Karen’s inclusion on this year’s list underscores her commitment to providing clients with forward-thinking and impactful IP strategies across a wide range of industries.

Super Lawyers named C&G co­founder Mark S. Cohen one of the Top 10 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Partners Jonathan S. Abernethy and Karen H. Bromberg have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Additionally, Karen has been recognized as one of the Top 50 women lawyers within the same region.

Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are annual lists of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list are:

• Jonathan S. Abernethy, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Kwaku Andoh, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Luke Appling, Civil Litigation: Defense
• Elizabeth Bernhardt, Business Litigation
• Colin C. Bridge, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Karen H. Bromberg, Intellectual Property
• Jason Brown, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Joanna K. Chan, Securities Litigation
• Mark S. Cohen, Business Litigation
• S. Gale Dick, Business Litigation
• Christian R. Everdell, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Robert J. Gavigan, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Lawrence T. Gresser, Business Litigation
• Oliver S. Haker, Business Litigation
• Johannes Jonas, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Nicholas J. Kaiser, Real Estate
• Jeffrey I. Lang, Civil Litigation: Defense
• David F. Lisner, Business Litigation
• Ellen Paltiel, General Litigation
• Douglas J. Pepe, Business Litigation
• Matthew V. Povolny, Business Litigation
• Nathaniel P. T. Read, Business Litigation
• Bonnie J. Roe, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Stephen M. Sinaiko, Business Litigation
• Mark Spatz, Civil Litigation: Defense
• C. Evan Stewart, Securities Litigation
• Daniel H. Tabak, Business Litigation
• Scott D. Thomson, Business Litigation
• Alexandra Wald, Business Litigation

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Rising Stars list are:

• Sharon L. Barbour, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Randall W. Bryer, Business Litigation
• Shannon A. Daugherty, Business Litigation
• Drew S. Dean, General Litigation
• Jesse Greenwald, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Christine M. Jordan, General Litigation
• William Kalema, Business Litigation
• Sri Kuehnlenz, Civil Litigation: Defense
• Marvin J. Lowenthal, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Barbara K. Luse, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Benjamin Zhu, General Litigation

Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers

Jonathan S Abernethy: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Kwaku Andoh: Mergers & Acquisitions

Elizabeth Bernhardt: Business Litigation

Thomas E Bezanson: Personal Injury – Products: Defense

Colin C Bridge: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Karen H Bromberg: Intellectual Property

Jason Brown: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Joanna K Chan: Securities Litigation

Mark S Cohen: Business Litigation

S Gale Dick: Business Litigation

Christian R Everdell: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Lawrence T Gresser: Business Litigation

Oliver S Haker: Business Litigation

Johannes Jonas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Nicholas J Kaiser: Real Estate

Jeffrey I. Lang: Business Litigation

Melissa H Maxman: Antitrust Litigation

Ellen Paltiel: General Litigation

Nathaniel P T Read: Business Litigation

Bonnie J Roe: Securities & Corporate Finance

Stephen M Sinaiko: Business Litigation

C Evan Stewart: Securities Litigation

Daniel H Tabak: Business Litigation

Scott D Thomson: Business Litigation

Alexandra Wald: Business Litigation

Ronald F Wick: Antitrust Litigation

Rising Stars

Luke Appling: Civil Litigation

Sharon L Barbour: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Drew S Dean: General Litigation

William Kalema: Business Litigation

Sri Kuehnlenz: Civil Litigation

Winnifred A Lewis: Securities Litigation

Marvin J Lowenthal: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Barbara K Luse: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Matthew V Povolny: Business Litigation

Benjamin Zhu: Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
• White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite

• Karen H Bromberg

• Lawrence T Gresser

• Mark S Cohen

• Jonathan S Abernethy
• Mark S Cohen
• Christian R Everdell

Managing Intellectual Property has named Karen H Bromberg as a Copyright Star and as a Trademark Star in its 2020 IP Stars rankings. This recognition marks the seventh consecutive year that Karen has been listed as an IP Star – a recognition given to IP professionals who have been highly recommended by their peers and clients.

Chambers has recognized Cohen & Gresser in its 2020 USA guide for its achievements in General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Chambers commentary highlights the firm's "thoroughness, quality, responsiveness, client care and availability,” noting that "the level of service is stellar, the work product is uniformly superb,” and that C&G is "a great firm with high quality across the board."

