Ashley Post

June 21, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Warner Bros. has reportedly resolved the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill, who sued the movie studio for allegedly using his copyrighted artwork in the film “The Hangover: Part II” without his permission.

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

June 20, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a global non-profit that regulates domain names, announced today that it will allow applicants to register any name they want as a domain suffix.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read

June 17, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will review Google’s $400 million purchase of Admeld Inc., an Internet advertising company, to investigate whether the deal had an adverse effect on competition.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read

June 16, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office announced that it will investigate 1,000 employers nationwide to determine their compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.

By Ashley Post

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June 15, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Today, Forbes blogger Sean Stonefield divulged the 10 most valuable trademarks, as calculated by Brand Finance, a brand-valuation consultancy.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read

June 14, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Ciba-Geigy Corp. will pay $20 million to thousands of residents of the Oak Ridge neighborhood in Toms River, N.J., who allege that the company’s chemical plant released contaminants into the soil that decreased the value of homes in the area.

By Ashley Post

3 minute read

June 13, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The focus on Boeing’s alleged labor-law violations intensifies this week as the National Labor Relations Board’s case against the aircraft maker goes before an administrative law judge on June 14.

By Ashley Post

3 minute read

June 10, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Last month, we posted a story about a film production company’s lawsuit against more than 23,000 users of BitTorrent—a peer-to-peer file-sharing program—who allegedly illegally downloaded the movie “The Expendables.” Today, CNN.com reports that another movie studio, Voltage Pictures, also is cracking down on stolen intellectual property.

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

June 06, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Concerned that mid-trial technology use is tainting the jury—and jeopardizing litigants’ rights to a fair trial—judges are conflicted about how to prevent Internet-related misconduct.

By Ashley Post

4 minute read

May 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Avid outdoorsman adds enthusiasm to the legal department.

By Ashley Post

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