So far as Derek understood it, the site should have been cleaned up years ago but it had got mired in political horse -
trading until, about a decade ago, Charlie Salliaq had dismissed the old
legal team and called on the services of Sonia Gutierrez, a
prominent human rights lawyer specializing in aboriginal land claims.
Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading
legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and
trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling
prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.