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April 11, 2013 -

Chris McDemus to Speak During Philly Tech Week

This month, the city pauses to appreciate all things technology in the City of Brotherly Love, and Baer Crossey intends to be there. Scheduled to occur from April 20th through April 27th, Philly Tech Week is designed as a week-long … Continue reading


February 25, 2013 -

New FTC Privacy Report Heralds Changes for App Developers

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance on mobile privacy, released in February 2013, sets out best practices for mobile app developers and the platform providers (i.e., operating system or app store providers, like Apple and Google) which sell and … Continue reading


February 7, 2013 -

Battle of the Coasts in Broadcasters’ Tussle with New Media Tech?

By Patrick Bello and Andrew Baer At least on the East Coast, copyright protection may not always require a service provider to pay licensing fees when it allows its users access to copyrighted broadcast programming. In July 2012, in the … Continue reading


January 30, 2013 -

U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Baer Crossey as One of the Best Law Firms for Information Technology Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baer Crossey LLC, a Philadelphia-based law firm, is excited to announce that it has received a “Best Law Firm” designation in Information Technology Law in the 2013 “Best Law Firms” ranking from U.S. News & World Report … Continue reading


January 7, 2013 -

Happy New Year from Baer Crossey!

Bootstrappers:  sign up for some free legal advice with senior Baer Crossey partners at our Open Office Hours on January 23.   Managing Partners/Technology co-chairs Andrew Baer and Fred Wilf will be offering sessions from 3:30 to 5:30.   You can get … Continue reading


November 3, 2012 -

How Not to Clone Somebody Else’s Video Game

With the explosion in online gaming, particularly here in Philadelphia, an important question is which elements of games are protectable under intellectual property laws and which belong to the public domain.  The defendant in Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, … Continue reading


October 26, 2012 -

Open Office Hours is Back!

Bootstrappers:  sign up for some free legal advice with senior Baer Crossey partners at our Open Office Hours on November 16.   Managing Partner/Emerging Growth practice chair Chris McDemus and Managing Partner/Technology co-chair Andrew Baer will be offering sessions from … Continue reading


October 24, 2012 -

FTC Issues Guidelines for Startups on Mobile Apps

It’s not often that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) addresses itself to the startup world, but it did just that on September 5, with the release of guidelines on advertising disclosure, privacy and data security issues for mobile app marketers.  … Continue reading


October 18, 2012 -

Baer Crossey and MCD Law Partners Finalize Merger

Addition of Two New Partners: Christopher McDemus and Amanda Goff FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PHILADELPHIA, PA – October 11, 2012) Baer Crossey LLC, a Center City-based law firm and MCD Law Partners, LLC, a suburban Philadelphia-based boutique firm, have merged to … Continue reading


May 8, 2012 -

Tea and Cookies Across the Pond

Not much to report today, except that websites operating in the United Kingdom should be aware that you now need to get end users’ consent before you can drop cookies on their computers.  No, we’re not talking about those hard-to-remove … Continue reading