FI&C has been named the first recipient of the Access to Justice's Community Impact Award.
The awards celebration recognizes extraordinary service in the public interest by attorneys, community leaders and the business sector. The Community Impact Award honors FI&C for its representation of minority, low-income, or otherwise disadvantaged clients in the community. In 2004, FI&C created an innovative externship program where, on a rotating basis, FI&C loans associates to the Montgomery County Public Defender's Office to assist that office with criminal defense work. Since 2004, five lawyers from FI&C have been assigned to the Public Defender's Office -- the "value" of their time alone exceeds $450,000. In addition to the Public Defender's program, nearly all of the attorneys at FI&C have accepted criminal appointments, actively volunteered to receive referrals from the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project and the Legal Aid Society of Dayton, or provided other pro bono services.
An article written by FI&C associate Lynn Posey was published in the March edition of the Journal of Internet Law.
Lynn was the co-author of "The Antibiotic Paradox in Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing post MGM v. Grokster: How Litigation Has Created Copyright Infringement Superbugs." The article examines the effect of seven years of litigation on peer-to-peer copyright infringement on the Internet and discusses how emerging technology may make the next generation of peer-to-peer filesharing software immune to litigation. Lynn's development of the article was supported and guided by other FI&C attorneys, as legal scholarship is an important method to give back to the community and develop new and innovative ways of thinking about the law. Link: http://www.ficlaw.com/publications/posey/antibiotic_paradox.pdf
Andrew J. Reitz, an associate at FI&C, was recently elected as an "At-Large Steering Committee Member" of Generation Dayton.
Generation Dayton is an organization that provides area young professionals with opportunities to develop professional skills, build relationships with existing business and community leaders, and forge friendships with peers in a professional environment. Typically, members of Generation Dayton are professionals between the ages of 21 and 40 who represent various sectors of the Dayton region.
