Lawrence Weinstein

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Lawrence Weinstein

Lawrence Weinstein is a Partner in Proskauer’s Litigation Department and co-head of the firm’s False Advertising & Trademark Group, resident in the New York office.

• IP: Paying for it doesn’t mean you own it

  By Lawrence Weinstein, Jenifer deWolf Paine  |  January 31, 2012

  This is an oft-discussed topic, yet several times a year those of us who practice in the field of intellectual property hear from clients that hired someone to create content, did not have the proper documentation in place and then discovered that the company did not own the rights to...

• IP: The top 5 advertising litigation cases of 2011

  By Lawrence Weinstein  |  January 17, 2012

  The trends reflected by these cases are worthwhile for in-house counsel to keep in mind as they review their own advertising for 2012

• IP: Light at the end of the tunnel

  By Lawrence Weinstein  |  December 20, 2011

  Four years ago, I spoke at a national advertising law conference on the sharp rise in consumer class action false advertising lawsuits. These lawsuits, once principally confined to California and a few other states, had by 2007 become the “next big thing” among the plaintiffs’ class action bar.