Of the many controversies that have surrounded Donald Trump, perhaps the quaintest concerns the emblems of the Trump Organization’s golf clubs.[footnote]Danny Hakim, The Coat of Arms Said ‘Integrity.’ Now It...
On Monday, April 15, the Notre Dame Cathedral went up in flames as much of Paris and the rest of the world looked on helplessly.[footnote]Larry Buchanan et al., How the...
As of April 11, 2019, the Association of Talent Agents (“ATA”) has submitted to the Writers Guild of America (“WGA”) a formal proposal, offering to share with union writers a...
Art-related disputes often invoke powerful emotions from the parties, and spectators alike, with strong convictions about the authenticity, ownership, and intellectual property rights tied to the object of art in...
In March 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) designated as precedential two of its decisions that laid down the scope of ‘live testimony’ at oral arguments. In...
On March 21, 2019, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice wrote a letter to the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[footnote]See Ted Johnson, Justice...
It is no secret that Kanye West has often taken to his Twitter account to express controversial opinions. However, in January of this year, West took to the courtroom. West...
In March 2019, the Vessel, a building/sculpture/web of staircases/“giant shawarma”[footnote]New Hudson Yards climbable art sculpture compared to street meat, Page Six (Mar. 18, 2019), https://pagesix.com/2019/03/18/new-hudson-yards-climbable-art-sculpture-compared-to-street-meat/. [https://perma.cc/AV72-2548][/footnote] located in Manhattan’s Hudson...
On March 31st, 2019 the popular HBO show, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” aired a segment providing harsh criticism of the World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) treatment of professional wrestlers.[footnote]Last...
Art has long been scrutinized for meaning by the consuming public. Although arriving later to the game, the rap genre has been no stranger to this type of scrutiny, even...
