May 6, 2016
Streaming Prince’s music—only one choice
KHIKS founding/managing partner Larry Iser was quoted in a Forbes Media & Entertainment article about the one place you can go to stream Prince's music. Known for his keen instincts for protecting his intellectual property, the late rock superstar...
May 5, 2016
Rolling Stones not happy about Trump using their music
KHIKS founding and managing partner Larry Iser was quoted in The Washington Post today in Travis Andrews' piece on a phenomenon as predictable as the morning sunrise: the unauthorized use of popular songs by political candidates in their campaigns....
April 21, 2016
Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser comment on Prince’s estate
Big news travels fast. And big questions follow right behind. On the very day pop superstar Prince was found dead, KHIKS founding members Howard Weitzman and Larry Iser were asked by The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times,...
March 23, 2016
Howard Weitzman and Jeremiah Reynolds Comment on Hulk Hogan Privacy Lawsuit
Howard Weitzman was recently quoted in Carolina A. Miranda’s Los Angeles Times piece “Hulk Hogan verdict raises crucial privacy issues in the digital age,” which discusses the $140 million suit filed by Terry Bollea, a.k.a. Hulk Hogan, against the controversial...
February 20, 2016
Scalia Often Put Limits On Rights In IP Decisions – Law360
Law360, New York (February 16, 2016, 11:03 PM ET) -- Justice Antonin Scalia wrote few opinions and dissents in intellectual property cases and was upfront that it was not exactly his favorite area of the law, but when he did...
February 15, 2016
Is it ‘fair use’ or not? ‘That’swhatshesaid’ ruffles some copyright feathers
Driven by frustration over the lack of women's roles in theater, playwright Courtney Meaker, director Hatlo and creator/performer Erin Pike set out to show how women's roles in theater are light years behind men's, and in the process have raised...
February 5, 2016
Can Trump use Adele’s songs in his campaign? Larry Iser explains
KHIKS founding partner Larry Iser was quoted by ABC News and Forbes magazine on one of his favorite legal points: whether a political candidate can use a song without the permission of the artist....
February 1, 2016
Chad Fitzgerald comments on streaming revenues
KHIKS partner Chad Fitzgerald was quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal in Marni Usheroff's "Fresh Money In Old Shows" piece, highlighting a new type of income generated by television productions long past their prime. Streaming services such as...
January 6, 2016
KHIKS defends SeaWorld against Cal-OSHA citations
KHIKS founding/managing partner Larry Iser is representing SeaWorld Entertainment as trial began today against the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal-OSHA. The dispute stems from four citations issued by Cal-OSHA against SeaWorld claiming the...
October 28, 2015
Michael Kump featured in University of Michigan Law notable alumni profile
KHIKS founding partner Michael Kump is profiled in the Fall 2015 issue of The Law Quadrangle, the official publication of the University of Michigan Law School, in its “Hooray for Hollywood” look at the legal success of well-known alumni in...
October 22, 2015
‘Gutsy move’ ends Jay-Z ‘Big Pimpin” trial
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was again quoted in a Daily Journal account by Ashley Cullins of the latest development in the eight-year complex litigation brought by an Egyptian plaintiff who claimed his copyright was infringed by rapper Jay-Z in the...
October 20, 2015
Jay Z’s ‘Big Pimpin’’ Dispute Bound to Raise Cost of Making Hip Hop Music
KHIKS Partner Jonathan Steinsapir was heavily quoted in Anthony McCartney’s Associated Press piece on the ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit filed against rappers Jay Z and Timbaland. ...