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GROSS SHUMAN ATTORNEYS TO PRESENT AT SOCIAL MEDIA 2012 CONFERENCE
February 22, 2012, 11:07 am
Attorneys Trevor M. Torcello and Leslie M. Greenbaum of Gross, Shuman, Brizdle & Gilfillan, P. C. will be among the speakers at the “Social Media 2012” conference on March 6 from 3 to 6 pm at Hilbert College in Hamburg NY. The regional conference will focus on current business, marketing and legal issues. As an added feature, a live internet video stream will enable off-campus participants to ask questions of the experts via Twitter and Facebook. Mr. Torcello will be co-presenting “Pitfalls and Opportunities in Social Media” along with Carolyn Human, an account manager at Travers Collins. They will discuss will talk about the breadth of social media legal matters and the importance of creating strategies to address these issues. Mr. Greenbaum will present “Using Trademarks and Copyrighted Materials in Social Media,” which will examine issues ranging from fair use, copyright infringement and rights of publicity. In addition to t...
GROSS SHUMAN HIRES NEW ATTORNEY
January 11, 2012, 9:20 am
BUFFALO, NY -- Attorney Teia Marie Bui has joined the Buffalo law firm of Gross Shuman Brizdle &Gilfillan. Bui’s experience includes an extensive background in tax law. She also represents clients in corporate, partnership, welfare benefit plan, defined benefit plan, Economic Development Credit (EDC), Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR), and theft loss issues. Bui comes to Gross Shuman with a practice focused on civil and criminal tax issues. Her past experience includes work with an insurance defense firm and a clerkship for the Department of Justice at the United States Attorney’s Office, W.D.N.Y. Bui also has counseled non-profit corporate clients through her work with the Community & Economic Development Clinic at the University at Buffalo Law School. Bui earned her J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School and served as Business Editor of the Buffalo Law Review. She also clerked for over 5 years at the I.R.S. Office of Chief ...
Gross Shuman Attorney presents training program
December 6, 2011, 11:02 am
In the wake of the recent Hispanics United decision, Gross Shuman attorney, Mr. Torcello, participated in a training program provided to over 50 of members of the Developmental Disabilities Alliance of Wester New York (DDAWNY). His presentation focused on how not-for-profits such as DDAWNY's member organizations should confront the issues associated with the use of social media by their employees and organizations. DDAWNY is a collaborative group of member volunteer agencies that provide services to people with developmental disabilties. For more information or to arrange for similar training for your organization, please contact Trevor Torcello at 716-854-4300.
Gross Shuman Attorney profiled in National Trade Magazine
November 14, 2011, 2:43 pm
The issue of whether a company is legally required to pay double commissions and attorneys fees to a manufacturer’s representative with whom they had a sales representation contract was successfully litigated by attorney John K. Rottaris, whose case was profiled in the November 2011 edition of “Agency Sales”, a publication of Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA), an association of interdependent manufacturers and representatives dedicated to educating, protecting and promoting the agency/principal method of marketing. In litigating this matter, Rottaris won his sales representative client double commission and legal fees under New York’s commission protection statute. To view the entire "Agency Sales" article, click here.
Attorney Presents Workshop for Artists
October 21, 2011, 9:33 am
Attorney Leslie Mark Greenbaum presented a workshop "Appropriation Art - Using Previously Copyrighted Works of Visual Art to Create a New Work of Visual Art" on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Buffalo Arts Studio in Buffalo (BAS). Mr. Greenbaum discussed the tension under the copyright laws between the exclusive rights of artists in their works and the rights of other artists to use, comment upon, criticize or parody the prior works in new works of art. Mr. Greenbaum discussed the "fair use" exception to the exclusive rights of copyright holders. He also discussed the court decision in Blanch v. Koons, et al., in which the well-known "appropriation artist" Jeff Koons' use of a previously copyrighted photograph was upheld as a fair use, as well as the decision in Cariou v. Prince, et al., in which the well-known appropriation artist Richard Prince's use of previously copyrighted photographs was found to be infringing.