in a 1977 article. He won the case in 1981 and prevailed on appeal. Law Rubin was a lawyer at Palmer & Dodge LLP and then at Hill & Barlow before opening The Law Office of Zick Rubin in 2003. He specializes in legal issues related to copyright, trademark, media, and higher education. In 2020 Rubin joined Archstone Law Group as Of Counsel. On behalf of the daughters of the poet who wrote the lyrics of the nursery school song “Soft Kitty,” he brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against the producers of the popular weather sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” alleging that they used the song without permission. The case was settled on undisclosed terms. Rubin had been a member of the Copyright Society of the United States, the Authors Guild, the Text and Academic Authors Association, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Selected publications Rubin Z (1973). Liking and loving: An invitation to social psychology. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Rubin Z, Peplau LA (1973). Belief in a Just World and Reactions to Another's Lot: A Study of Participants in the National Draft Lottery. Journal of Social Issues, Volume 29, Issue 4, pages 73–93, Fall 1973 Rubin Z (1974). Doing unto others: joining, molding, conforming, helping, loving. Prentice-Hall, Rubin Z (1974). Measurement of romantic love. International Journal of Group Tensions Rubin Z, Peplau LA (1975). Who believes in a just world? Journal of Social Issues, Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 65–89, Summer 1975 Rubin Z (1975). Disclosing Oneself to a Stranger: Reciprocity and Its Limits. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 11: 233-60 Hill CT, Rubin Z, Peplau LA (1976). Breakups before marriage: The end of 103 affairs. Journal of Social Issues Volume 32, Issue 1, pages 147–168, Winter 1976 Rubin Z (1980). Children's friendships, Harvard University Press, Rubin Z, McNeil EB (1983). The psychology of being human. Harper & Row, References External links The Law Office of Zick Rubin 1944 births Living people 20th-century American Jews Social psychologists University of Michigan alumni Harvard Law School alumni Yale University alumni 21st-century American Jews