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 ......
September 16, 2010
Entertainment Law & Finance: Unauthorized Uses of Music in Campaign Ads
Larry Iser discusses unauthorized uses of music in political campaigns in a Q&A with Entertainment Law & Finance....
September 15, 2010
KHIKS Named Top Tier Entertainment Law Firm: U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America have just released their exhaustive joint survey ranking nearly 9,000 law firms covering 81 practice areas in 171 metropolitan areas and seven states. We’re proud to report ......
August 25, 2010
The Huffington Post: Pirates Not Liable for Violating Publicity Rights
Patricia Millet explains how the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal recently removed a weapon from the arsenal available to artists fighting video pirates. Read the Full Article...
August 16, 2010
BestLawyers.com: The Best Lawyers in America
Dale Kinsella, Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a publication of BestLawyers.com. Honorees are chosen through an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review ......