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S. 3728 IDPPPA: The Real Story of the[break]Fake Fashion Bill

[break]November 30, 2010[break]6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m[break]Fordham Law School[break]Room 430 B/C[break]140 W. 62nd Street, New York NY 10023

Participants

Jeffrey Banks, Designer
Alain Coblence, Coblence & Associates
Carol J. Hochman, President, RHH Capital & Consulting, Inc.
Steven Kolb, Executive Director,
Council of Fashion Designers of America
Steve Lamar, Executive Director,
American Apparel & Footwear Association
Liz Robbins, Liz Robbins Associates
Susan Scafidi, Professor and Academic Director,
Fashion Law Institute

By popular request, here it is: a Fashion Law ethics & professionalism CLE program!

Please join us for “Labeling Yourself: The DOs and DON’Ts of Fashion Lawyers’ Advertising.” Our distinguished panel will discuss strategies for maintaining professional standards while promoting a practice in this newly defined and growing field.

DATE: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd Street, Room 430 B/C

CLE credit: 2 hours (ethics & professionalism; transitional and non-transitional).

Register now:

Attorneys ($75)

Fordham Law alumni, Fashion Law Institute Bootcamp Alumni, past Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up Clinic volunteers ($65)

Media, fashion industry professionals, Fordham law students (Free – but please register to guarantee admission. No CLE credit.)

To inquire about our hardship policy, please contact us at info@fashionlawinstitute.com.

FASHION = ART + COMMERCE

2^nd annual Fashion Law Institute symposium
Friday, April 20, 2012

Can you balance the fashion equation? Join the Fashion Law Institute for our 2^nd annual symposium, FASHION = ART + COMMERCE, an all-day event on Friday, April 20, at Fordham Law School.

REGISTER NOW!

9:15am WELCOME!

9:30-10:45am IPO, Yes or No?

Recent high-profile IPOs in the fashion industry raise questions of if, when, why, how and where a fashion company should list itself on a public exchange. IPOs can raise money for a fashion house to expand, allow founders and early investors to cash out, and give a label greater clout – but IPOs also open the company’s financial statements to the public and subject management to the volatility of markets and the wishes of shareholders. How does a creatively driven business determine whether it’s a go for an IPO?

11:00am-12:30pm Beyond Whac-a-Mole: New Initiatives in Intellectual Property Enforcement

Brand protection experts frequently describe the challenges of their work in terms of the arcade game Whac-a-Mole – counterfeiters pop up, intellectual property owners smack them down, counterfeiters pop up again. But fashionable trademark holders and their advocates have a few new ideas to share, including new case studies and data from the world of ecommerce and interactive marketing.

12:45-2:00pm LUNCH

2:15-3:30pm BRIColage: Emerging Patterns in Fashion and International Trade

The BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – are the fastest-growing and largest emerging markets in the world. Each country already plays a significant role in the fashion industry, whether in design, manufacturing, consumption, or all three. They are also, however, facing intellectual property challenges, increasing labor costs, and opposition to trade agreements amongst their citizens. How will the BRIC countries change the face of the global fashion industry?

3:45-5:00pm ADmonishments: Where Fashion Law and Advertising Meet

In advertising, fashion’s creative directors often pursue the avant-garde, while fashion lawyers must remain on guard. From British bans on controversial ads to Israeli and proposed French regulation of modified images to the invention of digital modification detection software, fashion advertising is coming under greater scrutiny. In the U.S., the proposed Media and Public Health Act (formerly the Self Esteem Act) continues this trend, raising questions about who should control artistic images created in the service of commerce.

5:00-6:00pm RECEPTION & CONVERSATION with Designer Yeohlee Teng

Participants include Ari Afilalo, Rutgers; Vincent Bevins, Financial Times; Heike Bhonsle, Lacoste USA; Margaret Chin, New York City Council; Caroline Gentile, Fordham; Jeffrey Kapelman, Hilldun; Roberta Karp; Eric Kee, Dartmouth; John C. Kennedy, Paul Weiss; Marina Kovalyov, Russian American Foundation; Candice Li, INTA; Seth Matlins, Off Our Chests; Kristina Montanaro, IACC; Owen D. Nee, Jr., Greenberg Traurig; Kenneth Plevan, Skadden; Barbara Pozzo, Università degli Studi di Milano; Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham; Jay Silverberg, Sills Cummis & Gross; Adam Katz Sinding, Le 21ème Arrondissement; Te Smith, MarkMonitor; Anna Stupnytska, Goldman Sachs; Yeohlee Teng; Annie Ugurlayan, National Advertising Division; Sara Ziff, Model Alliance.

2nd ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

A celebration of our first two years and Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinics

Friday, September 7, 2012

Last season, the Fashion Law Institute brought you a groundbreaking CLE program, “The Law of the Fashion Show.”

This season, we bring you the fashion show itself.

During New York Fashion Week in the tents at Lincoln Center, a select group of designers with whom we’ve worked will present capsule collections in celebration of our 2nd Anniversary and our Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinic program. Designs by EMC2 Emmett McCarthy (womenswear), Keely Rea (swimwear), Kelima K for ‘p.u.p.p.y.’ (bridal/womenwear), and Vespertine (cycling safety wear) will be accessorized by Gemma Redux (jewelry) and illuminated via a light installation by Dimitry Saïd Chamy. As an added bonus to accompany these many facets of fashion, each designer will share with us a favorite legal tip!

Space in tents at New York Fashion Week is limited, and we are unable to offer additional invitations at this time.

MEDIA: Please email events@fashionlawinstitute.com for additional information.

SOLD OUT!

Immigration, tariffs, deregulation, tax incentives for manufacturing, and even planning for demonstrations and social media wars — it seems that looking ahead has never been more important, even as the future remains unclear. To learn what industry leaders see for the next four years, join us for “Inside Out 2: Fashion’s in-house counsel on moving fashion forward in a new America,” the sequel to last year’s standing-room-only New York Fashion Week panel!

Speakers include

• Angela Byun, Condé Nast
• Ewa Abrams, Tiffany
• Melissa Schoffer Farber, SoulCycle
• Louise Firestone, LVMH
• Mimi Plange, Designer

DATE: Thursday, February 9, 2017
TIME: 9:45-11:00am (breakfast 9am)
PLACE: Bateman Room, 2nd Floor, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

SOLD OUT!

Are you reading an article or an advertisement? A social media post or a product placement? Twentieth-century pundits warned of subliminal advertising hidden between movie frames or in photos of ice melting in a drink, but today’s most controversial ads are hiding in plain sight. The Federal Trade Commission is taking aim at Instagram influencers, Twitter tempters, and other social media mavens pitching products to their millions of friends and followers — and at the brands paying for unidentified endorsements and camouflaged content. At the same time, the line between editorial and advertising continues to blur as online videos and published paparazzi shots become shoppable, with or without their subjects’ consent.

Are you or your clients taking advantage of the new advertising age — and compliant with the updated regulations? What is the effect of overt disclaimers on the millennial market? How do privacy, rights of publicity, trademark law, and the First Amendment affect modern advertising techniques? And what’s next for the symbiotic relationship between fashion media and fashion advertising? Join us for an insightful and informative panel discussion, “#ad: Native Advertising, Influencers, and New Rules for Fashion Marketing.”

DATE: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
TIME: 6:30-7:45pm (reception 6pm)
PLACE: Fordham Law School building, 150 W. 62nd Street, Bateman Room (2nd floor)
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

We look forward to seeing you!

The Fashion Law Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the world’s first academic center devoted to the law and business of fashion. For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.