March 24, 2014
Michael Kump handles major entertainment transaction
Michael Kump represented Lloyd Braun, co-owner and co-founding partner of entertainment powerhouse BermanBraun, in the transaction that resulted in Braun becoming the company’s sole owner by purchasing his partner’s interest as of January 29, 2014....
March 20, 2014
Rogue employee’s insider trading likely won’t incriminate firm
KHIKS partner David Swift was quoted by Law360 in Pete Brush’s article on the arrest of a clerk in the international law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for insider trading....
March 11, 2014
KHIKS obtains summary judgment for Mattel in copyright dispute over ‘Masters of the Universe’
The United States District Court in Los Angeles has ruled in favor of KHIKS’s client, toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc., entering summary judgment in Mattel’s favor against the claim of writer Donald Glut that Glut owns ......
February 25, 2014
Variety notes newest KHIKS partners, Amber Melius and David Swift
The February 25 issue of Variety recognizes Amber Melius and David Swift, KHIKS’s newest partners....
February 24, 2014
Lighting Ballast ruling by Federal Circuit maintains claim construction status quo
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Law360 in Ryan Davis’ article about the Federal Circuit’s recent split decision upholding the de novo standard for appellate review of claim construction....
January 10, 2014
Supreme Court to hear Aereo case on broadcasters’ digital streaming rights
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Variety in Ted Johnson’s article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Aereo case involving television broadcasters’ challenge to digital streaming services that the broadcasters say ......
December 18, 2013
‘Walking Dead’ creator sues AMC over in-house sweetheart deal
KHIKS founding partner Dale Kinsella was quoted in several entertainment publications about The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont’s lawsuit against cable TV channel AMC for creative bookkeeping designed to shut out Darabont and other profit ......
December 10, 2013
Does this restraining order violate free speech rights?
KHIKS attorney Aaron Liskin was quoted by the E-Commerce Times in Erika Morphy’s piece “Snapchat Wants to Make Ousted Cofounder Shut Up.” The cofounder in question is Reggie Brown, who is suing his own former ......
December 10, 2013
Actors still getting short end of stick on home video profits
KHIKS partner Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in Variety in Ted Johnson’s article on the lopsided division of profits between studios and talent. Traditionally, the studios have divided up home video profits from a universe of ......
October 14, 2013
Broadcasters claim signal theft by digital streaming service
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Variety in Ted Johnson’s piece on an appeal to the Supreme Court by a group of broadcasters who say that Aereo, a digital streaming service, is stealing their ......
October 9, 2013
Larry Iser Quoted in Financial Times
Hollywood movie studios and music labels are taking the fight against illegal content sharing to five-year-olds by sponsoring a new anti-piracy curriculum, which will be trialled in California schools....
September 25, 2013
Proposed bill targeting patent ‘trolls’ may harm legitimate litigants
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Law360 in Ryan Davis’ piece (subscription required) about a draft House bill aimed at reducing patent infringement claims by so-called “patent trolls” or “nonpracticing” patent enforcement entities....