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Daily Business Review

Why Miami Developer Swerdlow Pivoted to All-Affordable Housing for Overtown Project

Michael Swerdlow raised the curtain on his Sawyer's Landing project, his start in real estate and the coronavirus pandemic's impacts on various asset classes.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Q&A: What Should We Expect From the Copyright Claims Board?

Berger Singerman partner Geoffrey Lottenberg foresees a quick path for addressing ongoing infringement by hard-to-reach defendants.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Antitrust Suits Against Google Shows Damage Inflicted on Businesses, Consumers

In reading the spate of recent antitrust actions taken against all-powerful search behemoth Google, you do not have to go very far to see damage done to businesses in our own backyard. A locally based (Paoli, Pennsylvania) search engine upstart DuckDuckGo, best known for protecting the privacy of its end-users, is one such business affected by Google's monopoly.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Shifting Definition of 'Seller': E-Commerce Product Liability Claims in NJ

Recent litigation has created confusion among practitioners regarding when an e-commerce platform can be deemed a "seller" for purposes of product liability litigation, and when the platform is merely an intermediary.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Delivery Workers Ask SCOTUS to End Amazon's Bid to Bind Them to Arbitration

If the high court took up the case, its decision could more broadly determine whether gig economy drivers are bound by their employers' arbitration agreements, which have acted as a major barrier to litigating in courts workers' claims that they are misclassified as independent contractors.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Is Amazon Liable if Sellers' Products Cause Injury? Courts Weigh 'Sweeping Implications'

Courts in California, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere have split when asked if Amazon.com counts as a seller under products liability law. Now the question has also landed on the Texas Supreme Court's doorstep.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'This, Too, Will Pass': Longtime Developer, Investor Talks Miami Retail Resiliency to Coronavirus

"At some point, COVID does pass," said Michael Comras, founder and CEO of Miami Beach-based the Comras Co. "We will see restaurants reopening."
7 minute read

The Recorder

DOJ Seizes $1B in Bitcoin From Silk Road Transactions

The agency reports that the action involving proceeds from the illicit marketplace—which offered drugs and services such as hacking—is the largest cryptocurrency seizure in DOJ history.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Williams-Sonoma and Amazon Settle Hard-Fought IP Dispute

Both sides are mum, but Amazon recently changed its product pages to say "Brand: Williams-Sonoma" instead of "By Williams-Sonoma." The suit alleged that Amazon had created the false impression that Williams-Sonoma authorized sales of its merchandise on the Amazon platform.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Schrems II,' the Court Decision That Disrupted the International Transmission of Personal Data

The aftershocks of Edward Snowden's actions reverberated across the European Union, which unlike the United States, has developed a detailed regime of regulations to protect the privacy of the citizens in its member states, writes Technology Law columnist Peter Brown.
7 minute read

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