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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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Detroit Artists Team Up For Two Headline Sketch Comedy Shows In One Night Only Event

Michael Fish & Phil Elam Perform Separate One-man Productions To Raise Money For Charity




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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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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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THE KRUEGGERS Sign Exclusive Worldwide Deal With Eclipse Records

The Krueggers Sign Exclusive Worldwide Deal With Eclipse Records




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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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On Earth Day, coronavirus gives us glimpse at what it takes to reduce pollution

As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don’t usually. When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.




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Kafer: The summer of isolation is the time to replace your grass with water-friendly plants

You can reduce water use not by forgoing the recommended eight daily glasses of water, showering less often, or draining the fishbowl but by cutting back on grass, the turf kind, that is.




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Colorado mountain lions hit with new hunting plan as people spread

Mountain lions face an uncertain future under a new state plan to let hunters kill up to 15% a year across western Colorado, and more near subdivisions -- rankling animal rights advocates who favor a live-and-let-live approach to wildlife.




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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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Editorial: Debate how to respond to COVID-19, of course, but stick to the grim facts of the virus we are facing

Our leaders are making difficult, life-and-death decisions without a complete picture of the severity of this threat or a timeline for how long it could last. It’s easy to second-guess the new rules, suggestions and regulations coming.




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Editorial: Jails, prisons, courts must act to stop coronavirus spread

Some activities must continue even as cities, counties and states effectively shut down to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Obviously our hospitals, doctors’ offices and emergency responder systems must remain open. Grocery stores are essential and so are pharmacies.






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Editorial: Ethics in the time of coronavirus

The world has been thrust into an unprecedented time. The White House has estimated that 100,000 to 240,000 Americans could die in the coming months as a new virus sweeps through the nation and that’s if we implement and execute the recommendations from our doctors and scientists. About 700,000 jobs were lost in the U.S. in March as mayors and governors across the nation responded responsibly by forcing all but the most essential businesses to close.




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Editorial: Trump is playing a disgusting political game with our lives

President Donald Trump is treating life-saving medical equipment as emoluments he can dole out as favors to loyalists. It’s the worst imaginable form of corruption -- playing political games with lives. For the good of this nation during what should be a time of unity he must stop.





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Editorial: Those inciting unrest in Colorado don’t realize the true threat of the new coronavirus

We understand why unrest is bubbling among those who are unemployed and entrepreneurs who could lose their businesses. But the alternative to stay-at-home orders is allowing the highly contagious new coronavirus to rip through our communities.





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Vugo, Inc. v. City of New York

(United States Second Circuit) - Reversed. The court reversed a district court denial of the City's and grant of the company's motions for summary judgment in a case involving a ban on advertisements in Uber and Lyft vehicles because the limited taxicab exception allows the ban on advertisements to survive First Amendment scrutiny.




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Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Various Connecticut Liqour Control Act and related regulations were hybrid restraints on trade but the plaintiff failed to plead facts that they constitute per se violations of the Sherman Act.




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US v. DiTomasso

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Defendant appealed his conviction of producing child pornography, arguing the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress certain electronic communications at trial. Finding no merit in these claims, the court affirmed.



  • Criminal Law & Procedure

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The Estate of Stanley Kauffmann v. Rochester Institute of Technology

(United States Second Circuit) - Reversed and remanded. The court concluded the 44 articles at issue were not works made for hire under the Copyright Act of 1976. District Court’s summary judgement in favor of RIT and denying the motion for partial summary judgement by the Estate reversed. Remanded for further proceedings.




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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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Kayheem Lilly v. The City of New York, et al.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed in part. Due to the case’s simplicity, the district court’s decision to reduce Lilly’s attorney’s “reasonable hourly rate” is affirmed. Fees related to the fee application are vacated because Rule 68 only allows for fees incurred up to the date of the settlement offer.




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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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United States v. Ryan et al.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. The panel affirms the district court’s application of a four-level enhancement to a defendant who either sells a firearm and drugs to a buyer in a single transaction or to a buyer who the defendant has reason to believe is a drug dealer.




