Faruki Blog

Pokémon Stop! (Or Maybe Just Slow Down A Little)

You cannot swing a dead cat without hitting someone who is downloading and playing the new Pokémon Go game for smartphones (forget the cat, you.. Read More

Look In the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's State UAV Laws & Regulations!

Unmanned aerial vehicles ("UAVs" or "drones") are increasingly flooding our skies. Unlike the model airplanes or remote-controlled toys that many of.. Read More

Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo In Limbo

While the media has focused for years on claims that sports logos depicting Native Americans are disparaging, the issue is now front and center in.. Read More

Nominative Fair Use in the Second Circuit – A New Approach?

"Nominative Fair Use": what is this doctrine and how are the courts recognizing and applying it to claims of trademark infringement under the Lanham.. Read More

Serial and the Jinx -- Real Crime Programs

Solving cold cases is a goal for police investigators and journalists alike. Although the popular National Public Radio podcast Serial has not yet.. Read More

Supreme Court's Spokeo Decision Fails to Give "Concrete" Answers in Privacy Litigation

Article III standing has often been a difficult hurdle for plaintiffs in privacy litigation to clear (check out my prior blogs on Android Litigation.. Read More

FIC Cyber Law Update: MasterCard Debuts Selfie Cybersecurity Feature

This summer, MasterCard will debut a new cybersecurity feature allowing customers to authenticate their identity by taking a selfie. But the use of.. Read More

Team Up! Why a Multidisciplinary Team is Best for Breach and Crisis Response Management

I have gone on and on before about data breach response management and how it is not IF but WHEN data breach comes to your company, yada, yada, yada... Read More

The Power Prep - Effective Preparation of Your Client for a Deposition

Proactive defense strategies are essential to a successful defense of a deposition. Often, attorneys tasked with defending a deposition fail to take.. Read More