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The Cost of Streaming: How TV Writers and Musicians Are Paying the Price for Your Binge-Watching Habits

The Cost of Streaming: How TV Writers and Musicians Are Paying the Price for Your Binge-Watching Habits

By Gary Pierson / May 8, 2023 / Comments Off on The Cost of Streaming: How TV Writers and Musicians Are Paying the Price for Your Binge-Watching Habits

  How can there be a writer’s strike when we’re living in a time of unprecedented TV and movie production, with more screens and outlets to watch content on than ever before? And what does this mean for the music industry? Great questions. Let’s talk about it. The Streaming Era’s Impact on the Writer’s Strike …

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The Power of Mediation: Lessons Learned from the Trenches

By Mark E. Goodman / March 6, 2023 / Comments Off on The Power of Mediation: Lessons Learned from the Trenches

Mediation is a powerful and efficient way to resolve conflict by having honest and open communication.  When I finish mediating a dispute I always reflect on how different and satisfying each process can be. I compare it to being confronted with a seemingly impossible crossword puzzle. At first glance the clues just don’t resonate but…

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Part II-C of Bittner: The Dark Lining Behind the Silver Cloud

By Sanford J. Boxerman / February 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Part II-C of Bittner: The Dark Lining Behind the Silver Cloud

This morning, the Supreme Court issued what lawyers correctly regard as a taxpayer-friendly opinion in the case of Bittner v. United States. In that case, by a vote of 5-4, the Court held the maximum penalty that the Government can impose upon a person who nonwillfully fails to file FinCEN Form 114, “Report of Foreign…

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