The former chief executive of a major insurance company, American International Group, Inc., has resolved civil allegations filed against him by the attorney general of New York, which accused the executive of fraud and misrepresentation. The former executive's...
Month: February 2017
False Advertising Under the Lanham Act
Everyone knows that a strong marketing campaign is an essential part of growing a business and informing the public about the various qualities of a product or service that they provide. While some people may embellish the qualities of their products in some way,...
Breaking up a partnership can lead to litigation
Many New Yorkers operate their businesses in partnership with at least one other person and possibly several people. While some of these are true general partnerships, other business organizations, such as an LLC, operate in many respects like a partnership. In any...
Helping business owners protect their copyrights
As previous posts on this blog have discussed, many of the most prominent copyright disputes concern books, music and other works of art. Many people may mistakenly assume that this means businesses need only concern themselves with trademarks, patents and trade...
Copyright lawsuit over Author of children’s books
An author who some time got sued for copyright infringement by the estate of J.D. Salinger for publishing a sequel to Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" without permission has landed himself in legal trouble again for a series of children's books he and a...