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SCOTUS Finds Andy Warhol Foundation Liable for Copyright Infringement

Accident Lawyer Services, , , , , , , Deborah Sibley

On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in a 7-2 decision that may have wide-ranging implications for artists around the nation. The case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith arose as a result of an unauthorized reprinting in Vanity Fair magazine of a photo … Continue reading SCOTUS Finds Andy Warhol Foundation Liable for Copyright Infringement →

SCOTUS To Decide if Property Tax Forfeiture Constitutes Taking​

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An elderly woman in the Twin Cities stopped paying property taxes on her condo, so the county government seized her property and sold it. Now her case is up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Geraldine Tyler, 94, moved into her Minneapolis condo in 1999, and lived there for a decade. In 2010, at the urging of her children, she moved into … Continue reading SCOTUS To Decide if Property Tax Forfeiture Constitutes Taking​ →

SCOTUS to Decide Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up a case that threatens the very existence of the nation’s premier consumer watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Last October, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB’s funding structure violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, and that the agency’s payday lending … Continue reading SCOTUS to Decide Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau →