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Andy Ma Appointed Warner Music China CEO

Andy Ma Has Also Been Appointed EVP, Commercial And Business Development For Greater China




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Live Nation Electronic Asia Inks Deal With Budweiser For Creamfields Festivals

Together, Creamfields And Budweiser Will Focus On Building Entirely New Content For Dedicated Electronic Music Fans Throughout Asia











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Electro-Art-Pop Artist Polyna Signs With 3143 Management

Polyna Has Built A Global Audience On Social Media With Over 37,000 Instagram Followers, 15,000 Facebook Likes, And 11,000 Twitter Followers.




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Angry Mob Music Group Hires Paula Savastano As Senior Director Of Copyright & Royalties

Savastano Will Oversee Audits, Royalty Collection And Processing, Licensing, Copyright Issues, And All Other Copyright And Royalty Duties.




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Angry Mob Music Group Signs Exclusive Worldwide Co-Publishing Deal With LA-Based Songwriting/Production Team Schmarx & Savvy

The Deal Covers All New Works From The Versatile Power Duo, Whose Successes Include The #1 ITunes Electronic Hit “Touch” By 3LAU Featuring Carly Paige.




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Versatile Haitian American Singer/Songwriter Natalie Jean Wins Versatile Artist Of The Year!!

Natalie Jean Is A Very Rare Kind Of Vocalist. Winning Recognition Across The Most Diverse Of Musical Genres And Quite Comfortable Performing In English, French, Haitian Creole, And Spanish.




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SiXforNinE Go Trans-dimensional With New 'Counting Stars' Video & Single

SiXforNinE Go Trans-dimensional With New 'Counting Stars' Video & Single




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Progressive Metal Prodigies SIFTING Announce New Album The Infinite Loop Out September 27, New Music Video & Single

Album Produced By Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence, Poison The Well), And Mixed By Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist)




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MTS Records Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal With MVD Distribution

Pittsburgh-based MTS Records Has Signed An Exclusive Physical And Digital Distribution Deal With The Music And Video Distributor Based In Pottstown, PA.




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NuWave Records Signs Fred Nice To Record Deal

Fred Nice, The Oxford, MS Native Has Officially Signed An Exclusive Record Deal With NJ-based NuWave Records




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SIFTING Shred Downtown Los Angeles Rooftops With Smoke Grenades And Progressive Metal In New 'Stop Calling Me Liberty' Music Video

New Album The Infinite Loop Out September 27th, Guest Performance By Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo, Dream Theater)




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Country Singer Johnny Jolin Apologizes For 'Twitter Distraction'

Politically Fueled Debate Leads To A Rogue Social Media Employee




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MarilynMusic News September 2019

MarilynMusic Has Just Released 18 New Songs!




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Cinq Music Names Diana Schweinbeck Director Of Marketing

Cinq Music Group, The Technology Driven Record Label, Distribution And Rights Management Company, Has Tapped Diana Schweinbeck As Director Of Marketing For Their US Operation. The Announcement Was Mad




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New Single Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" By Annemarie Picerno On Bongo Boy Records

A Pure, Emotional Delivery Complimented By A Folk Arrangement With Mandolin And Acoustic Guitars, And Sweeping Traditional Country Vocal Harmonies On Her Favorite Dolly Parton Classic!




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THE KRUEGGERS Sign Exclusive Worldwide Deal With Eclipse Records

The Krueggers Sign Exclusive Worldwide Deal With Eclipse Records




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SIFTING Reveal Emotional Music Video For Metal-ballad 'Enough'

SIFTING Reveal Emotional Music Video For Metal-ballad 'Enough', New Album Out September 27




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U.K. Rockers Tomorrow Is Lost Sign With Eclipse Records

U.K. Rockers Tomorrow Is Lost Sign With Eclipse Records





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Skunk tests positive for rabies recently in El Paso County

Health officials in El Paso County recently confirmed rabies in a skunk, the third positive test for the disease this year in the county.





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US v. Sierra

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Defendant-appellants argued their mandatory minimum life sentences for murder in aid of racketeering constituted cruel and unusual punishment because they were between the ages of 18-22 at the time of the crime. Finding their argument was foreclosed by Supreme Court precedent, the court affirmed.



  • Criminal Law & Procedure

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Sinkler v. Berryhill

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Following successful litigation of her Social Security claim, appellant challenges the 14-day filing period prescribed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(2)(B) as applied to her application for attorney’s fees. District Court denied the application as untimely, the panel affirms.




