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LA Lawyer Table of Contents: April 1997

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Los Angeles Lawyer 
The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

Table of Contents
April 1997, Vol. 20, No. 2  

FEATURES 

	Fair Is Fair Now that the Supreme Court has given fair use protection to musical parodies, how can the interests of the original composer be protected? By Joseph von Sauers
	From Fan to Fanatic California has taken the lead in providing legal protection for celebrities who become the victims of stalkers By Rhonda B. Saunders
	Healthy Sampling With the intellectual property issues of digital sampling still in play, practitioners are advised to secure all rights now, rather than pay the price later. Edited by Philip S. Miller
	Strength of Character Owners of fictional characters can pursue a variety of strategies to maximize their ownership interests beyond the statutory copyright. By Mark S. Lee and Alison Spear Ullendorff  Plus: Earn MCLE Credit. MCLE Test No. 50, sponsored by West Publishing.

DEPARTMENTS 

	Practice Tips Alternative dispute resolution in the entertainment industry BBy Louise Nemschoff and Nichole Smith
	Tax Tips The IRS offers a roadmap to entertainment tax audits By Michael R. Morris
	Practice Tips Terms of engagement: the scope of employment in multimedia By Mark Litwak
	Computer Counselor Avoiding the slippery slope of technology By Daryl Teshima

COLUMNS 

	President's Page Defending the judiciary By Sheldon H. Sloan
	Barristers Bulletin The ABA's Young Lawyer Division By Laura V. Farber
	Closing Argument The mirror has two faces By Michael Asimow and Paul Bergman

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