Last year law firms sent out announcements about their commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts in response to racial tensions. One of the initiatives firms stated they implemented is a formal allyship program. However, allyship in not a program or a mindset. It is a verb.
- May 01, 2021Sharon Meit Abrahams
NFTs have been all the rage lately. So what exactly are they?
May 01, 2021Christine K. Au-YeungGoogle didn't get an answer from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) it copied from Sun Microsystems were copyrightable. But it got just about everything else it could have hoped for in a decision that ended its 11-year copyright clash with Sun's successor, Oracle.
May 01, 2021Scott GrahamBy moving away from demand for traditional offices and office space, employers will be able to select from a much broader range of talent and a much greater geographical range of places to find and use these employees.
May 01, 2021Aron SolomonIn Committee for Environmentally Sound Development ("CESD") v. Amsterdam Ave. Redevelopment Associates LLC, the Appellate Division, First Department, overturned a Supreme Court decision that would have required partial demolition of a nearly completed 55-story building at 200 Amsterdam Avenue.
May 01, 2021Paul D. Selver and James P. PowerNFTs have been all the rage in the world. So what exactly are NFTs, and how do they reconcile with the basic tenets of intellectual property law?
May 01, 2021Christine K. Au-YeungAs firms and their clients continue to navigate ongoing business challenges in 2021, BD and marketing professionals first need to understand how mature their efforts are in specific areas. Then, they can look at what the successful firms are doing differently, so they can position themselves to join those ranks.
May 01, 2021Meghan FrankA large number of reported decisions interpreting Sub V have mostly addressed the eligibility threshold for a debtor to proceed under the new law. And legitimate questions will continue to present themselves. Such is the nature of most new (and even not-so-new) statutes.
May 01, 2021Jonathan P. Friedland, Mark Melickian & Hajar JouglafThe Court cleared Google of copyright infringement in terminating a 16-year long dispute as to whether Google's Android mobile platform had infringed Oracle's Java programming language's copyright. However, the Court did not answer the question of whether specific components of computer software qualifies for copyright protection at all.
May 01, 2021Shaleen PatelGiven the rapid expansion of interest and participation in cryptocurrency transactions, it's not a matter of whether you have an interest in crypto, think it's all a bizarre techno-bubble, the eventual replacement for fiat currency, or somewhere in between. The fact of the matter is your clients, and future clients, are more likely than ever to have a connection to this market, and a brief review of the headlines can make this prospect seem terrifying.
May 01, 2021Ross Benson and Robert N. Driscoll