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Van Buskirk v. The United Group of Companies

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. Because courts may freely permit jurisdictional amendments even at the appellate level, vacated the judgment of the district court and remanded for further proceedings.




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New York State Citizens’ Coal. For Children v. Poole

(United States Second Circuit) - Denied. In a 6-5 vote, the panel majority declines to rehear the case en banc, holding that the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 creates a privately enforceable right for foster parents to sue states for costs related to child care. Five judges dissent.




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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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Yamashita v. Scholastic, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Finding the plaintiff failed to name a single instance of infringement or breach of the terms of his licensing agreement with the stock photo company from which Scholastica obtained his photos, the panel affirms the district court’s dismissal.




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The lightest, brothiest soup recipe for when you can’t eat another bite

Even a person as enthusiastic as I am about home cooking can feel fatigue, and six going on seven weeks of this quarantine, I am feeling it. It’s not so much the cooking. It’s the eating -- probably because I am doing it all day long.




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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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How lobbyists and panicked Denverites kept liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries open during coronavirus

A large lobbying effort mobilized almost immediately. Conducted outside the public’s view, its goal was to keep hundreds of stores open, thousands of Denverites employed, and entire industries functioning across the city.




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City of Aurora will furlough 576 city employees indefinitely

Nearly 15% of the city of Aurora's employees will be forced to take furloughs because of the economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials announced Wednesday.




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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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In Re Quality Systems, Inc.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Remanding a case in which a Miami retirement trust obtained the stock of a company and later complained of false statements that the district court found to be puffery, forward looking, appropriately cautioned, without knowledge of their falsity, or protected by the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act but the panel found that many of these exceptions did not apply in the given situation.




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Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. US

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirming the Court of International Trade's decision affirming a Department of Commerce ruling in the administrative review of an earlier anti-dumping order, the court held that no error occurred in the determination that a Chinese saw blade manufacturer was seeking to sell their products at less than fair market value in the United States.




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In Re Lipitor Antitrust Litigation

(United States Third Circuit) - Reversing the District Court dismissal of complaints in litigation that alleged Lipitor's fraudulent patent procurement and other misconduct because the allegations were plausible, and reversing the dismissal of allegations in Effexor litigation because it was plausible that the companies holding the pharmaceutical patents and generic manufacturers entered into reverse payment settlement agreements that subjected them to antitrust scrutiny.



  • Patent
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation

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North American Soccer League, LLC v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirming the denial of the North American Soccer League's motion for preliminary injunction seeking Division II designation pending the resolution of its antitrust case against the United States Soccer Federation because they had failed to demonstrate a clear likelihood of success on the merits of their claim.




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Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. City of Seattle

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Reversing a district court dismissal of claims that an ordinance authorizing collective bargaining between driver coordinators like Uber and Lyft violates and is preempted by the Sherman Antitrust Act because the act sanctions price fixing by private cartels of independent contractor drivers but affirming the dismissal of claims that the ordinance was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act and remanding for further proceedings.




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Sea Breeze Salt, Inc. v. Mitsubishi Corp.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that an antitrust lawsuit was barred by the act-of-state doctrine. The plaintiff corporations alleged that a Mexican-government-owned salt production company engaged in an antitrust conspiracy with a Japanese company. Affirming dismissal of the complaint, the Ninth Circuit held that the lawsuit was fundamentally a challenge to Mexico's determination about the exploitation of its own natural resources and thus was barred by the act-of-state doctrine, which precludes adjudication of the sovereign acts of other nations in U.S. courts.




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United Food and Commercial Workers Unions v. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.

(United States First Circuit) - Affirmed the dismissal of two putative antitrust class actions alleging that a pharmaceutical company took steps to block the entry of generic versions of its leukemia-treatment drug into the U.S. market. The plaintiffs, including several labor union benefit funds, claimed that the drugmaker engaged in anticompetitive conduct by bringing sham infringement lawsuits against manufacturers trying to enter the market with generic versions of that drug. Dismissing the complaints, the district court held that the plaintiffs had not plausibly alleged their claims, and the First Circuit affirmed.



  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation
  • Health Law
  • Drugs & Biotech