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News
In Brief
March 2017 • Vol 4 Issue 2
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Barton LLP is pleased to announce that Scott G. Grubin has joined the firm as a Partner in its Employment Practice. As both outside and in-house counsel, Scott has built an exceptional career in employment law that will benefit Barton clients. He spent nearly 20 years in leadership positions as the legal head of human resources and talent management at major financial institutions such as Knight Capital, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch as well as multinational corporations such as Omnicom and GAF. To read more, please click here.
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On February 22, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent Office issued an opinion rejecting the Petition of David’s Bridal, Inc. to challenge the validity of a design patent owned by Jenny Yoo Collection, Inc. that covers the design for a convertible bridesmaid dress.
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Scott G. Grubin will be a featured speaker at the 25th Annual Stern Women in Business Conference on Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Grubin will sit on the panel entitled, “I'll Stand by You: The Importance of Male Allies” focusing on what it means and what it takes to be an effective ally in today’s world. Panelists will discuss “concrete ways for us to show up for each other.” For more information on this conference, please click here.
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Maurice N. Ross will be a featured speaker at the Fashion Law Institute’s 7th Annual Symposium: Fashion Revolutions on Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Ross will be part of the panel entitled, “Idea-ologies: Recent Trends in Fashion & Intellectual Property Litigation.” He will discuss his most recent, cutting edge case related to IP and design where he successfully defended Jenny Yoo Collection, Inc. in the denial of post-grant review of a design patent for a convertible dress instituted by David’s Bridal, Inc. For more information, please click here.
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Join Barton LLP and the New York Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society for a discussion with prominent University of Chicago constitutional law professor Geoffrey R. Stone about his new book, and its timely focus on the Founding Fathers’ acute awareness of the need to separate politics from the divisive forces of religion as they crafted a constitution that expressed the fundamental values of the Enlightenment. The event is Friday, April 7. Space is limited. For more information, click here.
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In the article, “Cybersecurity for Law Firms: Business Imperatives Update 2017,” published in New York Law Journal, partner Kenneth Rashbaum identifies the importance and necessity of good cyber practices for law firms to mitigate cybersecurity risks. To read the entire article, please click here.
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LEGAL NEWS: TRENDING TOPICS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
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Recently, City Councilman Corey Johnson and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer announced a new bill – the Construction Safety Act -- that would require all workers on buildings taller than 10 stories to go through a state approved apprenticeship program. The purported aim of this bill is to address a number of deaths that have occurred over the last two years on construction sites in New York City. At a hearing earlier this month in the City Council Chambers, tempers flared over the necessity for this bill. The building trades unions contend that the only way to improve safety on the jobs is to require employees to be processed through apprenticeship programs, all of which are run by the unions. On the flipside are representatives of various real estate and contractor associations who argue that most fatal accidents have occurred on smaller buildings.
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Memorial Healthcare System of Florida has learned a very expensive lesson in a settlement of a HIPAA penalty proceeding: Policies for access to medical information alone are insufficient to meet HIPAA requirements. A Covered Entity must have procedures in place to monitor access and compile reports. The $5.5 million settlement, announced in a Press Release issued on February 16, ties a record as the largest penalty ever levied by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
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