September 15, 2016
Larry Iser Explains the Legal Barriers Confronting VidAngel
KHIKS Managing Partner Larry Iser recently weighed in on the lawsuit filed by Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Entertainment against VidAngel, a company offering technology to filter out sex, violence, nudity, etc. from motion pictures and television shows...
August 29, 2016
Jon Steinsapir Speaks, Writes on Leslie Jones Hack
Jon Steinsapir recently commented on the hack against comedian Leslie Jones in Sandy Cohen’s Associated Press article “Jones website hack reveals stars’ tricky cyber landscape,” which also appeared in Yahoo News, U.S. News & World Report, Chicago Tribune, and others....
August 25, 2016
KHIKS scores victory for Kardashians in cosmetics lawsuit
KHIKS’s Michael Kump, Jonathan Steinsapir and Gregory Korn won a preliminary injunction in federal court on August 23, 2016 on behalf of clients Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian. ...
August 19, 2016
Jon Steinsapir Speaks to Los Angeles Times
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Ryan Faughnder’s Los Angeles Times article “Gawker.com will shut down next week,” which discusses Univision’s decision to close down the site after being the winning bidder in the bankruptcy auction for Gawker Media....
August 4, 2016
Larry Iser Speaks on Music Copyright in ABC News, Los Angeles Times, CNNMoney
Larry Iser was quoted in Paul Blake’s ABC News article “Queen May Dislike Trump but Artists Have Limited Say in Who Uses Their Music,” Randy Lewis’s Los Angeles Times articles "Politics and pop music: Will frequent adversaries ever come together"...
August 2, 2016
Larry Iser Speaks to BuzzFeed, The Wrap on Kesha Legal Battle
Partner Larry Iser was quoted in Claudia Rosenbaum's BuzzFeed articles "Kesha Drops Sex Assault Case Against Dr. Luke To Focus On Music Fight," “Kesha Faces An Uphill Legal Battle With Dr. Luke, Experts Say” and Matt Donnelly’s The Wrap article...
July 27, 2016
Larry Iser Speaks Extensively to Media on Led Zeppelin Copyright Trial
KHIKS Managing Partner Larry Iser was quoted in Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Guardian and appeared on CBS Evening News to discuss the ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the band Led Zeppelin over their iconic song "Stairway to...
July 18, 2016
Jon Steinsapir Quoted in Los Angeles Business Journal
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Henry Meier’s Los Angeles Business Journal article “Video-Game Firm Has Score to Settle Over Mods.”...
June 14, 2016
Larry Iser Speaks on Music Copyright Infringement Suits in Los Angeles Business Journal
Larry Iser was quoted in Henry Meier’s Los Angeles Business Journal article “Recent Ruling Might Have Cued Up Music Suits,” which discusses how lawsuits targeting popular musicians Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran may be the start of an unsettling trend...
May 15, 2016
KHIKS Obtains Dismissal with Prejudice of Consolidated Class Actions Against SeaWorld
KHIKS scores major victory for our client SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment: the dismissal, with prejudice, of three nationwide putative class action lawsuits....
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....