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May 2008

Know Your Rights:  Recent Developments in Employment Law Have Far-Reaching Impact

Gregg Gilman (ggilman@dglaw.com)
Gregg Brochin (gbrochin@dglaw.com)

April 2008

5 Tips to Minimize the Risk of Keyword Trademark Ingringement

Joseph Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)

Is Silence Golden?

Neal H. Klausner (nklausner@dglaw.com)
Ariel L. Stillman (astillman@dglaw.com)

Federal Trade Commission Proposes Principles Regarding Privacy in Online Behavioral Advertising

Gary Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)

Professional Lawyers. Do Not Attempt

Joseph Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)
Christopher Poindexter (cpoindexter@dglaw.com)

March 2008

When Is A Repurchase Agreement Not A Repurchase Agreement? Testing The Limits Of Bankruptcy Protections Afforded Mortgage Loan Warehouse Providers

Joseph Cioffi (jcioffi@dglaw.com)
Joseph Falcone, Director, Counsel at Natixis Capital Markets Inc.

February 2008

Second Circuit Provides Clearer Picture On False Advertising Doctrine

Marc J. Rachman (mRachman@dglaw.com)
Joseph Lewczak (jLewczak@dglaw.com)
Christopher Poindexter (cPoindexter@dglaw.com)

 

January 2008

Advertising, Marketing And Promotions: What’s On The Agenda For 2008?

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)
Adonis E. Hoffman, Senior Vice President and Counsel, American Association of Advertising Agencies

 

December 2007

Advertising, Marketing And Promotions Law Year In Review

Joseph Lewczak (jLewczak@dglaw.com)
Allison Fitzpatrick (afitzpatrick@dglaw.com)
Matthew Smith (mSmith@dglaw.com)

 

November 2007

Keyword Advertising: Still Under Construction

Richard S. Eisert (rEisert@dglaw.com)
David A. Weems (dWeems@dglaw.com)

 

October 2007

Employment Law News: A Recap Of Recent, Notable Developments

Gregg A. Gilman (ggilman@dglaw.com)
Gregg Brochin  (gBrochin@dglaw.com)

Will Garden Leaves Blossom in the States?

Howard J. Rubin (hRubin@dglaw.com)
Gregg A. Gilman (ggilman@dglaw.com)

 

September 2007

 Who’s On The Move? Protect The Assets That Ride Up And Down In Your Elevator

 Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com

 

August 2007

Communicating With Employees Or Former Employees Of A Represented Party

Neal H. Klausner (nKlausner@dglaw.com)
Ariel Stillman (aStillman@dglaw.com)

Pro Bono – Law Firms: A Gift From The Heart To End Violence Against Women

Howard J. Rubin (hRubin@dglaw.com)
Shirin Keen (sKeen@dglaw.com)
Purvi Shah, Executive Director, Sakhi For South Asian Women

 

July 2007

Keyword Advertising Users Search For Legal Antidote

Joseph J. Lewczak (jLewczak@dglaw.com)
Peter C. Welch (pWelch@dglaw.com)

Death Pays: The Fight Over Marilyn Monroe’s Publicity Rights

Sara L. Edelman (sedelman@dglaw.com)

 

June 2007

Attracting And Retaining Key Employees By Offering Equity-Based Incentive Compensation 

Brad J. Schwartzberg (bschwartzberg@dglaw.com)
Evan Weiner (eweiner@dglaw.com)

 

May 2007

"Restrictive Covenants And Other Techniques to Protect Customer Relationships," a chapter in Human Resources 2007:  Answers To Your Top 25 HR Questions, published by Thompson.

 Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com
Jessica Golden Cortes (jcortes@dglaw.com)

 

Privacy Concerns Grow As Marketers Flock to Social Networking

Gary A. Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)

 

Self-Regulation: The Advertising Industry's Commitment To Truth and Substantiation In Advertising

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)
C. Lee Peeler, President and CEO, the National Advertising Review Council

 

April 2007

Message To Mr. Trump: Tune In Here To Win Sweepstakes Lawsuit Against “Apprentice”

Joseph J. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)

 

March 2007

Martin Garbus’s New Book On The United States Supreme Court: Winds Of Change

Martin Garbus (mgarbus@dglaw.com)

 

February 2007

New Impetus for Holdover Tenants to Move On?
A recent court ruling in New York has established that holdover tenants in a commercial office building may be liable for trespass to the incoming tenant.  In the attached overview, Mark Maltz and Lisa Greenbaum discuss Kronish Lieb v. Tahari -- and the $1 million+ in damages that Kronish is reportedly asking for having to lease temporary office space, operate out of two sites, and pay inflated construction costs as a result of a delayed possession date.

Mark Maltz (mmaltz@dglaw.com)
Lisa Greenbaum (lgreenbaum@dglaw.com)

 

Almost Famous? Comments On The Trademark Dilution Revision Act

Jeffrey C. Katz (jkatz@dglaw.com)
David A. Weems (dweems@dglaw.com)

 

January 2007

Meeting The Challenge Of A Lease Expiration

Mark E. Maltz (mmaltz@dglaw.com)

 

December 2006

China’s Advertising Sector: Reflecting The Cultural And Social Realities Of The World’s Fastest-Growing Economy

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)
John Du, Jun He Law Offices

Advertising, Marketing And Promotions Law Year In Review: Where Did Lightning Strike In 2006?

