Partner Eleanor M. Lackman Wins “Best in Copyright” at 2017 Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards Dinner
The best female lawyers from across the Americas came together at Essex House on June 8th to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s 6th Annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards. The audience of in-house and private practice attorneys gathered to celebrate the achievements of those firms setting the standard in terms of female friendly work
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Partners Lackman and Wolff as Top IP Attorneys; Recognizes Two Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP (CDAS) Practice Groups
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is proud to announce that partners Eleanor M. Lackman and Nancy E. Wolff and both CDAS’s Entertainment and IP, Copyright and Litigation Practices have been recognized by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers USA 2017: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. This is the fourth consecutive year Ms. Lackman
Partner Aileen Atkins Named to Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report”
Aileen Atkins, partner and co-head of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP’s (CDAS) Corporate Entertainment Practice is featured in Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report.” Aileen is recognized for her work handling a range of digital and tech clients at CDAS – where four of seven equity partners are women — and for her in-house general
CDAS Brings in Partner Carole E. Handler and Associate Brianna Dahlberg to expand its West Coast Litigation, Entertainment and IP practice
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is expanding its West Coast litigation, entertainment, and intellectual property practice with the strategic hire of a two-person litigation team, led by Carole E. Handler, who joins the firm as a partner in CDAS’s Beverly Hills office as of April 1, 2017. Ms. Handler is a nationally recognized litigator
Frederick P. Bimbler, Eleanor M. Lackman and Simon N. Pulman Named to Variety’s 2017 Legal Impact Report
Three Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP (CDAS) attorneys have been recognized in Variety’s “2017 Legal Impact Report:” Frederick P. Bimbler, Eleanor M. Lackman and “Up Next” honoree Simon N. Pulman. The annual list includes the top entertainment attorneys that have made a significant impact on the industry over the past twelve months. Fred is
CDAS Wins Fair Use Ruling Over Facebook Livestream Birth Video
In a ruling from the bench, CDAS client Coed Media Group, LLC (“CMG”) succeeded in securing the dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit over a news story reporting on a man who live-streamed the birth of his son on Facebook. Plaintiff Kali Kanongataa accused CMG of infringing the copyright in his home movie when CMG
CDAS is a Platinum Sponsor of INTA’s 2017 Brands and Fashion Conference
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of INTA’s upcoming “Brands and Fashion” Conference, to be held in NYC March 22-23, 2017. The conference includes two full days of programming covering IP and brand protection strategies, retail trends, issues in advertising, and much more. CDAS is sponsoring the conference
CDAS Attorneys Appointed to 2016-2017 INTA Committees
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP Partner, Eleanor M. Lackman, and Associate, Joshua Wolkoff, have been appointed to International Trademark Association (INTA) committees for the 2016-17 term. Ms. Lackman will serve on the International Amicus Committee. The committee provides expertise concerning trademark and other IP-related laws to courts and trademark offices around the world through
Fan, Foe or Free-Rider: CDAS Defeats Cybersquatter that Sought to Capitalize on Celebrity Client’s Famous Name
A growing and unsettling trend in the legal field of domain name disputes is the prevalence of domain registration for bad faith purposes, such as to bait the public into thinking that there is an association between a website operator and a famous brand or person. Recently, Cowan DeBaets Abraham & Sheppard LLP (“CDAS”) brought
Kenneth N. Swezey to speak at PLI’s Intellectual Property Law Institute 2014
CDAS Partner Kenneth N. Swezey will participate in PLI’s Intellectual Property Institute of 2014 scheduled for September 15-16. Kenneth will discuss Copyright Termination, focusing on joint works, work for hire pre-1978, loan-out corporations, and spec scripts and the Superman cases. See the full schedule and register to attend here.