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Speaking Engagement - White Collar Criminal Defense Co-Chair, Brad Simon, joins fellow panelists for a discussion on "Due process and procedural fairness for individuals in corporate bribery enforcement actions," at the 17th Annual International Bar Association (IBA) Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris, France (June 25 - 26, 2019). | Details: https://www.ibanet.org/Conferences/conf958.aspx | https://www.int-bar.org//Paris-Anticorruption-2019-program #corruption #anticorruption #law #legalnews #conference #IBA #PhillipsNizer #whitecollarcrcrime #whitecollar

Fashion Law Blog > "The Other Shoe Drops" by Helene Freeman... Excerpt: "The fashion industry has debated the effect of the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., interpreting the Copyright Act’s rules for registration of two and three dimensional designs incorporated into useful objects, on the availability of copyright protection for fashion designs and accessories. There now appears to be an emerging consensus of finding copyright pr...otection in circumstances where it might not have been previously expected. This is hardly surprising. What is surprising is that the Court’s decision may be impacting a key question that the Court side-stepped." | Read more: https://fashionindustrylaw.com//06/04/the-other-shoe-drops/ #fashion #fashionlaw #intellectualproperty #copyrights #copyrightlaw #law #Yeezy #KanyeWest #fashiondesign

**As seen in the press...** | Environmental Law partner Eileen Millett is one of the New York State Bar Association's (NYSBA) new diverse class of committee chairs, co-chairs and vice-chairs highlighted in yesterday’s New York Law Journal (NYLJ). In April, Eileen was announced as co-chair of the NYSBA’s Task Force to examine the impact of New York’s adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). The NYLJ article also features the cover of the June-July edition of the NYSBA Journal with 40 photos of the new diverse committee chairs, co-chairs and vice-chairs of NYSBA committees. | Read the article here: https://www.law.com//diverse-leaders-to-take-over-all-59/ #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #NYSBA #law #legalnews #womeninlaw

**We've Been Published...** | Litigator Alisha McCarthy co-authors "Ruling Highlights Narrow Path in Defending Sexual Harassment Complaints," a commentary published by the Legal Intelligencer...Excerpt: "The #MeToo era has prompted employers across the country to review their internal mechanisms for screening and investigating complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace...a recent decision from the Southern District of New York, Barbini v. First Niagara Bank, No. 16-cv-7...887, highlights the challenges companies can face in protecting attorney-client privilege when defending claims that arise from or turn in some way upon internal investigations involving in-house counsel." | Read more: https://www.law.com//ruling-highlights-narrow-path-in-def/ #litigation #employers #employees #law #employmentlaw #MeToo #sexualharassment #lawsuit

**Recently Published** | iPhillipsNizer: Where intellectual property and business law intersect with industry (Spring 2019) | A publication of the Intellectual Property Practice | Read here: https://bit.ly/2JRDGIn #intellectualproperty #IP #IPlaw #copyright #trademarks #technology #blockchain #finance #publicdomain

**When Mother Nature couldn't dampen our spirits...** | We were pumped and ready for the Chase Corporate Challenge 2019, but the forecast called for dangerous weather. No gloomy faces here! Our team posed for a group photo anyway. #teamspirit #PhillipsNizer #ChaseCorporateChallenge #CorporateChallenge

**Speaking Engagement** | Patrick Burke, Chair of the Data Technology & Cybersecurity Group, will be a panelist at the upcoming program, "Blockchain Perspectives: Business, Regulatory and Accounting Challenges" hosted by Grant Thornton on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 (9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon) in New York City. Patrick's panel will address: "Regulatory Landscape for Cryptocurrency Firms and Industry Response" | For more information and to register to attend, please follow this link: https://bit.ly/2KeYvg0 #blockchain #finance #business #technology #tech #cryptocurrency

**Recently Published** | An article authored by Patrick Burke, Chair of the Data Technology & Cybersecurity Practice, and Anne-Sophie Hutteau-Hiltzer, referendare with our Data Technology & Cybersecurity, German and Corporate & Business Law Practices, is featured in the May 15, 2019 issue of the New York Law Journal. Canada Proposes Requiring Consent for Transfers of Personal Data Across Its Border highlights Canada’s proposed new requirement that any transfer of a Canadia...n’s personal information across the border for processing, including to the U.S., must be done with the Canadian’s consent. This may include employee data, so it may be found to apply to all U.S. companies that have employees located in Canada. | https://www.law.com//canada-proposes-requiring-consent-fo/ (Subscription required) #business #dataprotection #dataprivacy #datasecurity #datatechnology #Canada #Canadalaw #Canadianlaw See more

**As seen in the press...** | Lauren Wachtler, Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, is featured in a photograph appearing in yesterday's online edition of the New York Law Journal. The Weinberg Center for Elder Justice held its eighth annual Awards of Distinction Breakfast. Lauren, who is a member of the RiverSpring Health board of trustees, joined Daniel Reingold, president and CEO of RiverSpring Health, and Joy Solomon, director and managing attorney of the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice, as they honored this year’s Champion for Change Award recipient, Belinda Schwartz. Lauren is a past recipient of the Champion for Change Award. (Photo: Lauren Wachtler: fifth from left) | https://www.law.com//belinda-schwartz-honored-by-weinberg/ #lawyer #lawyers #attorney #attorneys #PhillipsNizer #honor #awards

Fashion Law Blog > "Retailing with Foam and A Good Swing" by Alan Behr... Excerpt: "When a business expands, however tangentially and however much in pursuit of the raison d’être for a storeselling goodsthe store should be aware of the likely importance of protecting its brand for the other activities. That means reexamining the retailer’s portfolio of registered trademarks..." https://fashionindustrylaw.com//retailing-with-foam-and-a/ #fashion #fashionlaw #intellectualproperty #trademarks #trademarkprotection #law #BrooksBrothers #business

**We've Been Quoted...** | Brad Simon, Co-Chair of the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice and co-head of Phillips Nizer's College and University Initiative, addresses the possible reasons in a New York Times article why the actor William H. Macy, husband of actress Felicity Huffman who plead guilty on Monday in the college admissions cheating scandal, has not been charged. | Article: https://www.nytimes.com//felicity-huffman-guilty-college-a (Subscription required) #education #college #collegeadmissions #collegeadmissionsscandal #collegecheatingscandal #law #legalnews