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Katherine DeStefano

Katherine DeStefano is a second year law student at Fordham University School of Law. She is originally from Silver Spring, MD and graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in 2010. Katherine enjoys playing basketball and golf, spending time with her family, and cooking.

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Lindsay Lohan’s Attorney May Have ‘Given Pitbull Everything’ . . . by Plagiarizing

Mar. 27, 2012 / by Katherine DeStefano / 0 Comments

In the legal world, the level of professional responsibility is set at such a high standard that when an attorney acts unethically, it can haunt an individual for the rest of his or her career.  Time will tell whether this is the case for Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Stephanie Ovadia. Lohan and Ovadia filed suit against [...]

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Tweet at Your Own Risk: If You are a Student-Athlete, It Could Get You Expelled

Feb. 01, 2012 / by Katherine DeStefano / 1 Comments

The Sports Blawg with the Fordham Sports Law Forum On January 18, 2012, the highly touted high school cornerback Yuri Wright was expelled from school for “sexually graphic and racial” tweets.  Wright is currently ranked 40th in ESPNU’s Top 150 Football Recruits for the class of 2012.  The Huffington Post has provided a link to [...]

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The Hangover Part II: Most sued film of 2011?

Jan. 10, 2012 / by Katherine DeStefano / 0 Comments

Although Warner Brothers may have settled the lawsuit with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist over the use of Tyson’s tattoo in the movie, The Hangover Part II, they are now facing a new lawsuit from Louis Vuitton.  Perhaps, you remember Zach Galifianakis’s line, “Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton,” in the movie.  Turns out that executives [...]

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Lawsuit Puts Brakes on New Facebook Feature

Oct. 08, 2011 / by Katherine DeStefano / 0 Comments

We keep hearing about these awesome new Facebook features, but where are they? Turns out, a trademark infringement lawsuit against Facebook by Timeline.com may be the reason behind why 750 million users can’t experience Facebook’s new features yet. “A federal judge refused late on Friday to grant a temporary restraining order to Timelines.com, a Chicago [...]

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Apple is really the innovative company…or is it?

Sep. 28, 2011 / by Katherine DeStefano / 0 Comments

With the Apple iPhone 5 on the brink of release in the next week or so, Apple seems to have run into a bit of trouble with Samsung.  After Apple filed a U.S. patent suit against Samsung in April of this year, Samsung counter-sued in nine other countries alleging that Apple is using some of [...]

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