Peter Brown

October 14, 2010 | Law.com

Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss "unauthorized access" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act as it relates to employment relationships and proprietary database misuse that has recently come under judicial scrutiny resulting in varying approaches in federal courts.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

11 minute read

February 08, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman and Peter Brown, partners at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, write that, over the past year, there has been a growing use of open-source software in corporate environments and they discuss some of the issues that have begun to emerge as a result of that use.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

11 minute read

August 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman, a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, discuss the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, highlighting some of the important legal issues that have arisen over the past several years, including its applicability to Single Messaging System messages, questions of standing and class-action certification, the scope of its monetary damages provision, and emerging developments regarding attorney advertising.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

14 minute read

February 11, 2009 | Law.com

The new administration has repeatedly stated how technology will make government more transparent and how the country's infrastructure requires innovation. Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss Barack Obama's technology-related initiatives, and the legal issues involved.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

12 minute read

October 17, 2008 | Law.com

As Web video grows in popularity, so does the potential for copyright infringement on video-sharing Web sites. Content and site owners continue to dispute how to comply with the safe harbors of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that immunize service providers from copyright liability.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

13 minute read

July 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman of Holland & Knight and Peter Brown of Baker & Hostetler discuss keyword advertising generally and recent developments in keyword litigation and the importance of reading and understanding vendor agreements and licensing provisions, while suggesting the renegotiation of provisions that may conflict with a trademark owner's overall marketing and usage strategy.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

12 minute read

August 09, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman of Holland & Knight and Peter Brown of Baker & Hostetler discuss how newer and digital media formats have redefined a journalist's credentials and analyze recent opinions where courts have interpreted a press shield statute to accommodate technological innovations.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

9 minute read

May 09, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman and Peter Brown, partners at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, write that in the 20 years since the law became settled concerning the copyrightability of software, varying approaches and tests have been developed by the federal judiciary to determine when infringement of computer software has occurred. Often, the critical issue is whether there is so-called "substantial similarity" between the defendant's work and the protectable elements of the plaintiff's work.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

13 minute read

August 12, 2009 | Legaltech News

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act encourages health care providers to adopt electronic medical records with billions of dollars allocated toward the digitalization of health care. This begins the era of electronic medical records, say attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

12 minute read

December 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, discuss discovery of social network accounts and recent ethical opinions of local bar associations on accounts of unrepresented parties and witnesses.

By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

11 minute read