Court Ruling Has Naked Cowboy Singing A Happy Tune
Posted by: Scott Shaffer
June 25, 2008

Less than a mile from The Lustigman Firm's offices in midtown Manhattan, a man calling himself The Naked Cowboy struts around Times Square in his tighty whities, posing for pictures with tourists in exchange for a couple of bucks. The Naked Cowboy is so well known that the makers of M&Ms made a commercial featuring one of the famous melts-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hands candies similarly decked out in underpants, cowboy hat and guitar.

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naked.cowboy.mtddecision.pdf

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Fantasy League Decision Affirmed
Posted by: Scott Shaffer
June 17, 2008

Fantasy football and rotisserie baseball players rejoice! The Supreme Court has allowed fantasy sports websites to use the names and statistics of professional athletes without the permission of the sports leagues or players unions. In early June, the Supreme Court denied certiorari (meaning declined to hear the appeal), thereby allowing an decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to stand undisturbed.

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