• April 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Artist's Use of Photo Transformed Work, Lawyer Stresses

    An enlarged print of an Instagram post containing a copyrighted photo counts as a transformative use, argued an attorney for the "appropriation artist" whose use of other artists' material in his own works has made him no stranger to the courts before a federal judge late Tuesday afternoon.

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  • April 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    New York's High-Flying Firms Hit New Heights in Profits, Revenue

    The good times are rolling again for New York's elite law

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  • Anonymous v. Omnicom Group, 16-748

    Publication Date: 2017-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Robert A. Katzmann, Ch.J., Debra Ann Livingston, C.J., and Margo K. Brodie, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Matthew Christiansen: Susan Chana Lask, Law Offices of Susan Chana Lask, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Omnicom Group Incorporated, DDB Worldwide Communications Group Incorporated, Peter Hempel, and Chris Brown: Shira Franco and Judith Kong, on the brief, Howard J. Rubin, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Joe Cianciotto: Rick Ostrove, Leeds Brown Law, P.C., Carle Place, NY. For Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: P. David Lopez, General Counsel; Jennifer S. Goldstein, Associate General Counsel; and Margo Pave, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Barbara L. Sloan, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union; New York Civil Liberties Union; 9to5, National Association of Working Women; A Better Balance; American Association of University Women; California Women's Law Center; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Equal Rights Advocates; Gender Justice; Legal Momentum; Legal Voice; National Association of Women Lawyers; National Partnership for Women and Families; National Women's Law Center; Southwest Women's Law Center; Women Employed; Women's Law Center of Maryland; Women's Law Project, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Lenora M. Lapidus, Gillian L. Thomas, Ria Tabacco Mar, and Leslie Cooper, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Erin Beth Harrist, Robert Hodgson and Christopher Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae 128 Members of Congress, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Peter T. Barbur, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Shannon P. Minter and Christopher F. Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA. For Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael D.B. Kavey, Brooklyn, NY; Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY; Gregory R. Nevins, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Atlanta, GA.

    Case Number: 16-748

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  • March 1, 2017 | International Edition

    The Asia Legal Awards 2017: who won what - and why....

    Details of all the winners at the leading pan-Asia legal awards held in Hong Kong on 22 February

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  • February 28, 2017 | International

    The Asian Lawyer Announces Winners for 2017 Asia Legal Awards

    Davis Polk & Wardwell and Korean firm Bae, Kim & Lee were named international and Asian firm of the year, respectively, fourth annual Asia Legal Awards, held on Feb. 22, 2017

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  • February 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    NY Litigation Boutique Picks Up Cravath Partner

    In a rare loss for C , Swaine & Moore, a litigation partner is leaving the firm to join a prominent litigation boutique, Levine Lee, founded six years ago by former C

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  • February 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Two Big Firms Advise on Scuttled Unilever-Kraft Heinz Merger

    Linklaters and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison landed lead roles on a since aborted $143 billion takeover bid for London-based Unilever plc by Pittsburgh-based Kraft Heinz Foods

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  • February 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Paul Weiss Reaps Benefits From Star Lateral Hires

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison saw gross revenue rise 10.12 percent in 2016, to $1.222 billion, a record year for the 959-lawyer firm. Profits per partner rose 7.1 perce

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  • February 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Facebook, DA Argue Over Constitutionality of Search Warrants

    ALBANY - An investigation of 381 Facebook account holders by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office could threaten the confidentiality of all Facebook users in New York, a lawyer for the c

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  • February 6, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Wilson's Confirmation to State's Highest Court Sails Through

    ALBANY - Rowan Wilson, a long-time partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, was confirmed Monday as the newest member of the Court of Appeals. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nominee was ap

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