Victoria Cook participated in the negotiation to add Brett Ratner as producer to the docu “Night Will Fall,” the story of the restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 documentary on the Holocaust. View Article
February 11, 2014
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC and the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) today announced that GALA elected Jeffrey A. Greenbaum GALA President. Read more.
February 11, 2014
Law360 interviewed Barbara Shiers about her career as a "Female Powerbroker". View Article
February 6, 2014
Now that the "Big Game" is over, marketers are turning their attention to the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. While it is tempting to comment on and associate with big worldwide events as they are happening, bear in mind that there are rights holders that enforce and protect their rights to these events. Read more.
February 5, 2014
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC added Sean F. Kane as a partner to its Interactive Entertainment Group. Mr. Kane formally joined the firm today. Read more.
February 4, 2014
A recent decision from the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau highlights the increasing interest in native advertising by regulatory and self-regulatory bodies. As the Interactive Advertising Bureau noted in its recently released Native Advertising Playbook, native advertising is hard to define because it can take many different forms, and the questions it poses are far from settled. Read more.
January 31, 2014
Bloomberg BNA quoted Nicole Hyland on an opinion released this month by the New York City Bar's Ethics Committee regarding ethics rules for lawyers contemplating creative arrangements with nonlegal organizations.
January 30, 2014
In the current legal and economic climate, some lawyers are considering business arrangements with non-legal entities. A new ethics opinion by the Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York City Bar Association discusses important ethical issues raised by such business ventures. Read more.
January 30, 2014
New York County Lawyer published Ronald Minkoff's article on "Aging Lawyers and Professionalism". View Article
January 23, 2014
The Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program has recently released a handful of decisions addressing the responsibilities of the advertiser, agency and platform when collecting consumer information for online behavioral advertising. Read more.
January 22, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC" or the "Commission") announced this week that it updated its guidance for publishers and broadcasters on how to spot deceptive or false weight-loss claims when screening advertisements for publication. Read more.
January 15, 2014
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC named Nicole Hyland partner of the firm’s Attorney Ethics and Professional Responsibility Group, effective January 1st, 2014. Read more.
January 10, 2014
Frankfurt Kurnit is on the shortlist for Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – USA. Finance Monthly will announce the winners in February.
January 3, 2014
Our work as professional responsibility attorneys over the past year has given us a front row seat to the most bedeviling ethical conundrums faced by lawyers. In our final Ethics Alert of 2013, we re-cap six important developments for New York-area lawyers, along with tips for staying on the right side of the line. Read more.
December 26, 2013
On December 18, 2013, the "Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013" (the "Act") was signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The Act represents a major overhaul to New York's Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, the first of its kind in over 40 years. Read more.
December 20, 2013
For those employers covered by New York's new Hospitality Wage Order, tip credit rules are also changing effective December 31, 2013. Read more.
December 20, 2013
Above the Law covered Crain's Best Places to Work list. Frankfurt Kurnit was highest ranked among the seven law firms listed. View Article
December 10, 2013
The purchaser in a corporate merger owns the seller's pre-merger communications with its lawyer, according to a recent Delaware decision. In Great Hill Equity Partners Iv, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLP, the buyer sued former shareholders of the seller alleging they fraudulently induced the buyer to enter into the transaction. Read more.
December 10, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") hosted its much-anticipated workshop, "Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content?", in Washington, DC. The workshop facilitated a discussion among major industry stakeholders on the practice of "native advertising" in order to help the FTC determine whether additional regulatory guidance is needed. Read more.
December 9, 2013
Forbes quoted Edward H. Rosenthal and Barbara E. Shiers in an article about the estate of Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of Madeline. View Article
December 6, 2013
MediaPost quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on an investigation of an app that facilitates sharing of geolocation data and unique device identifiers with ad networks. View Article
December 5, 2013
Corporate Counsel quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum in an article about the details of a yearlong undercover operation designed to halt illegal reviewing activity. View Article
December 2, 2013
On November 21, 2013, the Second Circuit in New York issued a decision in Barenboim v. Starbucks, interpreting § 196-d of New York's Labor Law, which prohibits an employer, his or her agent or an officer of a corporation from retaining any part of a gratuity. Read more.
December 2, 2013
Variety recognized Andrew Hurwitz's client Jennifer Lee as one of "10 Screenwriters to Watch". View Article
November 26, 2013
Rick Kurnit published an article in Lawyer Monthly's Global Expert Guide to IP 2014 about brand integration and editorial content. View Article
November 22, 2013
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