LOS ANGELES, August 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new ".law"
top-level domain, today announced that two of the world's most
influential law firms have become early adopters of .law. Dedicated
to lawyers worldwide, and requiring validation of legal
credentials, .law entered into a 60-day Sunrise period on
July 30, 2015.
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DLA Piper, one of the world's largest global business law firms,
located in more than 30 countries around the world, and Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a leading international law
firm whose clients include approximately 50 percent of the Fortune
250 industrial and service corporations, are among the law firms to
adopt .law domains. Requiring validation of legal credentials
upon application and renewal, the .law domain will provide the
legal profession with a trusted and memorable URL to stand out from
overcrowded and unvetted domains.
Lou Andreozzi, CEO of .law, said,
"We are delighted to welcome Skadden and DLA Piper, two of the
world's most respected law firms and ranked among the top four by
the AmLaw100, to the .law domain community. A .law domain name
offers practicing lawyers, from the solo practitioner to the
litigation boutique to the large international law firm, a rare
opportunity to enhance their presence across the Internet and,
because of the strict criteria for the .law top-level domain, let
the public know they are dealing with real lawyers."
Stuart D. Levi, co-head of
Skadden's Intellectual Property and Technology Group, said,
"Securing a .law domain name will ensure our presence across new
top-level domains as they are made available to the legal
community."
Tom Goldstein, partner at Russell
& Goldstein, P.C., one of the preeminent Supreme Court
litigation boutiques, and co-founder of SCOTUSblog, said, "We're
pleased to be an early adopter of the .law domain, which is a
sure-fire, trusted way to signal to clients and colleagues the
legal resources we provide."
The 60-day Sunrise period for .law, where trademark owners can
register their names in .law, began on July
30, 2015. Names in the .law domain will first be available
for sale to credentialed legal practitioners beginning October 12, 2015. More information on the
.law launch program is available at http://nic.law.
About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX) is a leading owner and operator of
new generic top-level domains ("gTLDs") including ".law", and
provides registry services to a range of high-profile clients. The
Group also provides domain name services to consumers through its
wholly owned registrar operations in the U.S. and Europe. For more information on Minds +
Machines, please go to http://investors.mindsandmachines.com.
About DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a global law firm located in more than 30 countries
throughout the Americas, Asia
Pacific, Europe and the
Middle East, positioning it to
help companies with their legal needs around the world. For further
information, please visit: http://www.dlapiper.com
About Skadden
Skadden has approximately 1,700 lawyers in 23 offices around the
globe. For 15 consecutive years, Skadden has been named the best
corporate law firm in the United
States in Corporate Board Member magazine's annual
survey of "America's Best Corporate Law Firms" and is the only firm
to have been ranked in the top two for innovation for all five
years of the Financial Times' U.S./North American
"Innovative Lawyers" report. Last year, The American
Lawyer selected Skadden as a finalist in its biennial
"Litigation Department of the Year" competition.
About Goldstein & Russell
Goldstein & Russell, P.C. is an appellate boutique focusing
on representation before the United States Supreme Court. The
firm regularly represents clients before the Court in a wide range
of civil and criminal cases. Our clients include businesses,
individuals, governments, and non-profit organizations. The firm's
partners also run the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Harvard
Law.
CONTACTS:
Jill Goodkind PR
jillgoodkind@aol.com
+1-646-234-3022
@jillgoodkind
Minds + Machines (corporate)
Toby Hall
tobyh@gth.co.uk
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