Chambers also recognized the following individuals: Jonathan S Abernethy for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Karen H Bromberg for Intellectual Property: Patent; Mark S Cohen for Securities Litigation and White Collar Crime & Government Investigations; and Lawrence T Gresser for Commercial Litigation.

Managing Intellectual Property has named Karen H Bromberg as a Patent Star and as a Trademark Star in its 2019 IP Stars rankings. IP Stars are private practice IP professionals who have been highly recommended by their peers and clients.

Chambers has again recognized C&G for its excellence in General Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, and White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Chambers notes C&G’s “strong commitment to client service” and “top-quality advice,” labeling the firm as “outstanding.”

Chambers also recognized the following individuals: Jonathan S Abernethy for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Karen H Bromberg for Intellectual Property: Patent; and Mark S Cohen for General Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, and White Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

Managing Intellectual Property has named Karen H Bromberg as a Patent Star and as a Trademark Star in its 2018 IP Stars rankings. IP Stars are private practice IP professionals who have been highly recommended by their peers and clients.

Chambers has recognized Cohen & Gresser in its 2018 USA guide. The firm is recognized for its excellence in General Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

Chambers notes that C&G is "a very high-quality firm" with "very smart, very capable people who are very dedicated to their clients," and that C&G attorneys "have great judgment and are excellent lawyers."

Chambers also recognized the following individuals:

Jonathan S Abernethy for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Karen H Bromberg for Intellectual Property: Patent, and Mark S Cohen for Securities Litigation and for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

• Kwaku Andoh, Partner: Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• Karen H Bromberg, Partner: Cybersecurity & Privacy Editorial Advisory Board
• Lawrence T Gresser, Managing Partner: Legal Industry Editorial Advisory Board

We are pleased to announce that the firm and four of its partners are recognized in the 2016 Chambers USA legal directory. This year's directory recognizes the firm in White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Securities Litigation, and Patents. Read more

Each year, Managing Intellectual Property magazine ranks top IP firms and lawyers in its annual IP Stars ranking guide. This year, the guide recognized three C&G attorneys as 2016 IP Stars. 

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Amazon is looking into moving to patent technology that would allow shoppers to use live selfies to complete purchases. Privacy attorneys, including C&G's Karen Bromberg, weigh in on this issue in a recent Law360 article. 

Cohen & Gresser has been ranked as a Recommended New York law firm in the 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation.  In addition to the firm’s ranking, partners Mark S Cohen, Lawrence T Gresser, and Karen H Bromberg were all individually recognized by the publication. Benchmark Litigation is a leading guide to top litigation firms and attorneys in the United States that exclusively covers the litigation and disputes market. Its editors examine recent casework handled by law firms and conduct extensive interviews with litigators and their clients to identify leading firms and litigators.

Each year, Managing Intellectual Property magazine ranks top IP firms and lawyers in its annual IP Stars ranking guide.  For the second year in a row, the guide ranked Cohen & Gresser as being recommended in the Patent Contentious category, and Karen Bromberg, partner and chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology group, was named an IP Star for Counselling, Licensing, and Patent Litigation. Additionally, Dr. Gurpreet (Ray) Walia has been recognized as an IP Star in Patent Litigation, Patent Opinion, and Patent Strategy and Counseling category. 

On Wednesday January 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that so-called trademark tacking is a factual question that should be dealt with by juries. C&G PArtner Karen H Bromberg tells Law360 why the decision in Hana Financial Inc. v. Hana Bank is significant.

Cohen & Gresser has been ranked as a "Recommended" New York law firm in the 2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation.   In addition to the firm’s ranking, partners Mark S Cohen, Lawrence T Gresser, C Evan Stewart, and Karen H Bromberg were all individually recognized by the publication.  Benchmark Litigation is a leading guide to top litigation firms and attorneys in the United States and bases its rankings on extensive face-to-face interviews around the country over a six-month period with the nation's leading private practice attorneys and in-house counsel. 

There is much controversy and criticism surrounding Google's implementation of the recent decision which gives individuals the "right to be forgotten". Karen Bromberg discusses the implications of allowing these take-down requests to be left to the discretion of search engine personnel. 

Karen H Bromberg, head of C&G's Intellectual Property and Technology Group, weighs in on the FTC's probe into whether Facebook's behavior experiment affected their users and impacted the term's of their privacy policies. 

Each year, Managing Intellectual Property magazine ranks top IP firms and lawyers in its annual IP Stars ranking guide.  This year, the guide ranked Cohen & Gresser as being recommended in the Patent Contentious category, and Karen Bromberg, partner and chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology group, was named an IP Star for 2014. 

