By Eleanor M. Lackman & Jennette Wiser The newest trend in social media, with over 10 million members and drawing 11.7 million viewers each month according to comScore, is the virtual scrapbooking site Pinterest. Pinterest allows members to upload their favorite images from the Internet or their computers and share them immediately with other members.

CDAS Partner Nancy E. Wolff will be speaking at the 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia. Her event, “Fashion Protection: Will it Wear Well?”, will be held Thursday, March 29, 1:45p to 3:15p, and will address the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Protection Act, a controversial proposed bill. Many argue it will

Tropfest New York (and Tropfest International), the world’s largest short film festival, is now open for entries through Thursday, May 10, 2012. Finalists will be screened in Bryant Park, Saturday June 23rd. Tropfest is free to attend. The festival is an outdoor celebration complete with live music and entertainment, red carpet arrivals, and highly anticipated

On February 23, 2012, the White House released Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy (the “Framework”). The Framework is meant to improve consumers’ privacy protections without stifling the sort of innovation and economic growth that companies seek via the digital space.

In a new turn in the Google Books case we have been following, Google filed its responses on February 17, 2012 to the American Society of Media Photographers’ (ASMP) and the Authors Guild’s oppositions to Google’s motions to dismiss ASMP and the Authors Guild for lack of standing. Google took issue with the Plaintiffs’ assertions.

Partner Susan H. Bodine attends the Festival Internacional de Cine in Guadalajara, Mexico (FICG27) (Friday, March 2 to Saturday, March 10). As the premier film festival in Latin America, FICG serves as a rich forum for the creative exchange between professionals, filmmakers, critics, students, and audiences of Ibero-America. It is a diverse selection of international

Reminder: Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP is proud to sponsor the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy’s (CLIP’s) Sixth Annual Symposium, Big Data, Big Issues later this week. (Friday, March 2, 8:30am to 6pm). The event, which immediately sold out, addresses the new form of data processing, “Big Data,” in which computers analyze

Am Law Daily’s recent article on the upcoming release of Unraveled, “Get Ready for the Marc Dreier Movie”, features links to interviews with Mr. Dreier and with the director/producer — CDAS partner Marc H. Simon — and background on Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP. This feature documentary about disgraced attorney and philanthropist Marc Dreier,

Berlin/New York: Tribeca Film announced it has acquired North American rights to Side by Side, after its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The documentary is an illuminating journey exploring the transition from film to digital technology and its implications, featuring top directors, producers, cinematographers and many others. Produced and hosted by Keanu Reeves and

Once again Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP presented an exciting event on February 16 during global Social Media Week. “Nets of Social Networks: Minimizing Legal Risk in Social Media” featured Partner Kenneth N. Swezey and Partner Eleanor M. Lackman who presented on an array of legal issues affecting the social media landscape. Topics included