Court Review Sought on Judicial Recusals Marcia Coyle August 04, 2008 The ethical hornets' nest stirred up by the refusal of an acting West Virginia chief justice to recuse himself from a multimillion-dollar appeal involving his major...

I Am Not Sure I Am Really Linked In To Linkedin
You know when the Internet bubble was growing (before the burst) there were so many companies raising money and expanding that I could not figure out how their market strategy made sense (or money)...

The President Who Kicked the GOP's Hornets Nest
It?s 2012, Washington. What better way to start the year than a constitutional crisis? President Obama today announced he was using his power to make appointments while the Senate is in recess to install Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

And Yet Another Child Support Worker Allegedly Steals Child Support Money
Spanish-speaking men (and women) in Smith County, Texas take their money orders down to the probation department’s Spanish-speaking child support collections Worker. The Worker instructs them to leave certain fields blank, such as who the money order is made out to...

Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

Money Mart Canada
Settles Class Action for $100 Million

AireSurf Networks Holdings Inc.
$23,147 debt settlement made by issuance of 115,735 common shares.

Treasurer Embezzlement
Mary Lou Puccio repays Warren Cheer and Pom Program $26,000 after stealing money.

Bankrupt Money Manager
Former officers to pay $10.7 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.