Brian Kint

July 15, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

While the duty and the attendant standard of care are likely to develop slowly if left to the common law, tort theories of negligence may provide the necessary flexibility that organizations need in the data security context.

By Brian Kint and Dianna Reuter

9 minute read

August 26, 2019 | Legaltech News

There may have been a time where it was possible to go through life while remaining relatively anonymous with respect to the products and services one purchased. Those days are over.

By Brian Kint, Cozen O'Connor

6 minute read

July 18, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two cases, one from the U.S. Supreme Court and one from the Illinois Supreme Court, have set the venue for the enforcement and interpretation of an Illinois privacy law squarely in the Illinois state courts, to the exclusion of the federal courts.

By Brian Kint

8 minute read

January 11, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is 7 a.m. You grab a cup of coffee and head out the door to catch the train to your job as in-house counsel.

By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint

8 minute read

February 15, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A few weeks ago, Congress quickly shelved the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) after incurring vocal public outrage.

By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint

7 minute read

February 22, 2012 | Legaltech News

Cozen O'Connor's Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint write that the Internet Age has made the world of IP and anti-piracy more complex than ever -- the Stop Online Piracy Act is just one example.

By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint

7 minute read

April 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal court class actions have been around for over 50 years. As they grew in importance in the 1960s and 1970s, it was a bit like the tale of Frankenstein. Had the class action rule created an improved tool allowing small claimants a fair day in court against large, deep-pocketed corporations? Or had the class action become something greater than intended — something that turned the risks and costs of litigation so much against corporate defendants that the class action had merely substituted one form of unfairness for another?

By Jeffrey G. Weil and Brian Kint

9 minute read

June 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers and law firms are increasingly using blogs, also referred to as "blawgs," along with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, to build their visibility and brand. While blogs do not have the traditional look and feel of attorney advertising, they certainly have at least some measure of commercial purpose. After all, it is unlikely that law firms would expend resources on this new form of communication if they did not at least hope to receive some return on their investment. Yet, blogs may not fit neatly inside regulations on attorney advertising that were written with more traditional media formats in mind.

By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint

5 minute read

November 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

On November 5 in Edenbridge, U.K., a 30-foot-tall model of Lance Armstrong was burned to celebrate Guy Fawkes' failed plot to blow up the Parliament. The giant Armstrong likeness held a Tour de France cup in one hand and a sign in the other, which read, "For sale, racing bike, no longer required."

By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint

8 minute read