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Jeremy S. Goldman Explains Who Really Owns Your Tattoos
Vice interviewed Jeremy S. Goldman on whether tattoo artists can own the copyright in their tattoos. View Article
October 13, 2017
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Vice interviewed Jeremy S. Goldman on whether tattoo artists can own the copyright in their tattoos. View Article
October 13, 2017
Daniel Goldberg is mentioned in USC’s Trojan Family magazine article about being one of the founding committee members and membership chair of USC’s Alumni Association’s Alumni Entrepreneurs Network (AEN). View Article
October 11, 2017
...Our client, Dee Rees, will direct an adaptation of Joan Didion's political thriller The Last Thing He Wanted for The Fyzz Facility.
October 6, 2017
Super Lawyers magazine features an interview with Victoria Cook. View Article
October 6, 2017
Super Lawyers listed thirty-three Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys in its 2017 edition. Read more.
October 6, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on recent FTC enforcement action against influencers who fail to disclose their connections to brands. View Article
October 5, 2017
Here's what's happening at the intersection of sports, marketing, and entertainment law. Read more.
September 29, 2017
Los Angeles, CA - Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC has added Joseph R. Taylor as a partner in the firm’s Media & Entertainment Litigation Group. Read more.
September 28, 2017
Variety’s 2017 Dealmakers Elite New York list includes Frankfurt Kurnit partner Sean F. Kane. Counsel Sasha Levites is included on the Dealmakers Up Next list. View Article
September 26, 2017
New York Metro Super Lawyers featured Victoria Cook in the article, “Another Inconvenient Truth”. In January Ms. Cook posted to Facebook about the misperception that the best documentary category at the Academy Awards is more inclusive than the other major award categories. The post received a lot of attention and further exposed bias in the industry. View Article
September 25, 2017
The FTC is making a strong push in 2017 to ensure that social media influencers comply with the Commission's Endorsement Guide (the "FTC Guides") and recently updated FTC Guides' FAQs. Read more.
September 18, 2017
The New York State Bar Association published Rachel Santori’s article, " Star Athletica: Finding for Fashion" in the Summer 2017 edition of their publication, Bright Ideas.
September 15, 2017
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum is quoted by Digital News Daily about the Federal Trade Commission’s updated Endorsement Guide. Mr. Greenbaum notes that influencers on social media are a high priority in the new guide and disclosure is important when posting endorsements. View Article
September 15, 2017
On Wednesday, September 13th, we volunteered to do greening work for New York Restoration Project along a stretch of Highbridge Park in Harlem. The New York Law Journal covered our volunteer day with their story "One Park at a Time" and posted a photo on their Instagram page. The story can be viewed here (behind a paywall) and the post can be viewed here.
September 15, 2017
Recent developments demonstrate the FTC's continued interest in social media endorsements. Read more.
September 11, 2017
Recently, the FTC announced a set of internal reforms intended to improve the process by which the Commission investigates unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices. The reforms relate to the Civil Investigative Demands ("CID") that the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection issues to request information from investigation targets. Read more.
September 7, 2017
Recently the New York State Bar Ethics Committee issued a pair of opinions about the limitations on a lawyer's ability to take advantage of certain on-line legal marketing services. Read more.
August 31, 2017
Law360 mentions Catherine Farrelly and Maura J. Wogan as the lawyers for Hasbro Inc. in a high-profile toy industry IP dispute in New York federal court. The article discusses Hasbro Inc.’s allegation that DC Comics copied the name of its yellow “Bumblebee” character from Hasbro’s famous Transformers character. (Article behind a paywall) View Article
August 30, 2017
Earlier this month, three class action lawsuits were filed against companies for alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). Read more.
August 22, 2017
Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" ranked Frankfurt Kurnit nationally in "Tier 1" in Advertising, Copyright, Entertainment - Motion Pictures and Television, and Trademark Law, "Tier 2" in Litigation - Intellectual Property, Media Law, and Trusts & Estates Law, and "Tier 3" in Commercial Litigation and Regulatory Read more.
August 15, 2017
Hannah Magazine’s Summer 2017 issue features Lisa E. Davis and her supportive group of women friends, dubbed the “Bad MamaJamas.” The article quotes Lisa: “From the Black Women’s Club Movement led by women such as Dorothy Height, who organized to advance the needs of the entire Black community to the Black sororities, the history of Black women is one of us using sisterhood to support one another and address the needs of our community.” For more information, or to order a copy of the magazine, click here.
August 8, 2017
Law360 mentioned Catherine Farrelly as the lawyer for the Vegas Golden Knights. The article discussed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s approval of trademark registrations for the National Hockey League’s newest franchise. (Article behind a paywall) View Article
August 8, 2017
The Global Legal Post quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on a new French advertising law. Mr. Greenbaum notes that advertisers should begin thinking about including disclosures and consider whether disclosures will have an impact on models' decisions to particpate in campaigns that are retouched. View Article
August 3, 2017
GALA Gazette publishes Daniel Goldberg’s blog post, “Data for Sale . . . at a Price - FTC Imposes $104 Million Judgment against Company over Alleged Unlawful Sharing of Consumers’ Sensitive Information”. View Article
August 2, 2017
Congratulations to Hayden Goldblatt, John Harris, Jeff Marks and Alan Sacks for their third straight tournament win at the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Michael Rothenberg Memorial Golf Outing. The event took place at the Bethpage State Park's Red Course. Read more.
July 27, 2017
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