Jackson estate, businessman settle copyright case

FILE - In a March 5, 2009 file photo US singer Michael Jackson announces that he is set to play ten live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, which he announced at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. A trial scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2012 will determine how much a businessman working with Katherine Jackson will have to pay her son?s estate for infringing some of its copyrights. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

FILE - In a March 5, 2009 file photo US singer Michael Jackson announces that he is set to play ten live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, which he announced at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. A trial scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2012 will determine how much a businessman working with Katherine Jackson will have to pay her son?s estate for infringing some of its copyrights. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, Michael Jackson follows his mother, Katherine Jackson, as they arrive for court on the opening day of his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, Calif. A trial scheduled to begin Tuesday September 6, 2012 will determine how much a businessman working with Katherine Jackson will have to pay her son?s estate for infringing some of its copyrights. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Michael Jackson's estate and a businessman working with the singer's mother settled a copyright infringement lawsuit for $2.5 million on Tuesday, shortly before a trial in the case was scheduled to begin.

The settlement also restricts Howard Mann and his companies from using Jackson's likeness without permission in the future. It ends a year and a half of legal fighting over Mann's use of Jackson's name and likeness on a website used to promote unreleased songs, photographs and a book written by Katherine Jackson filled with recollections of her superstar son.

Mann is the CEO of Vintage Pop Media, which operated the website www.michaeljacksonsecretvault.com until it was ordered shut down last month by a federal judge who ruled the site violated copyrights controlled by the singer's estate.

Under the terms of the settlement, announced in court by estate attorney Zia Modabber, Vintage Pop Media Group is responsible for $2 million of the judgment, while the entity Vintage Associates LLC is responsible for the remainder. Vintage Associates is the custodian of the items that were at issue in the case.

Mann's attorney, Lee Durst, declined comment after the hearing. "The estate is delighted this matter is behind us," estate attorney Howard Weitzman said.

Among the items that had been improperly used were images from Jackson's posthumous film "This Is It" and a silhouette of the singer dancing in "Smooth Criminal." The settlement also blocks the usage of materials from "Thriller" that had appeared on Mann's website.

A jury trial on how much Mann owes the estate had been scheduled to begin Tuesday, with an expert estimating a license for the works is worth between $5 million and $12 million.

Mann's attorneys rejected a settlement offer last week of $2 million. They sought to introduce evidence that they were given bad legal advice about having to license the works and have considered calling Katherine Jackson as a witness. The Jackson family matriarch is one of the beneficiaries of the singer's estate, along with his three children.

U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson has noted that Mann doesn't appear to have the resources to pay a large judgment. The defendants' ability to pay was not discussed in court on Tuesday.

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If you are interested in corporate law, especially economic analysis of it, you?likely will enjoy an impressive new book collecting original pieces by 30 prominent corporate law scholars. Edited by Claire Hill and Brett McDonnell of the University of Minnesota, the book canvases every important topic in corporate law.

After an overview that traces the history of the economic analysis of corporate law, the book addresses corporate constituencies, governance, gatekeepers, government?oversight and a few other hot topics not classified.

Within constituencies, topics consider the directors? role, the roles of other corporate actors, including shareholders, creditors, employees, and other stakeholders along with broader notions of the public interest.?

Internal governance looks at fiduciary duties, shareholder litigation, outside directors, shareholder activism and executive compensation.??

Gatekeeper pieces address lawyers and auditors, as well as rating agencies,? research analysts, D&O insurers and investment banks.

Jurisdiction looks at both domestic federalism as well as comparative perspective.

Unclassified topics address self-dealing, behavioral economics, and market efficiency.

The scholars are?the following professors:

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Charles K. Whitehead

6. Employees and the Boundaries of the Corporation

Matthew T. Bodie

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Ian B. Lee

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8. Fiduciary Duties: The Emerging Jurisprudence

Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell

9. Empirical Studies of Representative Litigation

Randall S. Thomas and Robert B. Thompson

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Lisa M. Fairfax

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Preston Carter, 100 year old driver, injures 11 in Los Angeles accident.

A driver who will be 101 in September backed out of a parking lot near an elementary school in Los Angeles, plowing into 11 people, including nine children. ?Fortunately no one died as a result of the incident on Wednesday, but it highlights the challenge that aging drivers and their families face in deciding when it?s time to get off the road.

Although they only account for about 9 percent of the population, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show senior drivers account for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities and 17 percent of all pedestrian fatalities.

A recent report by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found the rate of deaths involving drivers 75 to 84 is about three per million miles driven ? on par with teen drivers. Once they pass age 85, vehicular fatality rates jump to nearly four times that of teens.

