Gerald Sauer’s Law360 article on flawed process in music copyright suits

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Judicial Process For Music Copyright Must Be Reined In

by Gerald Sauer

Popular singers and their songwriting teams are walking around with targets on their backs. Last month, in Gray v. Perry, a Los Angeles federal jury awarded $2.8 million to Christian rapper Marcus Gray after finding that Katy Perry and her “Dark Horse” songwriting team infringed his song “Joyful Noise.” In doing so, it continued a copyright trajectory that includes theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s 2018 “Blurred Lines” decision,Williams v. Gaye, affirming a $5 million infringement judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in favor of heirs to Marvin Gaye.

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Gerald Sauer’s Law360 article on flawed process in music copyright suits

Uncategorized

Judicial Process For Music Copyright Must Be Reined In

by Gerald Sauer

Popular singers and their songwriting teams are walking around with targets on their backs. Last month, in Gray v. Perry, a Los Angeles federal jury awarded $2.8 million to Christian rapper Marcus Gray after finding that Katy Perry and her “Dark Horse” songwriting team infringed his song “Joyful Noise.” In doing so, it continued a copyright trajectory that includes theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s 2018 “Blurred Lines” decision,Williams v. Gaye, affirming a $5 million infringement judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in favor of heirs to Marvin Gaye.

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Gerald Sauer quoted in InformationWeek article on privacy policies

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InformationWeek quoted Gerald Sauer in its article, “Why You Should Create a Forward-Looking Privacy Policy.”

There’s currently no comprehensive law governing the collection, use sale, or other disclosure of personal information across the United States, noted Gerald Sauer, a founding partner of Los Angeles-based law firm Sauer & Wagner. “A handful of laws set guidelines for use of personal information for specific purposes, such as medical and financial information.”  

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Gerald Sauer’s article in The Daily Journal on working with both defendants and plaintiffs

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Dear Fellow Employment Attorneys: Let’s Not Take Sides

Recently, I was taken to task by a defense side employment attorney who assumed that my firm only did defense work but learned that I represented a plaintiff. In his view, I had crossed the Rubicon.

by Gerald Sauer

Recently, I was taken to task by a defense side employment attorney who assumed that my firm only did defense work but learned that I represented a plaintiff. In his view, I had crossed the Rubicon. In fact, I regularly represent defendants and plaintiffs. If a case has merit, regardless of which side it’s on, I’m willing to take it.  

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Gerald Sauer’s article in Law.com/The Recorder on the upside of corporate greed

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When Corporate Greed Is Good for Workers

A funny thing happened on the way to making the wealthy even wealthier: Workers’ lives improved. It wasn’t because corporate titans suddenly saw the light and decided to change their ways. It was strictly a pocketbook issue.

by Gerald Sauer

Businesses exist to make money. From child labor to exposing workers to harmful chemicals, nothing that helped the bottom line has ever been off the table. In the last century, lawmakers began changing the landscape—placing human lives and personal welfare over corporate profits—when public sentiment called for change.

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