The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed what many industry players already recognized: when conducting eCommerce with consumers, the safest practice for businesses looking to enforce their website's terms is to include obvious indicia of consumer consent, possibly through use of a "clickwrap" agreement (where website users are required to affirmatively click on an "I agree" box). Read more.
September 3, 2014
While tax incentives for film and television productions receive a lot of publicity, many states offer valuable business incentives for the production or development of video games as well. Read more.
August 18, 2014
Best Lawyers recognized our firm and 16 of our attorneys in their 2015 list. Read more.
August 18, 2014
Best Lawyers named Jeffrey A. Greenbaum the 2015 Advertising Lawyer of the Year - New York City. View Article
August 18, 2014
There's big news for advertisers who have been "like-gating" content on their Facebook Pages. Read more.
August 12, 2014
State production tax incentives have become an increasingly important part of any financing plan for feature length fiction films. But what about documentary films? Read more.
August 11, 2014
On August 1, 2014 the Federal Trade Commission issued a study on mobile shopping apps. The report, What's the Deal? An FTC Study on Mobile Shopping Apps, lauded certain mobile shopping apps for providing "beneficial services designed to enhance the consumer shopping experience." Read more.
August 11, 2014
The New York Law Journal published "Escrow Accounts After 'Galasso': You Are Your Brother's Keeper" by Richard M. Maltz and David S. Hammer. View Article
August 7, 2014
The American Lawyer published Working Mother's "Best Law Firm for Women list". The list included Frankfurt Kurnit. (Article behind a paywall) View Article
August 7, 2014
For the second year in a row Working Mother magazine recognized Frankfurt Kurnit as a 'Best Law Firm for Women'. Read more.
August 5, 2014
The New York Law Journal featured Richard M. Maltz and David Hammer's article about the impact of Matter of Galasso on a law firm's duty to properly supervise firm escrow accounts.
July 29, 2014
The Global Arbitration Review mentioned Ronald Minkoff as Counsel to Jack Grynberg in Grynberg v BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd and Statoil ASA (Supreme Court of the State of New York).
July 28, 2014
TechNewsWorld quoted Sean Kane on a decision by Carnegie Mellon's counsel to cancel a talk scheduled for next month's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas about a vulnerability in The Tor Project. View Article
July 24, 2014
World Trademark Review quoted Christopher Chase on legal training for social media marketers.
July 23, 2014
Digiday quoted Jeffrey Greenbaum on Airbnb's recent branding efforts. View Article
July 18, 2014
The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance featured Claudine Wilson's article "FTC Settles with Dozens of Companies for False Claims in Company Privacy Policies" in its quarterly newsletter, the Gala Gazette. View Article
July 16, 2014
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel featured information about "Hot Topics in Advertising & Marketing 2007", a CLE seminar hosted by the New York City Bar Association and chaired by Jeffrey A. Greenbaum.
July 16, 2014
Last month, the California Attorney General's Office released guidelines for businesses on how to comply with recent updates to the California Online Privacy Protection Act. Read more.
July 15, 2014
Digiday quoted Jeff Greenbaum on Tide's deleted, "Wash away the last four years", tweet. View Article
July 11, 2014
Bloomberg BNA quoted Ronald Minkoff in an article on New York Court of Appeals' decision in the matter of In re Thelen LLP, 2014 NY Slip Op. 04879 (N.Y. Ct. of App., July 1, 2014). U.S. Law Week and BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter also published the article. View Article
July 11, 2014
That's the important question currently before a federal appeals court - a question with huge implications for advertisers and other custodians of sensitive customer data. How did the question arise? Read more.
July 7, 2014
Law 360 mentioned Frankfurt Kurnit as counsel to Kaplan Fox on an ethics question arising during a multi-district arlines price-fixing litigation.
July 7, 2014
Biz Women interviewed Lisa Davis about advising creative clients on legal issues. View Article
July 3, 2014
Italia Oggi, a Milan newspaper that covers economics and politics, quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on a new anti-spam law in Canada.
July 3, 2014
In a decision with far reaching implications for law firms and their clients, the New York Court of Appeals firmly rejected the application of the "unfinished business" doctrine - an important principle of partnership law - to lawyers and law firms. Read more.
July 2, 2014
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