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Pop star Lady Gaga filed a lawsuit in late September, 2011 in New York state court against Excite Worldwide LLC, a marketing company based in Nevada.

Straus v. DVC Worldwide, Inc., 484 F.Supp.2d 620 (S.D.Tex., March 23, 2007), involves a dispute over a 1989 photograph of the well-known golfer, Arnold Palmer. Straus, a professional photographer copyrighted the photograph and licensed it for use in the defendants’ 2001 and 2002 advertising campaigns to market the smoking-cessation products, Nicorette and NicoDerm.

Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell and California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 23 Democratic AGs and three governors in filing a renewed motion for a temporary restraining order...

A recent New York federal court opinion illustrates the difficulty in establishing predominance where the primary injury alleged is overpayment for a defective product based on misrepresentation or concealment of the defect

In Thyroff v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 864 N.E.2d 1272 (N.Y. 2007), the Court of Appeals of New York certified the question to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals whether New York recognizes a cause of action of conversion for intangible electronic records that are stored on a computer.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will likely determine whether a federal district court or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the final say on how to interpret.

The question of Rule 23(b)(3) predominance has become an increasingly thorny one for courts ruling on class certification motions, in no small part due to the Supreme Court’s landmark 2011 opinion in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes.

This blog has previously discussed the importance of the amount-in-controversy requirement for jurisdictional purposes.

Although the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure set the stage for electronic discovery in civil cases, there is no such express regime in the criminal context.

It’s been barely four days since I wrote about the developing trend of state legislatures proposing new laws that would prohibit employers in those states from demanding social media passwords from job applicants.

Andy Baer was quoted in a Law360 article discussing the impact cyber security and privacy developments that occurred during the first half of 2021 will have on the remainder of the year.

Recent unauthorized access to British Columbia Institute of Technology's computer network, which contained personal medical information of approximately 12,680 individuals, is yet another reminder of risks of exposure to data breaches.

A recent court decision has added support to the idea that there is no privacy on the internet.

Although this case is unique in that it is the first settlement by HHS of a data breach involving fewer than 500 individuals, the facts that gave rise to the action by HHS are all too familiar.

Think for a moment of the difference between a manual filing system versus a USB Flash Drive.

Leni Cummins discusses the recent bill signed by Governor Kathy Hochul that will require co-op and condo boards to pay prevailing wages to their building staffers in order to receive the coveted...

Conducting subrogation investigations is a balancing act. The need to move quickly to accommodate mitigation and repairs is balanced against the need for a proper and thorough investigation...

Leni Cummins discusses what condominium and cooperative boards should disclose to its shareholders, and when boards should do so in Habitat.