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
Shapiro Arato Bach partner Cynthia Arato was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of Ariana Grande’s $10 million right-of-publicity lawsuit against Forever 21, Ariana Grande Tests When Lookalikes Can Look Too Much Alike.
On September 24, 2019, Shapiro Arato Bach LLP won a verdict of not guilty on all counts for our client in a five-defendant criminal jury trial in Kings County Supreme Court (People v. Shyknevsky et al., Indictment No. 2160/2017). The jury rejected allegations by the New York State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that … Read more
Shapiro Arato Bach partners Cynthia Arato and Daniel O’Neill authored an article that has been published in the most recent issue of Intellectual Property Magazine. The article, “A Literary Tale,” concerns the firm’s successful representation of the trustees of the J.D. Salinger Literary Trust in connection with litigation over the unauthorized publication of three of … Read more
Shapiro Arato Bach partner Cynthia Arato will co-chair a New York State Bar Association task force to tackle the crisis of shrinking local news outlets in the digital age. Arato will serve with co-chair David McCraw, Deputy General Counsel for The New York Times. The task force brings together experts from media, business, and legal … Read more
On June 3, 2019, Southern District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled for Shapiro Arato Bach clients Univision Communications Inc. and Gizmodo Media Group, LLC and dismissed a trademark-infringement lawsuit brought by Ebony Magazine over an article published by “The Root,” a digital magazine and online platform operated by Gizmodo. The article, Dear Ebony Magazine: FU, … Read more
On May 3, 2019, Shapiro Arato Bach filed its petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Las Vegas businessman William Walters seeking review of the Second Circuit’s decision affirming his conviction for insider trading. The petition asks the Supreme Court to clarify whether its decision in Bank of Nova Scotia … Read more
Partner Cynthia Arato has been recognized in Chambers 2019 in the category of Media & Entertainment: Litigation – New York. Partners Alexandra Shapiro and Jonathan Bach have been recognized in the category of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York. The Chambers guide identifies leading lawyers and law firms through interviews with … Read more
On March 25, 2019, Shapiro Arato Bach LLP obtained a favorable ruling on a novel statute of limitations issue on behalf of its client Cash Money Records, Inc. Plaintiff Aspire Music Group, LLC commenced this action in 2017 contending that it was a party to a written agreement requiring Cash Money and others to pay Aspire a share of profits earned from certain recordings by … Read more
Shapiro Arato Bach LLP is pleased to announce that partner Alexandra Shapiro received The Norman S. Ostrow Award at the New York Council of Defense Lawyers’ 2019 Ostrow Award Luncheon on March 14, 2019. This luncheon celebrates the legal profession’s “defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights.” The prestigious Norman S. Ostrow Award … Read more