On December 11, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court decision ordering dismissal of all claims against our client Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and all other defendants. Plaintiffs had undertaken to plead 14 separate causes of action for trade secret misappropriation and related claims, relating to various … Read more
On October 27, 2020, Judge Virginia M. Kendall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Shapiro Arato Bach’s motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and/or improper venue filed on behalf of firm clients, The Orchard Enterprises, Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Inc., and MediaNet, Inc. The plaintiff in … Read more
On April 27, 2020, Judge Eduardo Ramos of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled for Shapiro Arato Bach client the Manhattan Institute For Policy and dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by Richard Harbus, a freelance photographer, over the Manhattan Institute’s use of one of Harbus’s photographs on its … Read more
On November 9, 2020, Shapiro Arato Bach filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in Level the Playing Field, et al v. Federal Election Commission on behalf of petitioners Level the Playing Field, Peter Ackerman, the Green Party of the United States, and the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. The … Read more
On September 29, 2020, following a five-day trial and post-trial briefing, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision deciding all claims in favor of our clients HYPR Corp. and George Avetisov. HYPR Corp., founded by Avetisov, provides technology solutions to help businesses secure their systems and prevent … Read more
Chambers and Partners has recognized Shapiro Arato Bach in the category of Specialist Firms in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations for 2020. The guide notes that the firm is “widely considered the leading firm in the city for criminal appellate work” and is “called on by individuals from financial services firms, corporations and political organizations … Read more
On February 3, 2020, the Second Circuit ruled in favor of Shapiro Arato Bach clients in a fair use copyright case concerning the transformative use of a spoken-word piece. In Estate of James Oscar Smith v. Aubrey Drake Graham, the heirs of jazz musician Jimmy Smith and a company that acquired rights to one of … Read more
On November 4, 2019, Shapiro Arato Bach filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court for Power Integrations, Inc. as amicus curiae in support of affirmance in Thryv, Inc. f/k/a Dex Media, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, et al., No. 18-916. This case presents the Supreme Court with yet another question concerning the inter … Read more
On October 22, 2019, the New York Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the decision of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department, which reversed the second-degree murder conviction of our client, Robert Neulander, and ordered a new trial. During Dr. Neulander’s trial, a juror repeatedly violated the trial court’s … Read more
On August 1, 2019, Shapiro Arato Bach obtained the dismissal of a tortious interference claim that an investment advisor brought against the firm’s client, Univision Communications Inc., in connection with a transaction involving the satirical website The Onion. The plaintiff in the case is GCA Advisors LLC. GCA alleged that Onion, Inc. hired GCA to help … Read more