ArticleCheck Out Our Top 5 Blog Posts Of 2016Companies are starting to register key hashtags. However, the hashtag's legal status remains murky, and is considered a leading legal issue facing marketers.United StatesIntellectual PropertySullivan & Worcester
ArticleAre Legal Hold Notices Immune From Discovery?Why do lawyers write "Privileged & Confidential" at the top of a legal hold notice? Most courts have decided that legal hold notices are immune from discovery, but not because of the header or title. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSullivan & Worcester
ArticleFlechtheim Heirs Suspend Limbach Commission Proceedings Over Juan Gris Painting In DüsseldorfFlechtheim's is a tragic story. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleWhat's Coming In 2016? Data Security, Social Media And A Busy SECWhat will be the top issues for in-house counsel in 2016? From data breaches to securities laws, there will be no shortage of interesting legal questions to confront in the coming months.United StatesPrivacySullivan & Worcester
ArticleRestitution Legislation: HEAR Act And Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Clarification Act Move ForwardTwo restitution related bills have advanced past the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate: the HEAR Act and the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Clarification Act, S.B. 3155.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleNew Authentication Lawsuit Filed Against Agnes Martin Catalogue RaisonnéFor several years the topic of litigation against appraisers and authenticators has been a controversial issue, causing a number of artists' foundations and independent professionals to refrain from giving opinions for fear of litigation, even in which they eventually prevail. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleFast-Paced December For U.S. - Israeli Law Firm ZAG-S&W Representing Underwriters In OfferingsZAG-S&W, a joint venture between Sullivan & Worcester and Zysman, Aharoni & Gayer, acted as legal advisor to Roth Capital Partners in two matters: Roth Capital's underwriting of the offering 8 million shares...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawSullivan & Worcester
ArticleSolar Storm- Net Metering In NevadaBattles over net energy metering policy are currently raging nationwide, and are only expected to intensify in the face of the recent investment tax credit extension.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleGurlitt Bequest To Kunstmuseum Bern Is UpheldAfter a two-year legal battle, the Oberlandesgericht in Munich has upheld the dismissal of Uta Werner's challenge to the will made by Cornelius Gurlitt in 2014 that designated the Kunstmuseum Bern as his heir...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
Article"Rime" Graffiti Case Against Moschino Survives DismissalLast year street artist Joseph Tierney, better known as "Rime," sued designer Moschino S.p.A. and its creative director, Jeremy Scott...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleNew York Seeks Value For Distributed Energy And Reevaluates Net MeteringNew York needs critical energy infrastructure to the tune of billions of dollars at the same time that utility revenues are falling.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleDialogue on Carbon Pricing and the World Bank Spring Meetings with Citizens Climate Lobby at S&WOn April 14, S&W hosted a stakeholder dialogue sponsored by the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), Partnership for Change and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum as a part of the ancillary discussions surrounding the spring International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank meetings. United StatesEnvironmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleA Post About Beer! – Kölsch To Be PreciseNot long ago a colleague brought to my attention a "mea culpa" published on the Down The Road Beer Company website, www.downtheroadbrewery.com. United StatesIntellectual PropertySullivan & Worcester
ArticlePETA And Opponents Sling Arguments In "Monkey Selfie" CaseWe reported in September on the lawsuit filed in California over the so-called "Monkey selfie" that underscored some of the limits of copyright protection. United StatesIntellectual PropertySullivan & Worcester
ArticleHEAR Act Introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz to Create Federal Standard for Holocaust Art ClaimsAmong the many challenges that litigants over Nazi-looted art face in the United States is a lack of uniformity. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleAnother Bombshell In Munich—Bavarian Government Sold Looted Art To Nazi FamiliesWorks returned by Monuments Men to Bavaria for restitution to victims instead sold to Nazis' families.GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleEU Bail-In LegislationThe global financial crisis hit Europe especially hard, in large part because countries could not let their banking systems fail and the resultant governmental support of troubled banks caused systemic financial stress.GlobalFinance and BankingSullivan & Worcester
ArticleSix Guidelines For Understanding The Yates MemoMuch ink already has been spilt on the September 9, 2015 Department of Justice policy memorandum signed by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. United StatesCriminal LawSullivan & Worcester
ArticleAnerobic Biodigesters Give Universities Food For ThoughtFood waste is a major problem in the US. Studies show that around 40% of all food produced in the US gets wasted at some point in the food chain.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleTech Update: Another Use For EV Batteries?In the midst of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, electric vehicle (EV) batteries were used in an unusual and innovative way—as energy storage. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester