It used to be that rug merchants aired their disputes in the bazaar but no more, now they engage in Federal litigation. And in a decision from the Southern District of New York from last week, one rug merchant’s lawyer exposed his internal memorandum and letters, which he had sought to protect as confidential by …
Monthly Archive: December 2010
Dec 18 2010
Future of Music Blogs Uncertain As Feds Crackdown
Thanksgiving weekend, the Federal Government, through the White House’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel and the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), shut down over eighty (80) websites for copyright infringement. While many of the sites were for businesses that sold knock-0ff handbags, perfumes, etc., a fair number of the shuttered sites were …
Dec 15 2010
Caveat Employer! New NY Labor Law Tough on Businesses
NY Governor David Paterson signed into law a host of new regulations on employers that toughens penalties for wage violations and expands some existing laws dealing with retaliation against employees who file complaints. The new law, called The Wage Theft Prevention Act, also allows third parties to make complaints and adds officers of limited-liability companies …