In a somewhat baffling case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently remanded a copyright case back to the district court due to an undeveloped record relating to whether the plaintiff was entitled to a $3.6 million statutory damages award based on the infringement thirty-three separate illustrations. Sullivan v. Flora, Inc., 936 […]
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Mike Regitz of RegitzMauck has been recognized as the 2019 Outstanding Clinic Attorney Volunteer for the Veterans Legal Clinic by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. Mike was presented the award at the Annual Pro Bono Awards Celebration that was hosted by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and held at the Belo Mansion on the evening
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On Monday, September 16, 2019, Dustin Mauck of RegitzMauck made a cybersecurity presentation at the “Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering Boot Camp.” The two day event was designed to help a small group of new lawyers through their first year of launching a financially sustainable solo or small firm practice that includes helping clientele of modest
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Mike Regitz and Dustin Mauck of RegitzMauck have been selected to the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list in the practice areas of Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation, respectively. The Super Lawyers list is an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Texas receive this distinction Both
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Mike Regitz and Dustin Mauck of RegitzMauck have been selected to D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Dallas” list. The list is initially generated by peer nominations of attorneys that offer exceptional counsel in one of 34 categories of law and is finalized by a panel of eminent lawyers. Each year only a small number of
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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that actual copyright registration, as opposed to merely filing an application for registration, is a prerequisite to bringing a copyright infringement claim in federal court. Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, No. 17-571, 2019 U.S. LEXIS 1730 (Mar. 4, 2019). In the Fourth
What do Beyonce’s Company, Playboy, Tesla, and Williams-Sonoma have in common? They have all been recently sued by visually impaired plaintiffs in New York federal court for websites that allegedly violate the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar state statutes. The allegations focus on features, which are allegedly missing from the defendants’ websites, that assist
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You heard that correctly. Mondelez International recently filed a complaint in Illinois alleging that Zurich American Insurance Company denied coverage for a malicious cyber incident pursuant to a war exclusion that was previously only used in times of hostile conflicts. Complaint, Mondelez Int’l, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 2018-L-011008 (Cook County, Illinois Oct.
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Insurance companies continue to assert coverage exclusions incorporated into their cyber insurance policies in an attempt to avoid providing coverage to their insureds. The latest example to be adjudicated is the “False Pretense Exclusion” that appears in insurance policies issued or underwritten by Sentinel Insurance Company. Rainforest Chocolate, LLC v. Sentinel Ins. Co., 2018 VT
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On November 1, 2018, Mike Regitz of RegitzMauck was a panelist at the 2018 Gateway to CyberCity Conference at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Mike Regitz with Co-Panelists Lucie Huger and John Loftus The panel discussion focused on the cyber insurance market, cyber fraud threats, cyber insurance policies, insurance coverage lawsuits, panel counsel and
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