By Eric Sinrod When you think news, do you think of print newspapers? If so, you are outnumbered, as more people now obtain their news from the Internet, according to a recent survey.
Whereas only 24% of people reported obtaining their national and international news from the Internet as recently as September, 2007, that number now [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
This Just In: More People Getting Their News from the Internet than from Newspapers
Employee Free Choice Act
By Paul Cherner There has been a substantial amount of debate concerning the proposed federal legislation entitled the Employee No charge Choice Act (”EFCA”).
In 2007, EFCA was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, but failed to win a cloture vote to end a filibuster in the Senate. Labor unions have listed the passage of EFCA as [...]
ON BECOMING A BANK LAWYER
By William M. Aukamp
I began representing banks in late 1968, when I joined a Long Island-based 2 person legal firm that served as general counsel to a 30 branch community bank. Today, I am of counsel to a 180 attorney firm with offices in four states. During the intervening years, I have served as [...]
THE NEED FOR SPEED: THE PATH TO STATUTORY DAMAGES IN COPYRIGHT
Steven A. Gibson
J.D. Lowry
Introduction
The irony is remarkable: copyright law provides arguably the most robust protective matrix for any intangible assets and yet remains horribly underutilized by owners of copyrights. While copyright registration is not necessary for copyright ownership,1 copyright registration provides particularly relevant and practical advantages, one of which is the ability to claim statutory [...]
