Peter Brown

October 11, 2005 | Legaltech News

When it goes smoothly, outsourcing your IT processes can be a dream come true. But as the recent conflict between Sears and Computer Science Corp. shows, once the relationship with your IT vendor goes sour, the situation can quickly deteriorate. When talk turns to termination and litigation, amicable resolution can seem a million miles away. If your relationship is already rocky, how can you rein things in and prevent differences from escalating?

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

9 minute read

October 12, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman and Peter Brown, partners at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, write that computer software patents have been recognized under U.S. law since the 1980s, but they are not uniformly recognized internationally.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

11 minute read

May 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, write that while the press has long reported on pending trials, bloggers - or so-called "citizen journalists," some sitting in juries - have increasingly posted commentary about judicial proceedings. Given this new technological reality, counsel and judges have adapted jury instructions that include specific charges against blogging or posting online comments about a pending trial. Trial attorneys also have started to routinely monitor pretrial and post-trial publicity on the Internet to determine whether jurors or others had blogged or posted online comments about the trial that might reveal pretrial bias. Beyond jurors, counsel and judges need to be aware how their own blogging practices are impacted by professional ethical standards.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

12 minute read

February 10, 2010 | Law.com

Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown review some of the emerging standards courts employ before allowing a plaintiff to discover the identity of anonymous defendants in online defamation cases, as well as discuss other practical concerns to address before seeking legal redress.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

13 minute read

February 09, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, review some of the emerging standards courts employ before allowing a plaintiff to discover the identity of anonymous defendants in online defamation cases, as well as discuss other practical concerns that should be addressed before seeking legal redress.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

13 minute read

April 08, 2002 | New York Law Journal

W alt Disney CEO Michael Eisner calls it "the most devastating thing that`s happened to the entertainment business in . I think, the last 75 years." 1 Mr. Eisner is referring to Internet piracy the illegal copying of CDs, movies and other digitized content and its distribution over the Internet.

By Richard Raysman And Peter Brown

12 minute read

September 09, 2009 | Law.com

Web sites, social networks and other interactive service providers can leave site owners facing liability charges. Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write that there are three elements a party must establish to claim immunity under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

14 minute read

April 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Technology Law column, Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, examine a new industry which brings with it a host of legal compliance issues, including state and federal laws, privacy policies, FTC regulations, industry self-regulatory guidelines, as well as data protection requirements for geolocation and other data gathered from mobile phone users.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

14 minute read

August 15, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

An increasing number of people are trading traditional research methods for their computers and the Internet, where the World Wide Web can readily provide them with access to Web sites through which they can study almost any topic imaginable. With such daily reliance on Web sites, the substance of which may not be verifiable, it's not surprising that issues of evidentiary authentication and admissibility of Internet sources under the Federal Rules of Evidence are coming under judicial review.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

10 minute read

July 08, 2002 | New York Law Journal

O ne of the latest big challenges that the Internet has posed for United States copyright owners comes from Canada, where two companies, iCraveTV and JumpTV, have been seeking to retransmit television programming much of it American programming over the Internet.

By Richard Raysman And Peter Brown

11 minute read