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Oxford University Bank v. Lansuppe Feeder, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Financial institutions that hold junior notes issued by the defendant, as trustee, appeal the grant of summary judgement. The district court erred in holding that ICA § 47(b) does not give rise to a private right of action. However, the district court ordered distribution of the assets of the trust according to the terms of the trust’s governing indenture, so summary judgment affirmed.




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Jeffrey Siegel, et al. v. HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. The district court granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege that the defendants knowingly aided or abetted November, 2005 attacks in Jordan.




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Lubavitch v. Litchfield Historic District Commission

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Finding that events occurring after judgement was entered do not matter, the panel affirms the district court’s award of attorney’s fees and denial of fees for administrative proceedings.




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Menaker v. Hofstra University

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. Finding the district court’s decision conflicts with 2nd Circuit precedent in Doe v. Columbia University, the judgement dismissing Menaker’s complaint for failure to make a claim reversed.




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32BJ N. Pension Fund. v. Nutrition Mgmt. Servs.

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. Finding NMSC did not agree to be bound to the trust agreement until it executed an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement in 2014, the delinquency policy’s interest rate did not apply.




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Ennio Morricone Music v. Bixio Music Group

(United States Second Circuit) - Reversed. Concluding the musical works at issue were not works made for hire, the panel reverses the district court’s grant of summary judgement in favor of the defendant.




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UK Music Proposes Law To Protect Music Venues

New Legislation Would Protect Music Venues Threatened With Closure




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Indie Labels Represent Over A Third Of Global Recorded Music Market

Independent Record Labels Now Represent 38.4% Of Global Recorded Music Market Share In 2016 With Global Revenues In Excess Of $6bn




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Music Industry Betting On VR & AR For New Revenue

The Music Industry Is Making An Early Bet On VR & AR To Create New Revenue Streams Across All Their Lines Of Business




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Streaming & Listening Diversity - Spotify Case Study

Will Artists Have An Easier Time Finding An Audience, Or Will Streaming Focus Global Attention On A Small Number Of Stars?




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Pop Artist Ava King Releases New Single

Paris-born Ava King Decided To Move To Beijing Where She Wrote For One Of The Biggest Chinese Movie Production Companies, HuaYi Brothers




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Federal judge in Denver rules funding cannot be withheld from law enforcement by using immigration-related terms in grants

The U.S. Justice Department can not withhold millions of dollars in federal funding to Colorado law enforcement agencies by attaching immigration-related terms and conditions to securing the grants according to a federal judge's ruling.




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Trammell Crow settles bid-rigging accusations in Denver convention center expansion

The development manager accused of showing favoritism toward a construction bidder on the Colorado Convention Center expansion project has signed a $250,000 settlement with state investigators.




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Diesel eBooks, LLC v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment that although Apple and a group of major publishers committed an unlawful antitrust conspiracy there was no antitrust injury that resulted.




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International Longshore and Warehouse Union v. ICTSI Oregon, Inc.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming the district court's dismissal of an antitrust claim alleging anti-competitive activities engaged in by a labor union and a multi-employer collective bargaining association, holding that nonstatutory exemption, the Noerrr-Pennington doctrine, and Sherman Act immunized defendants' activities.



  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation
  • Labor & Employment Law

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Silfab Solar v. US

(United States Federal Circuit) - Appeal from US Court of International Trade (ITC). Plaintiffs sought preliminary injunction to bar enforcement of Presidentially imposed tariff. ITC denied preliminary injunction and appeals court affirmed. The President has authority under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose tariffs and where a statute authorizes a Presidential determination, courts have no authority to look behind that determination to see if it is support by the record.




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Federal Trade Commission v. AMG Capital Management, LLC

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that the Federal Trade Commission Act could support an order compelling an online payday lender to pay more than $1 billion in monetary relief for unfair business practices. Two of the judges on the Ninth Circuit panel filed a concurring opinion to suggest that the court should rehear the case en banc to reconsider relevant circuit precedent.



  • Consumer Protection Law
  • Banking Law
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation

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Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. 7 Stars Holistic Foundation Inc.

(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion, in a lawsuit accusing certain organizations and individuals of attempting to restrain trade and monopolize a city's medical marijuana market.




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Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board v. Federal Trade Commission

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board's petition for review was premature in a case where the Federal Trade Commission had charged it with adopting an unlawful policy that restrained trade. Dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.




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The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam

The ABA Journal recently published an article entitled Bar Exam Does Little to Ensure Attorney Competence, Say Lawyers in Diploma Privilege State, describing the experience in Wisconsin, the only state that currently has the “diploma privilege.”  Under the Wisconsin rules, in-state law school graduates can become licensed without taking a bar exam.  These graduates must … Continue reading The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam