Privacy Papers, Part 1 – Roll Call
The PrivacyPapers was released over a two week period of emails by Michael Kasdan, who has generously given us permission to post it in its entirety over several posts. You can search Twitter: #PrivacyPapers,...
Author: Cort Welch
Intellectual Property Law in the Information Age: An Interview with Professor Jeanne Fromer
Trying to harness the free-flowing, intangible nature of the creative process and place it into the more rigid confines of the law can be a challenging and complicated process. How can lawyers better address...
Username Squatting and Reverse Username Hijacking on Twitter
Cybersquatting, the practice of buying up domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to trademarks in order to sell them to the trademark owner for a hefty profit, can be dealt with under...
Directive vs. Regulation: The Proposed Changes to the European Privacy Protection Framework
The European Union Data Protection Regulation (“Regulation”) draft was presented on January 25, 2012. The Regulation will replace the European Union Data Directive (“Directive”) and will place affirmative responsibilities on all European Union member...
GTA Online: How to Make Fans Happy that You Botched the Launch
This has not been a season for successful launches of online systems. Although the debacle was overshadowed by the troubled rollout of the Obama administration’s healthcare.gov website, the launch-day issues with the Grand Theft...
Interview with David McCraw: Mass Media Law and the Future of the Freedom to Access Information
David McCraw is the Assistant General Counsel for the New York Times, and an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law. Q: How did you get into media law? A: I was...
Wiki-leaks releases a draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Wikileaks recently released an August 30th draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreemnt (TTP) which has received wide spread criticism for proposing greater than anticipated protection for intellectual property holders. The TTP is supposed to align countries...
Freedom to Discriminate? First Amendment Protection of Television Casting Choices
Freedom of speech is viewed as integral to America and its place as a modern progressive society. But, at what point does the First Amendment’s protection of speech inhibit the very progress that it...
Interview with Linda Goldstein: How Social Media Has Affected Advertising Law
Linda Goldstein (’78) is a partner at Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips as well as chair of the Advertising, Marketing, and Media division. She has represented clients in advertising, intellectual property, and media-related issues. Q:...
INTERNS: FOR FREE OR NOT FOR FREE?
Recently, there has been a spate of lawsuits filed by, or on behalf of, unpaid interns. The majority of these cases have attained class-action status and name prominent entertainment corporations as defendants, including: Fox...