Partner Karen H Bromberg is profiled in Law360’s Female Powerbroker series, where she responds to a series of questions relating to her experiences as a female lawyer in a law firm.

Karen Bromberg speaks to Law360 about the pitfalls attorneys using social media sites like Facebook to research potential jurors.  

A recent InsideCounsel editorial about the possible Sears data breach cited Lawrence T Gresser and Karen H Bromberg's article "Litigation: Minimizing the Risk of Data Breach Class Actions from Target's Example".

President Obama recently outlined reforms to the government’s domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering capabilities following privacy concerns prompted by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s disclosures.  In a Law360 article examining how these reforms may affect the European Union’s own changes to its privacy regime, Cohen & Gresser partner Karen Bromberg offered her analysis of the interaction between U.S. and E.U. data protection regulation.

An initiative in California that seeks to create a presumption of harm when personal information is disclosed without authorization could lead to an increase in privacy class actions lawsuits, a recent Law360 article suggests. Bromberg notes, “Many courts have dismissed privacy lawsuits for failure to establish injury, [but] the establishment of a presumption of harm, as proposed by the initiative, would eliminate this barrier. This will trigger more privacy lawsuits.”

In reaction to the news that the Obama administration may be collecting phone and internet records from Google and Facebook, EU regulators called for clarification from the National Security Agency on how these tactics affect European citizens. Bromberg points out that, “…the revelations that the very same companies who have lobbied so vigorously to weaken these regulations are the ones that have given the NSA — either knowingly or otherwise — access to customer data may give a boost to those calling for tougher data protection standards."

While much of the discussion around cybersecurity tends to focus on critical information sectors, national security, and the concerns of global corporations, data breaches can be just as devastating for small and medium-sized businesses. Bromberg notes, “Some of the most serious cyber risks that these businesses face come from network breaches unwittingly made possible by uneducated employees who become the primary target of phishing schemes (malicious links and emails) which allow cyber-attackers to penetrate the company’s network in order to gain access to sensitive information.”

Karen H Bromberg and Marvin J Lowenthal examine the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act, which amends New York’s current data breach notification law and places increased obligations on businesses that handle private data. With the SHIELD Act, New York joins the growing list of states that have adopted legislation to strengthen consumer privacy protections.

Originally appeared in the Intellectual Property ALM Special Supplement 

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union, putting at risk the legality of trans-Atlantic data transfers. Businesses and policy makers questioned how-and whether-"Safe Harbor 2.0" would be successfully negotiated. This article discusses the new framework known as the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the "Privacy Shield"), which was announced on February 2, 2016. 

Earlier this week, on December 15, 2015, EU officials approved the text of new data privacy regulations after nearly four years of discussions. The EU-wide bill, which will supersede what is now known as the EU Data Protection Directive, is intended to unify the patchwork of 28 national privacy laws, and bring the rules up to date for the digital age. This article discusses the highlights and implications of the bill. 

ILITA (Israeli Law Information and Technology Agency), which sits within the Israeli Ministry of Justice, has announced that companies and other entities can no longer rely on the EU’s “Safe Harbor” framework as a basis for transferring personal data from Israel to the United States. This article discusses the far-reaching implications of the Schrems and ILITA decisions.

Earlier this week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union -- effective immediately. This alert offers insight into this decision and how it will significantly disrupt the flow of data from Europe to the U.S. and have a major impact on U.S.-EU trade.  

Technology is at the forefront of helping us understand, track and improve our health, not only for those who are young and fitness obsessed, but for individuals who are combatting and monitoring illnesses, and even for seniors who want to live independently as long as possible. While the two original pieces of “body real estate” focused on health tracking functions were the head and wrist – wearable shirts (or smartwear), that take biometric devices to a new and arguably more fashionable level, have been added to the mix. But is there a price to pay for the benefits of wearable tech? This article discusses the privacy issues and data security concerns surrounding wearable technology, and the steps wearable tech companies must take to succeed and protect their users’ data.

New trends in targeted online consumer behavioral advertising are raising privacy concerns.  They have also spurred new legislation in California, along with increased regulatory enforcement and class action litigation elsewhere in the country, making it imperative that companies take these concerns seriously. 

All eyes are on the California legislature as they consider proposed amendments to the state’s privacy laws. If passed, they will likely force businesses doing business in the state to dramatically change their data sharing policies.

