New York Law Journal "Considering Parties' Conduct in Enforcing Settlement Agreements"
In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey writes: The Second Department recently issued an interesting decision holding...
New York Law Journal "Court Examines Trademark Claims Against 'Compatible' Coffee Pods&
Brand protection is a tricky game. Companies often walk a fine line between maintaining a reputation for quality and angering consumers...
New York Law Journal "Legal Limits of Customer Service for Technology Providers" by Steve
In his Intellectual Property column, Steve discusses the 'TekVet' decision and writes: The instinct to "bend over backwards" to help the...
New York Law Journal "Impact of 'Campbell-Ewald': Unanswered Questions" by Thomas
In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey writes that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez'...
New York Law Journal "Second Circuit Examines Evolving Infringement Standard" by Steve Kra
Tasked with formulating a legal definition of "hard-core pornography" in 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart demurred with...
New York Law Journal "Does Settlement Offer to Named Plaintiff Moot Class Action" by Thoma
On Jan. 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez.1 The court effectively denied the...
New York Law Journal "Court Examines the Fact-Opinion Analysis in Defamation Case" by Step
Accusations of fraud can be serious business. In today's marketplace we absorb so much competitive information that we tend to dismiss...
Inside Counsel "Fraudulent Inducement and the 'At-Will' Employee" by Stephen M. Kr
New York is an “at will employment” state. That means, among other things, that under New York law employers are generally free to...
New York Law Journal "Infringement in the Cloud: SDNY Addresses Digital Storage Lockers" b
A few weeks ago, Sony announced that it would end production of Betamax videocassettes in March 2016, 40 years after their introduction....
New York Law Journal "When is a Settlement Truly Settled" by Thomas E.L. Dewey
In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey writes: Because settlement negotiations are tenuous and conditional in nature,...