Less Than Zero, the 1987 movie adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’ first novel, easily makes my short-list of decade-defining movies for multiple reasons. There’s the sterling soundtrack, for one. The Cult’s “Lil Devil” (from Electric – one of the best alt-rock albums of all-time IMHO) and the Bangles’ saturnine yet up-tempo reworking of Simon & …
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Shufflin’ Crew’s Right of Publicity Claim Not Pre-Empted by Copyright Law – IL Northern District Rules
Dent v. Renaissance Marketing Corp., 2015 WL 3484464 (N.D.Ill. 2015) involves a royalty dispute over the 1985 “Super Bowl Shuffle” – a storied (locally, at least) song and video performed by several Chicago Bears football players – the Shufflin’ Crew – to commemorate the Bears’ Super Bowl thrashing of the New England Patriots that year. And …
Fire Alarm Contract Doesn’t Create Implied Warranty Claim – IL ND
Two titans of their respective industries went head-to-head in Allstate Indemnity Company v. ADT, LLC, 2015 WL 3798715 (N.D.Ill. 2015), a dispute over an alarm company’s responsibility for fire damage to its homeowner customer. After a 2013 house fire decimated its insured’s home to the tune of about $1.4M in damages, the plaintiff home insurer (Allstate) sued ADT, the home smoke and …
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