New York Law Journal Featured Columnists October 14, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRDRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSY" target="_blank"><font size="2">Computer Law</font></a><br/><font size="2">Tuesday, October 14, 2008<br/>By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown<br/><br/>"Richard Raysman, a partner at Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, discuss the Digitla Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor generally, a recent decision holding that a video-sharing site that actively enforces its user policy, acts expeditiously to remove infringing material, and seeks to prevent the same infringing content from being re-posted qualifies for the safe harbor, and how that decision might impact the <em>Viacom v. YouTube </em>litigation currently taking place in the Southern District of New York." </font></p>
<p><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRDRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSA" target="_blank"><font size="2">Appellate Review</font></a><br/><font size="2">Tuesday, October 14, 2008<br/>By Evan H. Krinick<br/><br/>" Evan H. Krinick, a partner with Rivkin Radler, reviews recent Second Department disputes over limitation of liability clauses in home inspection contracts, a purported oral agreement for the conveyance of real property and incorrect advice from a law clerk".</font></p>
<p><font size="2">SPECIAL REPORTS:</font></p>
<h1><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRDRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSD" target="_blank"><font size="2">Intellectual Property</font></a><font size="2"> </font></font></h1><!--change headline--><!--change date-->
<p class="date"><font size="2">October 14, 2008</font></p>
<p><!--change image--><font size="2">" <!--change image--><!--change body-->In this Special Section from the <em>New York Law Journal</em>: 'Recapturing Ownership Through Copyright Terminations," "The CREATE Act: an Imperfect Solution for Secret Prior Art Among Collaborators' and 'Trade Secret Versus Patent Protection: Why Place Both at Risk?' "
</font><br/><br/><font size="2">Also, in the highlighted article from this section,<br/><br/></font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRDRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVTR" target="_blank"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">Free:</font> Creative Approaches to Fighting Art Forgery</font></a><br/><font size="2">"Joseph C. Gioconda, a partner at DLA Piper, writes that the art community can learn from the actions taken by the luxury goods and consumer products industries as they face a similar threat from counterfeiters: demand stricter penalties for offenders and stronger federal laws, and use a registered trademark to identify works, instead of a signature that provides little legal protection."</font></p>
<p><font size="2">OUTSIDE COUNSEL:</font></p>
<p><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRDRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVTT" target="_blank"><font size="2">Judgment and Strategic Decisions in Legal Malpractice</font></a><br/><font size="2">Tuesday, October 14, 2008<br/>By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone<br/><br/>" Attorney Andrew Lavoott Bluestone writes that how the district courts and state trial courts will react to a recent Second Circuit holding is to be seen, hoever, the strong wording of the decision and the stunning double reversal argue for a seismic change in analysis of the strategic or tactical decision making defense."
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<p><font size="2">TECHNOLOGY TODAY:</font></p>
<p><font size="2"><strong><u><font color="#265a8e">Securing Social Security Numbers<br/></font></u></strong>Tuesday, October 14, 2008<br/>By David Frey<br/><br/>"
David Frey, an assistant district attorney on Staten Island and chief of the computer and technology investigations unit, writes that with the passage of General Business Law
399-dd, New York has taken a substantial step in protecting its citizens against identity theft and identity thieves. Prosecutors and the state Consumer Protection Board now have additional tools to combat these crimes and ease the pain suffered by financial crime victims."</font></p></font>