The GigaLaw Firm Gets Top Ranking in 'Best Law Firms' List

The GigaLaw Firm has received the highest rankings in technology law in the 2016 "Best Law Firms" list issued by  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The magazines awarded The GigaLaw Firm a "National Tier 1" ranking and a "Metropolitan Tier 1" ranking (for Atlanta) in the technology law category.

Firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

The 2016 rankings are based on the highest number of participating firms and highest number of client ballots on record. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have a lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the United States. More than 21,000 attorneys provided almost 700,000 law firm assessments, and more than 8,000 clients provided more than 47,000 evaluations.

The "Best Law Firms" press release about the 2016 rankings is available here.

GigaLaw Blog Wins Second Place

Doug Isenberg's GigaLaw blog has won second place in the Technology category of The Expert Institute's Best Legal Blog Contest. More than 2,000 blogs were nominated for the contest.

The GigaLaw blog provides news and analysis about important Internet legal issues, especially domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). All of the GigaLaw blog posts are written by Doug Isenberg, founder of The GigaLaw Firm and a recognized leader on Internet law since 1996.

GigaLaw Blog Nominated for Expert Institute's 'Best Legal Blog' Contest (Vote Now)

Doug Isenberg's GigaLaw blog -- which provides analysis and insights about domain name disputes and related Internet legal issues -- has been nominated for the Expert Institute's "Best Legal Blog" contest. From a field of more than 2,000 potential nominees, the GigaLaw blog has received enough nominations to join the 250 legal blogs participating in one of the largest competitions for legal blog writing online today. According to the Expert Institute, "[b]y being selected for the competition, [the GigaLaw] blog has already proven itself to be a leader in the legal blogging world, with a large following and a real impact on the people who read [its] posts every day."

Now that the blogs have been nominated and placed into their respective categories, it is up to their readers to select the very best. To vote for the GigaLaw blog, just click the "vote" button on this page before October 9, 2015: https://www.theexpertinstitute.com/legal-blog/gigalaw

Doug Isenberg Listed in 'The Best Lawyers in America'

Doug Isenberg has been included in the 22nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America, for Technology Law. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 6.7 million votes were analyzed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Doug Isenberg Appointed as Expert Panelist for Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy

The Forum (formerly the National Arbitration Forum) has appointed attorney Doug Isenberg as a member of its expert panel for the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy (TM-PDDRP). According to ICANN, the TM-PDDRP is "a dispute resolution mechanism for someone that believes that a Registry Operator is intentionally and systematically infringing trademarks in its top-level domain (TLD), either by itself or by aiding third parties." The TM-PDDRP applies to new gTLDs, that is, those delegated by ICANN as part of the 2012 application process.