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Health Club Contracts in New York

0 Comments Published January 29th, 2010 in Consumer law, Contract law, Ruminations

In the effort today to get fit or stay fit many consumers become “members” of health clubs. However sometimes the contract they enter into is neither healthy nor for a “membership organization”.
If you feel you have become a victim of fraudulent health club practices at your local gym, swimming pool, athletic or sports club and [...]

What to do when your lawsuit hits the Blogosphere?

1 Comment Published April 28th, 2009 in Business law, Contract law, Intellectual property, Interesting legal cases, Internet law and blogs, Not-for-profit law, Ruminations

The astounding thing was that some of the commentary misstated the alleged facts, or drew erroneous conclusions, i.e. that my client’s career had been permanently ruined. True, the failed performance had a negative impact on him, but to his credit he has returned to creating music of a very high caliber having recently received prizes and awards which show the depth of his talent and virtuosity.

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Alex T. Roshuk is a New York State attorney. He has two law degrees from McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada (B.C.L./LL.B., 1997) and has been practicing law in New York City since 1998 advising businesses, individuals and not-for-profit organizations in transactional and litigation related matters. He was the first legal adviser to the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (Wikipedia) from 2003 to 2005 assisting with the organization's tax exempt application to the IRS, trademark applications, and various copyright related issues. Prior to becoming a lawyer Mr. Roshuk worked in the entertainment industry as a film editor, radio announcer, television producer and director and as an administrator and/or director of numerous not-for-profit media arts organizations in the United States and Canada. He studied electrical engineering at Princeton University in the 1970s. He currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.