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The Copyright Registration Requirement and Federal Court Jurisdiction: A Legal Analysis of Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick

Posted Mon, 11/30/2009 - 01:00

Although an author need not register his or her work with the U.S. Copyright Office to obtain copyright protection, registration is a statutory prerequisite to bringing suit for infringement of the copyright, as mandated by 17 U.S.C. §411(a). The question in Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, is whether this section of the Copyright Act restricts the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts over copyright infringement actions.

Access to Government Information In the United States

Posted Mon, 08/31/2009 - 00:00

The U.S. Constitution makes no specific allowance for any one of the three branches of the federal government to have access to information held by the others. No provision in the U.S. Constitution expressly establishes a procedure for public access to government information. Congress has legislated various public access laws. Among these laws are two records access statutes, • the Freedom of Information Act (FOI Act or FOIA; 5 U.S.C. § 552), and • the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a), and two meetings access statutes, • the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA; 5 U.S.C.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Summary of Actions in Support of Housing and Financial Markets

Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 00:00

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established as an independent government corporation under the authority of the Banking Act of 1933, also known as the Glass- Steagall Act (P.L. 73-66, 48 Stat. 162, 12 U.S.C.) to insure bank deposits. This report discusses recent actions taken by the FDIC in support of housing and financial markets, including a temporary increase in deposit insurance as required by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L.