Have you ever seen a celebrity—someone whose work you genuinely love—and completely blown your shot at being normal?
Yeah. Same. It just happened to me.
My daughter and I were on our way to the House of Blues to see Descendents, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, and Nobro. Here’s a little secret: Frank Turner
It seems clear that the op-ed couldn’t be written by Pete Hegseth, as it was coherent and all the words were spelled correctly. But it came as a shock that it was written by Frank Kendall, who served as Secretary of the Air Force under President Biden. Given the current Secretary’s obsession with war and
The Winter Olympics certainly generated its fair share of headline-grabbing stories over the last few weeks. In the figure skating, one of those stories was that surrounding Spanish skater, Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate, and his now famed Minions-inspired routine.
As well as capturing the imagination of many fans with his yellow T-shirt and blue overalls costume, evoking the outfits worn by the distinctive pill-shaped creatures from the Despicable Me franchise, Sabate found himself at the centre of a copyright clearance issue for the “Universal Fanfare” track that he planned to incorporate into his routine.
Sabate, however, was not the only figure skater to face such issues at the Milano-Cortina Games, with several others also encountering copyright clearance hurdles affecting their preferred choice of music.
This article examines the intellectual property considerations underpinning these matters and why they ultimately reached varying conclusions. It also discusses the key considerations that must be borne in mind when considering the use of creative works owned by another, especially at one of the most-watched global sporting events.
For further on the broader legal talking points and challenges impacting the XXV Winter Olympic Games, please see my colleague Henry Goldschmidt’s Sports Shorts article: High stakes: Traversing the legal terrain of Milano Cortina 2026™.
The 2026 edition of the annual Chief Legal Officers Survey (“Survey”) from the Association of Corporate Counsel validates the continuing evolution of senior in-house corporate counsel from strictly technical experts to also wise counselors and business partners to management. In addition, the Survey identifies a series of administrative and operational challenges confronting senior in-house counsel.
On February 20, 2026, Gadgets, Gigabytes and Goodwill Blog co-editor Owen Wolfe spoke at the Fordham School of Law as part of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Symposium, The Meaning of Ownership: Rethinking Intellectual Property, Creativity, and Control in the Age of Innovation. Owen discussed how courts have so far applied
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Palo Alto, Calif. February 26, 2026 –– Intapp (NASDAQ: INTA), the leading governed AI platform for professional firms in highly regulated industries, today announced the winners of its Partner Forum 2026 Awards. The awards recognize demonstrable client success in five categories: Data Intelligence, Integration
For a decade, Leon Black quietly built one of the largest cruise lines in the world. As CEO of Apollo Global Management, he was instrumental in creating Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings into the three-brand cruise conglomerate giant it is today. He also was secretly paying Jeffrey Epstein $170 million.From 2012 to 2017, Black paid Epstein
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Think of an AI assistant for lawyers as a teammate built into your workflow. It supports the tasks that quietly consume large parts of your day, such as summarizing documents, drafting routine communications, organizing matter information, and highlighting what needs attention next. Because legal
Craig Ball is on fire lately! He has just released a new practitioner’s guide to detecting deep fakes and authenticating digital evidence!
The post A Practitioner’s Guide to Detecting Deep Fakes and Authenticating Digital Evidence: Artificial Intelligence Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.
Partner JR Lanis and Bryan Wasser led a team that included Associates Richard Reis and Alexander Davis as they represented media, entertainment, technology and onchain treasury company GameSquare in its acquisition of TubeBuddy, an AI-enabled software and workflow platform for creators and brands who want to focus on optimizing YouTube channel performance and audience growth,
