June 14, 2011
David Swift Named to ‘40 Under 40’ New Leaders Council Awards List
KHIKS is proud to announce that David Swift has been chosen as one of New Leaders Council’s “40 Under 40” Leadership Award winners for 2011. New Leaders Council is “a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that engages ......
April 13, 2011
Dale Kinsella & Michael Kump Honored for Top Verdicts of 2010
KHIKS is pleased to announce that Partners Dale Kinsella and Michael Kump have been included in “Top Plaintiffs’ Verdicts by Impact 2010” in the January 19, 2011 edition of the Daily Journal, the leading legal ......
April 13, 2011
Larry Iser & Greg Gabriel Obtain Settlement for David Byrne in Claim Against Florida Governor Charlie Crist for Unlicensed Use of ‘Road to Nowhere’
Larry Iser and Greg Gabriel have obtained a settlement on behalf of singer/songwriter David Byrne against former Florida Governor Charlie Crist for his campaign’s creation of a web commercial for Christ’s 2010 U.S. Senate campaign ......
March 12, 2011
Daily Variety: Sheen, WB to Fight Over Lawsuit Venue
Howard Weitzman, who represents TV’s Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, was quoted in Daily Variety in a recent article by Jon Weisman on Charlie Sheen’s lawsuit against Lorre and Warner Bros. Said ......
March 7, 2011
American Lawyer Magazine: Spotlight on Michael Kump’s Recent McCourt Trial
In “Error at Home,” Drew Combs tells us how a lawyer’s change of a key word in a marital property agreement (discovered by Michael Kump) turned into the linchpin of Jamie McCourt’s successful challenge to ex-husband Frank ......
February 3, 2011
Chad Fitzgerald and Jonathan Steinsapir Named Partners
Los Angeles, CA — February 1, 2011 — Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP (KHIKS) has named Chad Fitzgerald and Jonathan Steinsapir as Partners. Coming off a landmark year of cases, KHIKS is a high-profile ......
January 26, 2011
CLE International 2011 Film, Television & New Media Conference: Michael Kump Reviews Recent Developments in Contract Litigation
On January 27, 2011, Michael Kump spoke for the sixth year in a row at CLE International’s annual Film, Television & New Media Conference in Los Angeles. Michael’s speech, entitled “Recent Developments in Contract Litigation,” ......
December 7, 2010
KHIKS Lawyers Invalidate Alleged Dodgers Ownership Agreement
December 7, 2010 — Today, Judge Scott Gordon of the Los Angeles Superior Court issued a 100-page decision which invalidated an alleged agreement between KHIKS client Jamie McCourt and her former husband Frank McCourt. For ......
October 20, 2010
The American Lawyer: These Tunes Aren’t Music to Their Ears
Larry Iser was quoted in Nicole Hong’s September 9, 2010 article in The American Lawyer on political candidates who have been careless about getting the proper permissions from songwriters when using a song in an ......
October 19, 2010
Daily Journal: ‘Hollywood Accounting’ Exposed; Verdicts Forcing Studios to Re-examine Profit-Participation Contracts
Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in Jean-Luc Renault’s October 15, 2010 Daily Journal article on the near-incomprehensible contract provisions that often govern profit-participation rights of actors, writers, producers and small companies in their deals with the big studios....
October 12, 2010
Weitzman and Iser Named to ‘Who’s Who in L.A. Law’: Los Angeles Business Journal
In LABJ‘s “Special Report: Who’s Who in L.A. Law” (October 11, 2010), Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser were illuminated by its spotlight on lawyers who work for show biz clients. In addition to discovering his most ......
October 11, 2010
Michael Kump Plays Key Role in Highly Publicized McCourt Trial
Michael Kump represents Jamie McCourt and was one of her primary trial lawyers in the high profile trial that began on August 30, 2010 and ended on September 30, 2010 in Los Angeles County Superior ......