Negative online posts, even anonymous ones with questionable authenticity, can have a significant impact on a company’s sales figures, revenues, and bottom line. And now, at least according to one court, they can also be used as evidence of trademark infringement. In an article for InsideCounsel, Bromberg and Kung provide an analysis of how a Yelp review became the basis for the You Fit Inc. v. Pleasanton Fitness litigation and may even establish precedent.  The bottom line for companies:  monitor online business review sites and quickly correct any false and misleading statements about trademarks.

Recent court decisions and an increasing number of FTC enforcement actions should make companies look closely at their privacy policies and how they handle their consumers’ personal information.  The FTC has also issued privacy guidelines specifically for mobile use. At a minimum, it would be wise for companies to consult these and future FTC guidelines and work closely with counsel in crafting a sensible policy with which the company can and will comply.

In light of the infamous Wyndham Worldwide Corp data breach, which led to the compromise of more than 500,000 payment card accounts, this article explores cybersecurity enforcement actions and questions the FTC’s role in determining fault in such cases.

A discussion on best practices for data encryption and how a recent report issued by the California Attorney General’s office will substantially raise the standard of such practices.

Leveraging the theory of global consent, this article discusses how internationally operating companies may need to amend their standard data use policies to align with the regulations of individual countries.

As mobile payments become the new standard for consumers, companies must ensure they develop mobile payment products and services with adequate financial, security, and privacy protections. This article offers suggestions for companies on how to achieve the right level of security.

This article discusses the FTC’s guidance on how mobile app players should improve their disclosures to ensure that users understand how their personal data will be collected and used.

This alert explores why companies should implement, monitor, update, and strictly adhere to a comprehensive privacy program, in light of this groundbreaking FTC settlement.

A discussion on the importance of relying on the FFIEC’s guidance for an excellent summary of current best practices for financial institutions and businesses in managing the risks associated with the use of social media platforms.

This article address the potential consequences of the proposed legislation requiring U.S.-based tech companies to report the loss or theft of personal information to the E.U.

This article examines the highly-polarized debate over software patent protection and how it affects innovation.

Examining the Federal Trade Commission’s first Fair Credit Reporting Act enforcement action involving mobile applications, this article shares lessons learned for both mobile app developers and employers.

This article explores the guidelines set forth by these recommendations and how they intend to minimize surprises to users from unexpected privacy practices via the request for greater transparency.

A Second Circuit decision could make it easier for U.S. companies to enforce claims against employees who commit cyber theft from remote locations, including from beyond U.S. borders. This alert discusses the impact of the decision.

A discussion about the FTC consent order barring online advertising companies from engaging with tracking technology known as “history sniffing”.

Examining the case of Instagram’s privacy policy, this article delves into sales of user information to third-party advertisers and the potential for public backlash.

This article examines the concept of aesthetic functionality, specifically within the fashion industry, and its implications on copyright infringement decisions.

This article explains the significance of Davidoff v. CVS and its effect on trademark holders, distributors, retailers, and consumers in the context of gray-goods history and principles.

An explanation of the potentially far reaching implications of the Rosenruist case.

This article emphasizes the importance of ensuring a trademark application only contains goods or services for which the mark is used.

A discussion on the need for every license agreement to clearly delineate the terms of the parties’ rights and obligations after the agreement’s termination. 

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EU privacy regulators want the right to be forgotten – the delisting of information on the Internet – to go global. This webinar, consisting of a panel of privacy attorneys, will consist of a discussion surrounding the issues stemming from the EU’s Right to be Forgotten ruling, whether this ruling could extend to US search engines, and what legislation needs to be explored in order to properly address the international implications of this ruling.

Additional panelists include: 

• Andy Roth, Legacy co-chair of Dentons' global Privacy and Security group 
• Ferdinand Graf, Managing Partner and Head of the M&A, Competition, and Cartel groups at Graf & Pitkowitz (Austria)
• Kevin Moss, Counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

Please click here to register for the webinar and earn CLE credit. 

Karen Bromberg, head of C&G's Intellectual Property Group, joins a panel of top tier IP attorneys to discuss the Supreme Court's major intellectual property rulings from this term. Ms. Bromberg will address the recent SCOTUS ruling which found that online television streaming service Aereo Inc. is in violation of copyright laws. 

This panel gave information and advice, focusing on professionalism and deciding on a legal specialty, to Columbia Law School Legal Practice Workshop students.

Cohen & Gresser hosted an INTA Roundtable discussion on best practices in performing due diligence and how to manage client expectations, discover hidden assets, and begin the process early so that remedies can be put in place before closing.