Hammer

April 19, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Late in December, many local attorneys and law firm administrators were following the Republican tax plan with great anticipation of bringing home fatter paychecks with all that was being negotiated between the House and Senate.

By Howard E. Hammer

5 minute read

November 07, 2017 | Legaltech News

Some insight as to the purpose for and content housed on each level of the Dark Web, as well as some practical tips to avoid your company's data from ending up there.

By Elizabeth Vandesteeg and Jeffrey Goldberg, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer

19 minute read

July 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

David S. Hammer, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, and Richard M. Maltz, counsel to Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, explain that a lawyer who steals escrow funds commits a crime, ethical violation and a tort. If the lawyer is a partner in the firm, the firm itself may be liable for damages and disciplinary sanctions. The authors then explore the question: What of partners in the firm who were not complicit in the theft but made it possible by failing to supervise the firm's escrow accounts?

By David S. Hammer and Richard M. Maltz

15 minute read

November 17, 2000 | Law.com

Just 48 hours after agreeing to pay Universal $53.4 million for copyright violations, MP3.com was hit with another lawsuit. Independent music label Unity Entertainment has filed a class action lawsuit against MP3.com alleging copyright violations similar to Universal's suit. The suit may give the site a chance to resolve all claims against it, now that it has settled with the major players in the music industry.

By Ben Hammer

1 minute read

May 09, 2001 | Law.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay $55 million to settle a class action filed by MicroStrategy shareholders who accused the accountancy firm of defrauding them when it signed off on an audit of the software maker. The accountancy firm denies any wrongdoing in its audit, calling the settlement a "business decision" to "avoid the further costs and uncertainties of prolonged litigation."

By Anya Schiffrin and Ben Hammer

2 minute read

November 17, 2000 | Law.com

Just 48 hours after agreeing to pay Universal $53.4 million for copyright violations, MP3.com was hit with another lawsuit. Independent music label Unity Entertainment has filed a class action lawsuit against MP3.com alleging copyright violations similar to Universal's suit. The suit may give the site a chance to resolve all claims against it, now that it has settled with the major players in the music industry.

By Ben Hammer

3 minute read

May 13, 2005 | Law.com

Two years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in Moseley v. V. Secret Catalogue Inc., which raised significant questions as to how a plaintiff would prove a claim under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act. The courts have yet to provide useful guidelines for plaintiffs who seek to pursue a nonidentical trademark under the FTDA -- but a solution may be forthcoming, as Congress is considering the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005.

By Ira J. Hammer

11 minute read

January 03, 2005 | Law.com

An Arkansas judge last week struck down a state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member, ruling that the state agency enforcing the rule had overstepped its authority by trying to regulate "public morality." Arkansas allows gays and lesbians to adopt children permanently, but its specific ban on fostering is unique. The state promised to appeal the ruling.

By David Hammer

3 minute read

January 31, 2001 | Law.com

German media giant Bertelsmann has asked former assistant attorney general Joel Klein to lead its U.S. operations. Klein gained fame for his leadership in the landmark antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. He'll have his hands full with Bertelsmann, which is being challenged by its Internet distribution deal with Napster, and by rivals AOL Time Warner and Vivendi Universal.

By Keith Perine and Ben Hammer

3 minute read

January 23, 2001 | Law.com

The Federal Trade Commission told an attorney for DoubleClick this week that the commission closed its investigation of the companys data-handling practices. For more than a year, DoubleClick, the biggest online advertising server company and a major online advertiser, had been cited by privacy advocates as the prime example of why a new federal law is needed to safeguard Internet privacy.

By Keith Perine and Ben Hammer

4 minute read