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In a follow-up to its settlement with Focus Education, LLC in January of last year, the FTC recently entered into a $2 million settlement with Lumos Labs over claims that advertising and marketing for its Lumosity "brain training" games misled customers about cognitive benefits. Read more.
January 11, 2016
Greg Boyd is quoted in the WeiserMazars 2015 Media Barometer -- Cyber Security Special Edition. View Article
January 11, 2016
IP litigation partners Edward H. Rosenthal and Jeremy S. Goldman are co-counsel for The Authors Guild in the so-called Google Books case — arguably the most significant copyright case in the courts today. Read more.
January 6, 2016
Victoria Cook's article, "Gender Parity in Documentary Filmmaking Is A Fiction" is featured in Indiewire here. Further commentary on her piece can be found here.
January 5, 2016
Victoria Cook's article, "Demand Equal Representation for Women Documentarians, Too" is featured on the Alliance of Women Film Journalists website. View Article
January 5, 2016
The New York Legal Ethics Reporter published Ronald C. Minkoff and Tyler Maulsby's article, titled "Does N.Y. Judiciary Law §487 Apply to Arbitrations?". View Article
January 3, 2016
The New York Legal Ethics Reporter published Ronald C. Minkoff's article, titled "Miracle on Eagle Street: New York’s Temporary Practice Rule". View Article
January 3, 2016
The New York Legal Ethics Reporter published Tyler Maulsby's article, titled "Recent N.Y. Ethics Opinions: January 2016". View Article
January 3, 2016
The New York Legal Ethics Reporter published Richard M. Maltz's article, titled "Excessive Fees Revisited: Enforcement of Lucrative Retainers After “Lawrence”". View Article
January 1, 2016
Ronald Minkoff was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA article, 'New York Okays Temporary Practice by Outside Lawyers,' about New York's leadership on allowing foreign attorneys to work temporarily in New York.
December 31, 2015
Two app developers recently paid a total of $360,000 to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") that they violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") Rule. The cases make clear that children's privacy online remains an FTC focus. Here's what happened. Read more.
December 29, 2015
Law firms often struggle to determine when the rules of professional conduct permit representation of clients who compete in the marketplace. When is it OK, for example, to represent clients with competing patents, trademarks, or copyrights? A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case provides important guidance for IP lawyers -- particularly those representing clients with patents. Read more.
December 28, 2015
Two years after conducting a workshop to study native advertising, the FTC on December 22nd released long-awaited guidance that all marketers and publishers need to review. Read more.
December 23, 2015
Here's some big news for anyone who owns -- or is contemplating registration of -- a trademark that may offend certain audiences. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on December 22nd that a law banning the registration of disparaging trademarks is unconstitutional. Read more.
December 23, 2015
Terri Seligman is quoted in MediaPost's article, "FTC Says Native Ads Must Carry Clear Disclosures". View Article
December 22, 2015
New York City's Commuter Benefits Law takes effect on January 1, 2016. Under the law, for-profit and nonprofit employers with 20 or more full-time non-union employees working in New York City must offer their full-time employees the opportunity to use pre-tax income to purchase qualified transportation fringe benefits. Read more.
December 21, 2015
Acquisition International (AI) has named Frankfurt Kurnit as the 'Best for Advertising Law (USA)' and 'Best for Executive Compensation (USA).
December 21, 2015
Terri Seligman and Hannah Taylor's article, "Advertising Self-Regulatory Council Implements Significant Revisions To Its Procedures" is featured in What's In Store, the American Bar Association's newsletter of the Section of Antitrust Law's Consumer Protection Committee, Privacy and Information Security Committee, and Advertising Disputes and Litigation Committee. View Article
December 17, 2015
In a thrilling and important development, New York has promulgated a new Court Rule, 22 NYCRR § 523 ("Section 523"), that allows lawyers admitted in other jurisdictions, but not admitted in New York, to practice here under certain circumstances. Read more.
December 16, 2015
The BTI Client Service A-Team is limited solely to law firms considered by clients to deliver the absolute best levels of client service. The ranking is based on independent, unbiased feedback from clients, no law firm influences the results, submits nominations or provides client names. View Article
December 16, 2015
Reuters quotes Gavin McElroy on best practices in top media executive employment deals. View Article
December 11, 2015
Ronald Minkoff is quoted in The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog article, "Law Firm Mintz Levin Must Turn Over Privileged Documents, Court Rules". View Article
December 10, 2015
Reuters Legal covers our defense of Hasbro in an alleged right of publicity case brought by Fox News’s Harris Faulkner. View Article
December 9, 2015
Andrew Hurwitz is featured in the New York Social Diary's coverage of the Evening of Opportunity hosted by Services for the UnderServed (SUS).
December 8, 2015
Here's some important news for persons owning interests in companies operating in New York that are registered in other states. Read more.
December 4, 2015
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