Most people, at some point in life, require assistance from an attorney -- whether for personal or business-related reasons. They do their due diligence and seek out legal counsel whom they believe will be a good fit for their needs. While many New York residents have...
Schwartz & Ponterio, PLLC holds lawyers responsible for legal malpractice.
Month: September 2020
Suing isn’t your only option after legal malpractice takes place
Legal malpractice is, at its core, a problem that happens when an attorney does not do their job and causes an error that harms the client. Attorneys are held to a high standard and do need to follow specific rules of ethical and professional conduct. If they do not...
Copyright Law: Appeals court sides with “Jersey Boys” producers
The ins and outs of copyright law are sometimes difficult to understand. In the case of artistic works, it is often left up to attorneys and judges to determine what might constitute a violation of the law. One recent case that went all the way to an...
Intellectual property litigation involves claims against Swift
Creative works are often very dear to those who create them. If individuals or companies believe that another person has taken liberties with their work, including infringing on copyrighted material, serious problems could arise. In fact, it may be necessary to move...
If your attorney is rude, can you sue?
When you decided to work with your last attorney, it was because you were told that they were good at what they did. You read about them and saw that they had experience in all the areas that mattered.What you didn't expect was for your attorney to be so disrespectful...
Model and photographer claim Volvo violated copyright law
Social media has helped countless artists here in New York and elsewhere promote themselves and their work for very little cost. However, there are still certain legal details that the judicial system is attempting to work through, since this area of the...
Protect your intellectual property with these 3 tips
If there is anything that would hurt your business, it's losing control of your intellectual property. If any of your ideas or pieces of software made it out to the public before it was finished, or if private, proprietary information was not protected, then you could...
Nicki Minaj copyright law case may impact entire music industry
Many music artists in the modern era use samples of other artists' songs in their own work. It may be a way to pay homage to that artist or reimagine the piece being used. However, some musicians are opposed to their music being sampled in another artist's...