MediaLawLetter published Ronald C. Minkoff's article "Ethics Corner: Putting the Genie Back What To Do When Your Client has Stolen Documents". View Article
March 15, 2010
IEE Security & Privacy published Sean F. Kane's article "Virtual Judgment: Legal Implications of Online Gaming".
June 30, 2009
Seeking to grab the attention of customers and break through the clutter of everyday advertising, advertisers will often work with athletes to market their goods and services. Read more.
April 10, 2009
Christopher Chase's article, "Lanham Act - Not Right of Publicity - Provides Best Shot for the "Naked Cowboy" appeared in various databases in the Mondaq distribution service and achieved page 1 Google placements for common search phrases. Read more.
December 10, 2008
Sean F. Kane co-authored Landslide: A Publication of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property, Vol. 1, Number 1 with Benjamin T. Duranske.
September 30, 2008
Sean F. Kane was a Contributing Chapter Author of "Virtual Property, Real Law", for the book Settlers of the New Virtual Worlds published by BookSurge Publishing in August 2008.
August 31, 2008
On July 7, 2008, Governor Paterson signed into law a bill that extends the revocatory effect of divorce to non-probate dispositions of property and certain fiduciary designations of a former spouse. This article summarizes the provisions of the newly enacted law and outlines how it differs from the Uniform Probate Code Section after which it was patterned. Read more.
July 16, 2008
Internet Law & Strategy published Sean F. Kane's article "A Passport to Virtual Worlds" in its June 2008 Vol. 6, No. 6 issue.
June 30, 2008
Sean F. Kane authored a chapter of "Virtually Lawless: Legal and Economic Issues in Virtual Worlds", which PLI published as part of Information Technology Law Institute 2008, New Directions: Social Networks, Blogs, Privacy, Mash-ups, Virtual Worlds and Open Source in March 2008.
March 31, 2008
The New York Law Journal published Brian Maas and Amelia Brankov's article, "Rules on Prehearing Dispositive Motions in Arbitrations". Read more.
March 12, 2008
The New York Professional Responsibility Report featured Ronald C. Minkoff's article, "Who's My Client? Part I - The Intermittent Client" in its February 2008 edition.
February 1, 2008
Lisa E. Davis' article, "Intransigence on Diversity" appeared in the December/January edition of The Network Journal.
January 15, 2008
O’Dwyer’s PR published Gavin McElroy's article "Pricing Services to Increase Revenues" on its website.
January 9, 2008
E-commerce Law and Policy published Sean F. Kane's article "Passporting of Avatars and Property Between Virtual Worlds" in its December 2007, Vol. 9 issue.
December 31, 2007
Virtual Worlds Management published "Virtual Worlds Management Industry Forcast 2008", a peice Sean F. Kane contributed to as an author.
December 31, 2007
Two advertisers recently received a little more leeway to flex their collective funny bone–even when competitors were the butt of their jokes. Read more.
October 26, 2007
Rick Kurnit's article "Reward Ad Stars for Value, Results" was published in Advertising Age's Career Guide edition on September 24, 2007.
September 24, 2007
The New York Law Journal featured Linda Wank and Elisabeth Cavanagh's "The Lasting Effect of Star Power" as the lead article in the Trusts & Estates section of its September 17, 2007 publication.
September 17, 2007
The ethical rules prohibiting lawyers from entering into restrictive covenants – Model Rule 5.6 and its predecessor, DR 2-108 of the Code of Professional Responsibility – are not as simple as they appear. For those lawyers, schooled under Cohen v. Lord Day & Lord, 75 N.Y.2d 95 (1989), the prohibition appears absolute: lawyers may not enter into agreements with their law partners that require those who leave the firm to forfeit earned compensation or other benefits if they compete with the firm. Some courts take an equally simplistic view. Read more.
July 28, 2007
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum authored the chapter "Developing an Advertising Compliance Program" included in the book Advertising and Litigation Best Practices. The book was published in July 2007 by Aspatore.
July 1, 2007
Lauren Bishow co-wrote the article, “E-Discovery From a Global Perspective: Applying the ‘Possession, Custody and Control’ Test to Electronic Information Stored Domestically and Abroad” published in The Legal Intelligencer.
June 1, 2007
Internet Law & Strategy published Sean F. Kane's article on "Viacom v. YouTube" in its April 2007, Vol. 5, No. 4 issue.
April 30, 2007
Gamasutra published S. Gregory Boyd's article "Patent Strategy in the Game Industry". View Article
March 25, 2007
As advertising agencies and production companies continue to get into the business of producing branded entertainment and other content that doesn't fall within the traditional definition of "advertising," they are faced with the challenge of adapting their businesses to meet the demands of these new projects. It should come as no surprise that when you're creating viral films, television shows, Second Life content or video games, for example, you're going to be faced with new business, production, and legal considerations. Read more.
March 23, 2007
The federal government and many city and state governments have programs designed to increase the flow of contracts to minority-owned and women-owned businesses. A recent example of a firm winning status as a women-owned business is Public Communications Inc. of Chicago. It won the designation of "Women's Business Enterprise" from the Women's Business Development Center, Chicago, and is seeking similar recognition from city, county, state and federal offices. Read more.
January 29, 2007
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