On January 5, 2017, Alexandra Shapiro is scheduled to present oral argument before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of Plaintiffs Level the Playing Field, Peter Ackerman, the Green Party of the United States, and the Libertarian National Committee, Inc., on their motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit … Read more
On Friday, November 18th, Cynthia Arato will speak at the annual Music Business and Law Conference presented by the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law section of the New York State Bar Association. The day-long conference will feature a variety of panels addressing legal, business and technology issues facing performers and businesses in the music industry. Cynthia … Read more
On October 7, 2016, Shapiro Arato filed its opening brief in the criminal appeal of former New York State Senator Dean Skelos, who was convicted of federal corruption charges. At trial, the government argued that Mr. Skelos pressured companies to employ or pay his son in exchange for “official action” in their favor. This “official … Read more
As described more fully here, on October 5, 2016, Alexandra Shapiro argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Salman v. United States, No. 15-628, the first insider trading case that the Court has heard in nearly two decades. Ms. Shapiro’s argument has since received widespread news coverage. Below are some of the … Read more
On September 26, 2016, Judge Andrew L. Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Shapiro Arato’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing all claims in plaintiff Dwayne D. Walker’s lawsuit regarding the Roc-A-Fella Records logo. Walker claimed that in 1995, he designed the logo used by Roc-a-Fella Records, … Read more
On October 5, 2016, Alexandra Shapiro argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Salman v. United States, No. 15-628, the first insider trading case that the Court has heard in nearly two decades. Our client, Bassam Salman, was convicted in the Northern District of California of trading on inside information that he … Read more
On October 4, 2015, Bloomberg BNA published a profile of partner Alexandra Shapiro on the eve of her first argument before the Supreme Court in Salman v. United States, the first insider trading case the Court has heard in 20 years. The article explains that her “securities law work has played a pivotal role in … Read more
On September 27, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the ex-wife of comic book artist Wallace Wood, which claimed that valuable comic book artwork in her possession should be turned over to Wallace Wood’s biographer. Shapiro Arato partner Cynthia Arato argued in the … Read more
Partner Alexandra Shapiro was recently featured in the first part of a documentary series focused on third-party candidates in the 2016 presidential election. “Third Candidates” is a documentary produced by John Farrell and Jake Simms that examines why it is rare for a U.S. election to have more than two major candidates for president. The … Read more
On September 15, 2016, Shapiro Arato LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America (“RIAA”) in the Supreme Court of the United States in the long-standing “dancing baby” case. In that case, a video depicting a child dancing to a copyrighted song was removed from YouTube for alleged infringement. … Read more