Fifth Circuit Finds Speculation And Clichés Not Enough To Make Musician Plaintiff A Copyright Rockstar – Copyright

12 April 2024 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Affirming the district court’s award of summary judgment for the band Nickelback, the Fifth Circuit found a copyright plaintiff’s circumstantial evidence insufficient to support a finding…

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Greater financial strains loom over Wisconsin’s public universities, report finds

The Universities of Wisconsin system is facing major projected budget shortfalls in the coming years as financial reserves dwindle and retention rates fall. These are the main themes the system’s president, Jay Rothman, pointed to in recently released third-party reports on the state’s universities.  The system’s trustees charged Rothman with eliminating structural shortfalls a year…

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