While you are interviewing your potential legal representative and assessing his/her relative strengths and weaknesses, the odds are good that your new legal friend is sizing you up as well. Sure there are plenty of lawyers (especially in this economy) who will take almost any case. They will do so regardless of the client if […]
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In an exercise of curious judgment The Weatherproof clothing company elected to employ a photograph of our President in an advertisement for its apparel. The ad took the form of (at least) a giant billboard in Times Square a/ka/ The Crossroads of the World. Weatherproof has stated to the media that the image was a […]
The other day we posted the following: “Going the Times one worse, running every day on page 2 of the The New York Daily News is a plea which reads: ”GOT A PHOTO? Did you capture that perfect New York moment? We want it! Send your picture to: desk@dailynewspix.com” At the request of some […]
More rights grabs. Like that little battery bunny, they just keep coming and coming. NY Times online version (at least) ran a feature story on images voluntarily submitted to it apparently without payment. The NY Times pleads for additional pix and posts with the following as submission terms: “By submitting to us, you are promising that […]
Coming from someone who lectures, writes and litigates I can tell you that each requires its own “skill set”. Having the talent for one skill does not necessarily carry over to another. Here are generic answers to this question we receive almost daily: “I know I need to hire a lawyer to represent me in what […]
