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Update on Various Trade Measures of the Trump Administration

Notable Q4 Updates in Insurance Class Actions (Law360)

Attorney Intel Names Michelle Tanney, Joanna Wasick as Top 25 Blockchain and Digital Assets Attorneys of 2025

Chad Rutkowski Moderates Panel at 17th Annual Penn Intellectual Property Group Symposium

Her&nbsp;legal insight merges&nbsp;with&nbsp;her background as a former&nbsp;engineer to navigate an array&nbsp;of complex issues, including copyright matters: Carrie has defended a music distributor, a Fortune 500 medical technologies company and others against&nbsp;copyright infringement claims. She is guided by a practical understanding of scientific principles, and is driven to resolve client matters using an efficient and resourceful approach.

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J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2005

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1997

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<li>&#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2012)</li>
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150 BakerHostetler Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers; 91 Named Rising Stars

Bloomberg’s article “Madoff Victims to Get $322 Million in Trustee Payout” acknowledges BakerHostetler attorneys at announcement of fifth distribution plans

CNBC reports on BakerHostetler and the Madoff Recovery Initiative in article Madoff Recoveries Top $10 Billion With New Settlement, “… an amount virtually no one thought possible”

The Associated Press reports on BakerHostetler and the Madoff Recovery Initiative recoveries of $10.5 billion

BakerHostetler talks with USA Today about the SIPA Trustee’s fourth pro rata interim distribution; states Madoff Recovery Initiative nears $6 billion in distributions to allowed claimants

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Supports SIPA Trustee and his BakerHostetler Counsel in Second Circuit 546(e) appeal

BakerHostetler’s settlement with JPMorgan Chase and the ongoing Madoff Recovery Initiative Discussed on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

BakerHostetler attorneys’ work on Madoff Liquidation Second Circuit Appeal cited by Law360

BakerHostetler appears on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss Madoff Recovery Initiative; host Robert Siegel interviews SIPA Trustee Irving Picard and his Chief Counsel David Sheehan

Madoff Recovery Initiative surpasses $5 billion in distributions to allowed claimants; CNBC’s Scott Cohn discusses latest recovery with BakerHostetler’s SIPA Trustee Irving Picard and his Chief Counsel David Sheehan

Madoff Recovery Initiative Marks Fourth Anniversary … Moves into Fifth Year Still Building Recovery Momentum

BakerHostetler’s work recovering more than half of the losses in the Madoff Ponzi scheme featured on WNYC in interview on The Brian Lehrer Show

Press Release: Second Interim Distribution of Recovered Funds to Madoff Claim Holders

Press Release: United States Supreme Court Denies Certiorari, Upholding Net Equity Decision in BLMIS Liquidation

The Wall Street Journal showcases BakerHostetler and the “unprecedented magnitude” of the global recovery efforts in article “The Madoff Liquidation, Three Years Later”

Press Release: Initial Interim Distribution of Recovered Funds to Madoff Claims Holders

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<li>Defended a Fortune 500 medical technologies company in connection with copyright claims relating to medical illustrations and breach of licensing agreements. Settled the complex case in a manner that was cost effective and beneficial to the client.</li>
<li>Represented a major publishing firm in connection with copyright claims concerning application software related to an Internet portal for a major aspect of the company&#8217;s business.</li>
<li>Continually assisting and counseling entertainment news websites on cease and desist notices and compliance under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.</li>
<li>Works with an emerging high-fashion retail company to secure and enforce intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights on brand names and logos throughout the world.</li>
<li>Defended marketing and retail supplier of DVDs and third-party retailers against claims of copyright infringement relating to the alleged use of various documentary videos and colorized black-and-white public films.</li>
<li>Defended a music distributor against claims of copyright infringement involving the Estate of Townes Van Zandt.</li>
<li>Represent and counsel a Billboard 100 artist in trademark and copyright matters.</li>
<li>Successfully represented marketer of high fashion and designer gowns, and its Internet store, on its claims of improper takedown notices under the DMCA and copyright misuse.</li>
<li>Defending popular television network against allegations of trade secret misappropriation and patent and copyright infringement relating to various consumer products and graphical user interfaces.</li>
<li>Successfully defended major music and film distribution and publishing company against claims of copyright infringement associated with the distribution of a motion picture photoplay.</li>
<li>Pursued trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and copyright claims on behalf of value-added reseller of software solutions against competitor that engaged in corporate raiding activities.</li>
<li>Negotiated favorable settlements for a major reseller of cellular phones in various patent infringement actions filed throughout the United States involving patents relating to MMS cellular messaging technology, taking and storing photographs using mobile devices, QPSK modulation in CDMA communication networks, monitoring data traffic transmission rates over cellular communication channels, cellular antenna technology and channel hopping in wireless communication networks.</li>
<li>Represented a software distributor in asserting patents related to software-activation technology.</li>
<li>Defended an international electronics manufacturer and distributor in a multidistrict patent litigation.</li>
<li>Represented plaintiff and patent holder in patent infringement case involving use of oxygen absorbers in modified atmosphere meat-packaging technology.</li>
<li>Represented a major publishing firm in a putative class action brought by an author alleging breach of contract, and breach of both good faith and fair dealing of the foreign royalties provision of a publishing agreement. The case was won in district court and succeeded on appeal.</li>
<li>Drafted and negotiated IP licenses for startups through Fortune 500 companies.</li>
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