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Facebook Changes its Promotions Guidelines
Facebook introduced significant changes to its terms of service yesterday in an effort to make it easier for businesses to administer sweepstakes, contests and other promotions on its site.
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August 28 2013
Our Attorneys
Julie M. Murray
Julie M. Murray is a partner in the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, who specializes in representing clients in the television, documentary, motion picture, digital, comedy, podcast, and branded content industries. Ms. Murray offers clients full service legal representation, handling all transactions from the development of a…
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Events & Education
Variety Sports Entertainment Panel
Christopher Chase speaks on the panel “Branding the Athlete” at the Variety Sports Entertainment Summit.
August 15 2013
Paralegals & Administrative Staff
Oskar Friedman
Oskar Friedman, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer at Frankfurt Kurnit. Oskar manages all the accounting and finance functions for the firm, including administrating the benefit and pension plans. Oskar also prepares profitability and budget analyses, and assists the firm’s Estate Planning and Administration Group with preparation of client tax…
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Paralegals & Administrative Staff
Marc Handelman
Marc Handelman is Director of Marketing for Frankfurt Kurnit. Marc helps develop seminars, CLE presentations, and other educational events for clients and friends of the firm, and he coordinates our presence in outside conferences. Marc also handles public relations, and oversees the firm’s website and production and distribution of the…
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Art Law
We handle a variety of domestic and international matters for clients who conduct business in the world of fine art. OUR CLIENTS We advise artists, galleries, art advisors, and individual and institutional collectors. CLIENT BENEFITS Litigate and Resolve Disputes Clients in the business of fine art and antiquities often face…
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Jeremy S. Goldman
Jeremy S. Goldman is a partner in the Litigation Group and Co-Chair of the Emerging Technology Group, focusing on intellectual property, entertainment, media, privacy, technology, and commercial law. He is Supervising Partner of the firm's Los Angeles office. Jeremy is an accomplished media and entertainment litigator, focusing on copyright, trademark,…
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FTC Bars Mattress Companies from Making Unsupported Green Claims
In separate settlements with the FTC, three mattress manufacturers recently agreed to stop making alleged unsupported green claims, including that their mattresses do not contain harmful volatile organic compounds.
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August 8 2013
Paralegals & Administrative Staff
Kelly O’Donnell
Kelly O’Donnell is a paralegal in our Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Group. Ms. O’Donnell has wide-ranging advertising and promotions law experience and has worked extensively with counsel around the world to vet and implement domestic and international promotions. Ms. O’Donnell supports our Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group lawyers…
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Lawyers and Ethics of Social Media
Nicole Hyland was quoted by Business2Community on the ethics of social media for practicing lawyers.
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July 31 2013
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Marcie Cleary
Marcie Cleary is a partner in the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit representing a range of individual and corporate clients across the film, television, digital, and book publishing industries. Ms. Cleary negotiates and structures media and entertainment deals for actors, athletes, writers, directors, producers, news correspondents, authors, podcasters, influencers, and…
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Caren Decter
Caren Decter is a partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Group, with nearly 20 years of experience representing clients in the advertising, art, consumer goods, and media and entertainment industries on intellectual property and complex contractual disputes, as well as consumer class actions and white collar criminal matters. She is…
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Paralegals & Administrative Staff
Hilary Geier
Hilary Geier is the Paralegal Supervisor at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. She has held this position for over 23 years. Ms. Geier provides a wide variety of support services to the firm’s Corporate and Finance, Entertainment, and Advertising Groups. She prepares signatory applications with the Writers Guild of America,…
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Can Lawyers Advise Clients to Delete Social Media Content?
Increasingly, lawyers are faced with questions about whether they should advise clients about the use of social media. While news reports and ethics opinions have focused primarily on lawyers' social media use, the issue of client counseling has received less attention. Now, a new ethics Opinion by the New York…
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July 29 2013
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Update: Terrence Malick’s Sycamore Pictures Sued By ‘Voyage Of Time’ Docu Backer
Deadline Hollywood recognized Maura Wogan and Frankfurt Kurnit as counsel to Sycamore Pictures in a case filed by Seven Seas Partnership.
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July 22 2013
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Supreme Court Recasts Estate Planning for Same-Sex Spouses
As you probably know, two recent Supreme Court cases have altered the estate planning landscape. Here's a summary of what happened with the Defense of Marriage Act - and suggestions for how to proceed.
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July 17 2013
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Courts Scrutinize Summer Internship Programs for Payment Errors
For some companies, summer interns aren't just bringing coffee this year. They're also bringing legal trouble. In an important decision on the subject of unpaid interns, a New York federal court ruled in June that Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. should have classified certain interns as “employees” and paid them pursuant…
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July 10 2013
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Distinguishing Advertising from Search Results
As part of its ongoing effort to provide guidance to digital advertisers (including the recent release of the updated digital advertising guidance, staff at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection recently sent a letter to search engine companies, including Google, Bing, Yahoo! and various shopping, travel and local…
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July 1 2013
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FTC Warns Search Engines About Paid Ads
Online Media Daily quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on the FTC's warning to search engines about paid ads.
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June 26 2013
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Frankfurt Kurnit Named to List of “Best Law Firms for Women” 2013
Working Mother magazine Named Frankfurt Kurnit to its Best Law Firms for Women List.
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June 19 2013
Events & Education
PLI’s 2011 Bridge the Gap Program
Ronald Minkoff speaks at PLI's 2011 Bridge the Gap Program at Brooklyn Law School.
June 19 2013
Events & Education
The Winning Strategy for False Advertising Cases: NAD or Federal Courts, or Both?
Terri Seligman presents” The Winning Strategy for False Advertising Cases: NAD or Federal Courts, or Both?” at the ABA's Consumer Protection Conference in Washington, DC.
June 19 2013
Events & Education
Copyright Society of the USA
Edward Rosenthal and Maura Wogan speak on the Salinger v. Colting case at the Los Angeles Chapter Copyright Society of the USA.
June 19 2013
Events & Education
Structuring Sweepstakes & Contests in a Digital Age
Terri Seligman speaks on “Structuring Sweepstakes & Contests in a Digital Age” at the New York City Bar's Sweepstakes, Promotions & Marketing Laws: Comprehension & Compliance Program in New York City.
June 19 2013
Events & Education
Social Media Compliance for Businesses
Brian Murphy and Terri Seligman present “Social Media Compliance for Business” at Frankfurt Kurnit for the Association of Corporate Counsel members.
June 19 2013