Joseph J. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)

 

November 2006

Employment Roundtable: Updates In Discrimination Law

Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com)
Daniel A. Feinstein (dfeinstein@dglaw.com)

Top 10 ERISA Fiduciary Duty Exposures–And What to Do About Them 

Mark Bokert (mbokert@dglaw.com)

Important Developments In Children's Advertising

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)
Stuart Friedel (sfriedel@dglaw.com)
Allison Fitzpatrick (afitzpatrick@dglaw.com)

 

October 2006

Controlling Interest Transactions: Advantages, Disadvantages and Complexities of Selling Less Than 100% of a Company

Brad J. Schwartzberg (bschwartzberg@dglaw.com)
Alexander Barry (abarry@dglaw.com)

 

August 2006

Security Breach Notification Laws Become The State Statutory Norm

Richard S. Eisert (reisert@dglaw.com)

Pro Bono Service: “It Makes Us Both Better Lawyers And Better Citizens”

Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com)

 

July 2006

China: A Consistent Commitment To The Rule Of Intellectual Property And Corporate Law – Part II

Martin Garbus (mgarbus@dglaw.com)

 

June 2006

China: A Consistent Commitment To The Rule Of Intellectual Property And Corporate Law – Part I

Martin Garbus (mgarbus@dglaw.com)

 

May 2006

The Advertising, Marketing And Communications Industry: The Pace Of Change Is Accelerating – Part II

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)

 

April 2006

The Advertising, Marketing And Communications Industry: The Pace Of Change Is Accelerating – Part I

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)

 

March 2006

Where Public Relations And The Law Meet In A Media Intensive Environment

Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com)
Spencer Z. Baretz (sbaretz@hellermanbaretz.com)

 

February 2006

Choosing the Right Business Entity

Brad J. Schwartzberg (bschwartzberg@dglaw.com)
Jason M. Abramson (jabramson@dglaw.com)

 

January 2006

That's Not Fair...Or Is It? The Concept Of Trademark Fair Use

Jeffrey C. Katz (jkatz@dglaw.com)

 

December 2005

Advertising, Marketing and Promotion: What Issues Carried Weight In 2005

Joseph J. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)
Michael Abitbol (mabitbol@dglaw.com)

 

November 2005

Employers Considering Reductions In Force May Need To Reexamine Waiver Disclosures

Gregg A. Gilman (ggilman@dglaw.com)
Corey S. Biller (cbiller@dglaw.com)

 

October 2005

Online Advertising Challenges Tradition 

Marc J. Rachman (mrachman@dglaw.com)
Gary A. Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)
 
Published in the New York Law Journal, October 10, 2005

 

September 2005

Outside Firm Adds Value - As Attorneys and Counselors - To Corporate Legal Department

Michael C. Lasky (mlasky@dglaw.com)
Gary L. Kessler (gkessler@ecarey.com)

 

August 2005

Do-Not-E-mail My Child: States Launch New Registry

Gary A. Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)
Kara R. Paldino (kpaldino@dglaw.com)

 

July 2005

Do-Not-E-Mail My Child: States' Launches New Registries

Gary A. Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)
Kara R. Paldino (kpaldino@dglaw.com)

Understanding The New Accounting Rules For Stock Options And Other Awards

Mark Bokert (mbokert@dglaw.com)

 

June 2005

Martin Garbus On The First Amendment: "At The Very Heart Of How We Define Ourselves As A Nation"

Martin Garbus (mgarbus@dglaw.com)

Intellectual Property In The Online World: An Ongoing Digital Dilemma

Richard S. Eisert (reisert@dglaw.com)
Gary Kibel (gkibel@dglaw.com)

New Media Digest

  • FTC Seeking Comments On The CAN-SPAM Act

Ronald R. Urbach (rurbach@dglaw.com)
Joseph J. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)
Allison Fitzpatrick (afitzpatrick@dglaw.com)

 

May 2005

A Win-Win For The Promotion Marketing Industry: Trade Association And Outside Counsel Share Perspectives

Joseph L. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)
Edward Kabak (ekabak@pmalink.org)


April 2005

Court Delivers Bitter Result To Coffee Company In Right Of Publicity Case

Howard R. Weingrad (hweingrad@dglaw.com)
Sara L. Edelman (sedelman@dglaw.com)


March 2005

Are Punitive Damages Available Under The Copyright Act?

Marc J. Rachman (mrachman@dglaw.com)
Sara L. Edelman (sedleman@dglaw.com )
David Greenberg (dgreenberg@dglaw.com)

Operation Success: The Advertising Industry Faces The Diversity Challenge

Howard J. Rubin (hrubin@dglaw.com)
Adonis E. Hoffman (ahoffman@aaaadc.org)

February 2005

New Media Digest

  • Complying With The CAN SPAM Act:
    New FTC Regulations Provide Guidance on “Primary Purpose”

Joseph J. Lewczak (jlewczak@dglaw.com)

 

January 2005

Ensuring Fair Competition When a Former Employee Has No Restrictive Covenant: Common Law Protections for Employers

Neal H. Klausner (nklausner@dglaw.com)

 

 Wait, the Copyright Act Allows Punitive Damages?

Marc J. Rachman (mrachman@dglaw.com)
Sara L. Edelman (sedelman@dglaw.com)
David Greenberg (dgreenberg@dglaw.com)

Published in the New York Law Journal, January 24, 2005