Jeff asks about whether it’s necessary to get permission to have a character in his film quote lines from a famous play. In this video answer, I recommend in favor of getting permission, though in the U.S., the usage might constitute fair use protected under the First Amendment. Asked & Answered MORE >>

Eriq Gardner Studio points to the First Amendment and a case involving Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Style Business The Hangover Part II MORE >>

I’ve written at least a couple times before about websites created in order to allow lawyers to share legal forms and documents. Now there is another one. First, a recap. wrote last June about Standardforms.org , a legal wiki intended to serve as a free repository of sophisticated legal documents. That suggests someone is using it. MORE >>

[Editor Charlie says: Please welcome another guest post by Gavin Castleton, a songwriter and producer from Portland, Oregon.  Follow him on Twitter @gavincastleton.  Gavin’s artist site is  [link] and his excellent Tumblr commentary page is The Great Abstraction,  [link].  Copyright by the author, used by permission.]. would like to present another. MORE >>

Patrick J. Charles, U. Air Force, and Kevin Francis O'Neill, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, have published Saving the Press Clause from Ruin: The Customary Origins of a 'Free Press' as Interface to the Present and Future, in the 2012 MORE >>