DEWEY PEGNO & KRAMARSKY IN THE NEWS

GC New York

Room for Error

Thomas E.L. Dewey and Kara Siegel (May 15, 2008)

"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that parties cannot agree to a higher standard of judicial review of arbitration awards, and appeared to question the validity of a long-standing doctrine that does permit courts to overturn arbitration awards that are in 'manifest disregard' of the law. The net result: parties who agree to arbitrate their disputes should understand that it will be very difficult to obtain relief from an erroneous arbitration award."

The New York Law Journal

Circuit to Mull When Keywords Infringe Marks

Stephen M. Kramarsky (March 18, 2008)

"The Lanham Act is designed, at root, to protect against consumer confusion, not to reward trademark owners for their inventiveness in coming up with the marks in the abstract; protecting creativity is the province of copyright, not trademark. So the fact that Google makes money from a trademark that another party created and registered should not, in itself, be relevant to the analysis of whether it has used that mark in commerce."

Financial Times

The Odd Couple's Messy 'Divorce'

(March 10, 2008)

"'It's a competitive case,' said Tom Dewey, partner at Dewey, Pegno & Kramarsky. 'I really do think it's a horse race -- and I think it will be a good show.'"

American Banker

High Court Rejects a Claim of Third-Party Fraud Liability

(January 16, 2008)

"Tom Dewey, a partner at Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP in New York said the Supreme Court's decision is unlikely to spur tougher laws."