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New York Law Journal

From Battlefields to Basketball Courts: Real World IP Issues Arise From Realistic Video Games

Recently two New York courts addressed intellectual property issues in conflict with video game realism and reached the same conclusion in two different contexts—copyright (tattoos on virtual basketball players) and trademark (trademark and trade dress issues around virtual AMC Humvees). Stephen M. Kramarsky explores the cases in this edition of his Intellectual Property column.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Googling Your Way To Victory at Trial

A closer look at an underutilized tool rooted in the New York State Legislature's Amendment to CPLR 4511.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Time Limitations Are the Achilles Heel of Cryptocurrency Securities Class Actions

Many private plaintiffs' cryptocurrency securities class action lawsuits will likely be stopped short because of time limitations.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Six Business Development Tips for Lawyers During COVID-19

Despite the upheaval created by the coronavirus pandemic, now is not the time to retreat from business development activities. The key is adjusting your approach to fit the current circumstances.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Internet Fraud: COVID-19 Causes Increased Vulnerability

While various scams have been victimizing Internet users since the dawn of the Internet, the disruption caused by COVID-19 makes lawyers working from home, perhaps for the first time, more vulnerable. In his Privacy Matters column, Peter Brown, identifies some of the most common ploys and how to avoid making your law firm a victim.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

COVID-19: Now Infecting Cybersecurity

This article analyzes examples of some of the most recent attempts of cybercrime (either through phishing scams or VPN intrusions), as well as recommendations for how to mitigate risk.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Foreign Bank Accounts Redux? IRS Focuses on Cryptocurrency Non-Compliance

The IRS is fully aware of the tax avoidance potential of virtual currency and has now deployed its increasing artificial intelligence capabilities to analyze the information obtained from the Coinbase summons and other information it has gathered about the cryptocurrency reporting of U.S. taxpayers.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Confidentiality Order Sufficiently Protects EU Data in U.S. Discovery

In their Federal E-Discovery column, Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a recent case in which the court conducted a comity analysis and issued a decision that confirmed the value of a protective order when producing names and positions in response to a discovery request—information considered benign by U.S. discovery standards, but protected under international data privacy laws.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Artificial Intelligence: The Fastest Moving Technology

If artificial intelligence is truly our fasting moving technology, the law has been lagging far behind. Addressing the emerging legal issues requires an understanding of the technology and how it works. In his Technology Law column, Peter Brown examines how AI functions and some of its legal implications.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

New Eleventh Circ. Ruling Applies a New Test to the TCPA

The cases concerned unwanted and unsolicited telephone calls received by the plaintiffs in their respective cases. The ruling creates a new opportunity for massive litigation to be filed against those who telemarket.
5 minute read

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