Christine has twenty years of experience in the legal industry. Before going in house, she was a partner at a boutique full service law firm in New York, where she founded the firm's Telecommunications and Internet Law practice.
She currently serves as General Counsel - Media for a360 Media, LLC (formerly American Media, Inc.) in New York City where she advises the company on defamation, privacy, intellectual property and publicity issues for a wide range of brands, including podcasts, tv specials, online publications and magazines such as National Enquirer, Globe, National Examiner, Us Weekly, Life & Style, Closer, In Touch, Star and hundreds of special interest publications.
Christine is an experienced litigator and has assisted clients with respect to the removal of defamatory, infringing or otherwise unlawful content from the Internet. She has extensive experience in the rapidly-evolving fields of Internet law, digital marketing and telemarketing law, data privacy and security law, and intellectual property law. Christine also has experience counseling clients on issues relating to false advertising and deceptive marketing.
Christine has substantial experience in negotiating and drafting complex licensing, marketing and other agreements. She assists clients in the prosecution and maintenance of their trademarks and copyrights, as well as with infringement-related claims.
Christine speaks, lectures and writes extensively on digital marketing, intellectual property and Internet-related issues. Her legal analysis has been featured on ABC7 News and ASIS International’s Security Management Magazine. She is a frequent contributor to You (Online) and serves on the Advisory Board of Reputation Communications.
Christine is admitted to practice in New York State and in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is a graduate of New York Law School, cum laude, where she served as Law Review Articles Editor. Christine also served as an intern to the Honorable David G. Trager of the Eastern District of New York and as an extern for the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
Christine is also a proud graduate of Fordham University (Fordham College at Lincoln Center), where she served as an intern at the United Nations and as a member of the Fordham University Emerging Leaders Program (FUEL). During college, Christine was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
Feel free to reach out - Christine@Rafin-Law.com.