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New York State has recently enacted a sweeping new set of laws to prevent workplace sexual harassment, which require every employer to adopt a written sexual-harassment prevention policy. The law also imposes significant restrictions on the resolution of sexual harassment claims, makes certain provisions unlawful in settlement and non-disclosure agreements, […]

In a landmark copyright case, the United States Supreme Court has held that copyright infringement suits can only be brought after the U.S. Copyright Office actually issues a registration – not, as some U.S. federal circuit courts had held, as soon as the claimant applies for copyright protection. Fourth Estate […]

Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) big ambitions in the nascent virtual reality industry could be threatened by a court order that would prevent it from using critical software code another company claims to own, according to legal and industry experts. Last Thursday, video game publisher ZeniMax Media Inc asked a Dallas federal […]

We are pleased to provide this critical analysis and review of the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit Court”) in the landmark decision Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Case No. 2017-1118 and Case No. 2017-1202, in the United States Court […]

In a righteous victory for SLG client, AutoRemind, Inc., a New York City-based pioneer in patient messaging and reminder software, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed all claims and rejected the Plaintiff’s plea for early discovery in a potentially devastating Class Action brought under the […]