What we do . . .
- Neutral Mediator Services
- Neutral Arbitrator Services
- General Business Litigation
- Breach of Contract
- Accounting and Profit Participation
- Talent vs. Agency Disputes
- Talent vs. Manager Disputes, including Unlawful Procurement and the California Talent Agencies Act (Cal. Labor Code §1700)
- Motion Picture/Television Copyright Infringement
- Music Copyright Infringement
- Idea Submission Issues
- Music, Television and Motion Picture Distribution Disputes
- Internet Domain Name Disputes and Cybersquatting
- Celebrity Privacy, Publicity Rights, and Defamation
- Disputes over Residuals and Royalties
- Guild Arbitrations
- IFTA Arbitrations
- Libel and Slander
- Trademark Registrations
Reported decisions . . .
- ABKCO Music, Inc. v. La Vere, 217 F.3d 684 (9th Cir. 2000)
- Bettie Page v. Something Weird Video, 908 F.Supp. 714 (C.D.Cal. 1995)
- Bettie Page v. Something Weird Video, 960 F.Supp. 1438 (C.D.Cal. 1996)
- Blakely v. Linett, 2020 WL 13220039 (C.D.Cal. 2020)
- Brown v. Goldstein, 34 Cal.App.4th 418 (2019)
- Carmen Electra, a/k/a Tara Leigh Patrick v. Network Operations Center, D2003-0852 (WIPO)
- Christopher Filmcapital GmbH & Co. 3KG v. Regent Worldwide Sales, LLC, IFTA 09-99 (confirmed 2010)
- Catlin Doughty v. Evan M. Hess, TAC 39547
- Echo Lake Management v. DeLoatch, TAC52681
- Endemol Entertainment, B.V. v. Twentieth TV, 48 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1524 (U.S.D.C. Cal 1998)
- Garry Kasparov v. Mark Andreev, NAF Case No. FA0505000471047 (June 16, 2005)
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles, 7 F.Supp.2d 1098 (S.D.Cal.1998)
- SEC v. Kasirer, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6494 (N.D.Ill. March 21, 2005)
- Sobini Films v. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc., 61 U.S.P.Q.2d 1930 (U.S.D.C. Cal 2001).
- The Stein Agency v. James Tripp-Haith, TAC 46-05
- VFLA Eventco, LLC v. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC, 100 Cal.App.5th 287 (2024)