Copyright: “Registration” vs. “Application” Finally Solved
Posted: March 19th, 2019
Tags: intellectual property, Supreme Court
A copyright gives the creator of a work an exclusive legal right to reproduce, and authorize others to reproduce, the […]
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Common Fraud Schemes Against the Elderly
Posted: March 10th, 2019
Tags: elder law
Have you received phone calls lately from Lithuania? The IRS? Someone claiming that unless you share your social security number […]
New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Increase January 1, 2019
Posted: December 31st, 2018
Tags: labor & employment
As of January 1, 2019, the length of paid leave and amount of weekly benefits under the New York Paid […]
In a Blow to Government, Second Circuit Curtails Extraterritorial Reach of FCPA
Posted: October 18th, 2018
Tags: international
In a recent decision with implications for the extraterritorial reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. Court […]
College Kids Are Adults: Take Care of These Documents Before Heading to Campus
Posted: September 21st, 2018
Tags: estate planning
The summer before my oldest went off to college, we all went for an orientation weekend. While there, he went […]
New York Court Issues Minority Shareholder-Friendly Decision in Controlling Stockholder Merger
Posted: July 17th, 2018
Tags: commercial litigation, corporate, M&A
In a decision that could make New York a more attractive venue for shareholders of Delaware-incorporated companies, a New […]
Société Générale Settles One of the Largest Anti-Corruption Enforcement Actions in History
Posted: June 13th, 2018
Tags: international
On June 4, 2018, Paris-based financial giant Société Générale agreed to pay the United States and France a total of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Delivers a Death Knell to the Alien Tort Statute
Posted: June 13th, 2018
Tags: Supreme Court
On April 24, 2018, Justice Kennedy, writing the plurality opinion in Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank, Plc., 584 U.S. […]
Navigating the Complex Web of Data Breach Notification Laws
Posted: May 10th, 2018
Tags: cybersecurity, technology
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress in April about how a political consultancy had improperly accessed the personal data […]
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