Court throws out publisher/freelancer settlement
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[##_1L|1011923471.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]An appeals court has thrown out a settlement between freelance writers and publishers such as the New York Times and Dow Jones & Co. The writers had sued these publishers, and others including ProQuest and Knight Ridder, asserting that they had not granted the publishers the right to reproduce their work on the internet or in databases. A panel of Court of Appeals judges voted two to one to conclude that the district court lacked the power to approve the settlement that had previously been reached. This was worth up to $18 million.
Circuit judge Chester Straub said: "The overwhelming majority of claims within the certified class arise from the infringement of unregistered copyrights.
"We have held, albeit outside the class-action context, that district courts lack statutory subject matter jurisdiction over infringement claims arising from unregistered copyrights."
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.