Richard Binder

April 11, 2019 | Law.com

Carnival has been on probation since 2017 as part of a $40 million settlement stemming from a years-long investigation that revealed ships were illegally dumping oil into the ocean and falsifying their logs to hide it from authorities. Federal prosecutors say Carnival has since violated that probation.

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

April 05, 2019 | Law.com

Call it the Motion of the Unknown Donor.

By Richard Binder

2 minute read

March 27, 2019 | The Recorder

Erika Jayne was asked via a tweet "if she feels the need to cut back on her glam squad" in light of her husband Thomas Girardi's legal woes. Her reply: "I pay my own bills, so no, I don't."

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

March 20, 2019 | Law.com

A Michigan woman's constitutional rights were violated when a police officer gave her a speeding ticket after she flipped him the bird, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled.

By Richard Binder

2 minute read

March 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days in jail and five years' probation for Therese Okoumou, the Staten Island woman who climbed onto the base of the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

By Richard Binder

2 minute read

March 18, 2019 | Law.com

A small Italian village actually got the better of robbers who thought they were stealing a genuine painting by a Flemish master worth millions of dollars.

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

March 15, 2019 | Law.com

Litigation over allegedly stolen dance moves in the popular game Fortnite has been paused in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning copyright infringement.

By Richard Binder

2 minute read

March 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

A Kickstarter campaign to digitally remove a “painfully on-the-nose metaphor” from the end of Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning film was quashed by Warner Bros. Entertainment over copyright infringement claims.

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

March 08, 2019 | Law.com

A Kickstarter campaign to digitally remove a “painfully on-the-nose metaphor” from the end of Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning film was quashed by Warner Bros. Entertainment over copyright infringement claims.

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

March 07, 2019 | Legaltech News

It's no surprise that businesses have attempted to capitalize on that reach by partnering with 'influencers,' but when pharmaceutical companies and health startups use influencer-advertising, do some details get lost in the posting?

By Richard Binder

6 minute read