Richard Nix, executive director of Agingcare.com, says many senior drivers don?t realize their eyesight, hearing and reflexes aren?t as sharp as they used to be. They may be taking medication that impairs judgment, memory or coordination or suffer from arthritis or Alzheimer?s. Consequently they may not realize it when they blow past a stop sign, forget to signal a right turn or confuse the gas pedal with the brake.

Even when they admit to themselves that they?re driving skills may not be up to par, some older drivers are still reluctant to hand over their keys. According to Nix, loss of driving privileges is a difficult and emotional issue for many.

?People have been driving their whole life and have trouble believing they?re incapable of continuing,? he said. ?They feel like their independence has been taken away.?

And Nix points out, it?s frequently a difficult subject for loved ones to face as well. They may feel a pang of fear every time their elderly parent gets behind the wheel but are reluctant to confront them for fear of hurting their feelings are starting a battle.

Nix says that if need be enlist the help of other family members, friends or their physician when a loved one presents a danger on the road. In some cases, it may even be appropriate to take legal action, though laws vary from state to state.

Whether an elderly driver comes to the conclusion on their own that it?s time to surrender their license or they?re forced to do so, it?s a big moment and it can be devastating. But the consequences of not doing so may be even more devastating.

Consider the case of George Russell Weller, an 86-year-old Los Angeles driver who?suffered from arthritis, nausea as a side-effect of medication, and reduced mobility from a?hip replacement. Weller?s car struck another car then accelerated around a road closure sign, crashed through wooden sawhorses, and plowed through a busy marketplace crowd, killing 10 people and injuring another 63. Weller told investigators he had accidentally placed his foot on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake.

Agingcare.com offers the following advice for senior drivers to evaluate when it?s time to stop driving:

  • Conditions like cataracts and glaucoma can diminish sight and hamper driving ability. An eye doctor can help establish whether your sight is good enough to drive safely.
  • Many older drivers no longer have the strength or dexterity to handle a car. They may shrink in height so much they can no longer see over the windshield. This is especially true for seniors who do little or no physical activity.
  • Alzheimer?s can impair memory and judgment. Diabetics risk falling into a coma while driving. Even if you have long periods of time when health issues cause no problems, why risk it?
  • Medications, especially multiple medications, can greatly impair driving ability. Your doctor should advise you of the dangers your medications present while driving.
  • If the minor fender-benders are adding up or you simply feel less confident about driving, it?s OK to admit it to yourself that your driving days are over.
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NEW YORK (AP) ? Apple's $1 billion court win against Samsung is translating into a much bigger jump in its market value.

Apple shares are up $19, or 2.9 percent, at $682.22 in premarket trading Monday.

That boosts Apple Inc.'s market capitalization by $18 billion. If the stock stays at that level in regular trading, it will also be a new all-time high for the company.

Late Friday, a nine-person federal jury in Silicon Valley found that some of Samsung's products illegally copied features and designs from Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Investors appear to be betting that the verdict will make it harder for Apple rivals to ride on the iPhone's coat-tails.

Samsung Electronics shares fell 7.5 percent in Korean trading. Shares of HTC, which makes smartphones similar to Samsung's, fell 1.9 percent on the Taiwanese stock market.

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Ecuador: Recent international events pave way to China banana trade

Alisa Sunrise:
Ecuador: Recent international events pave way to China banana trade

Alisa Sunrise has been running its operations in Ecuador for three years now. New branches have also been opened up in the Mersin Free Trade Zone, in Turkey, to allow for smoother export trade.

Giselle Gomez, from Alisa Sunrise explains a little about the company. "Our main product is Cavendish banana, but we are also planning to market pineapples from both Ecuador and Costa Rica."

She explains that the company has a very international portfolio. "Our main markets are Albania, Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece and we are reaching new markets in Libya, Iran and China."

Giselle says that 2012 has been an unusual year for the banana trade. The weather has not always been kind for one thing, there have been floods in some areas. Add to this the fact that black sigatoka has been affecting the production and things begin to look a little gloomy.

"Black sigatoka, combined with the weather has meant a lower supply of fruit this year. this is in spite of government assistance. Basically, only the larger growers were fumigated and over 50% of the production takes place on smaller farms," she explains.

However, there have also been opportunities she says, for example, that the problems earlier this year, with Philippines bananas and entry into China, provided the company with the opportunity to open up a lucrative new market. it's just a shame it came at a time when the supply was so lowered.

For more information:
Giselle Gomez
Alisa Sunrise
Tel: +593 4 215 80 40
Mob: +593 8 411 68 04
giselle@alisa-sunrise.ec
www.alisa-sunrise.ec

Publication date: 8/22/2012
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