In the legal world, the level of professional responsibility is set at such a high standard that when an attorney acts unethically, it can haunt an individual for the rest of his or her career.  Time will tell whether this is the case for Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Stephanie Ovadia. Lohan and Ovadia filed suit against [...]

Another case of a big jewelry and accessories chain copying the works of independent designers. First Urban Outfitters, now Claire’s. It’s like all our middle school fashion-havens (using that term loosely…) have all gone bad!

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, a well-known Belgian dancer-choreographer, has accused Beyoncé of stealing her moves.  The dancer argues that the pop icon’s recently released “Countdown” music video, contains scenes bearing a striking resemblance to two of her Belgian works.  One of the scenes in question depicts Beyoncé looking at the camera through a window on [...]

Beyoncé is being sued for plagiarizing choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in her new music video, “Countdown”. The claim is that Beyoncé stole dance moves from two films, Rosas danst Roasa and Achterland. But can you actually steal dance moves and be sued for it? You certainly can. Choreography can be copyrighted. However, in this [...]