GMSR has successfully represented parties in some of the leading California cases regarding profit participation, entertainment industry contracts, and publicity rights.
Ninth Circuit affirms $319 million award for GMSR’s client
Celador International, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al. (2012) 499 Fed.Appx. 721 (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit) [unpublished]. GMSR’s client Celador International licensed its mega-hit game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to ABC and a subsidiary in
Celador Internat., Inc. v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. (9th Cir. 2012) 499 Fed.Appx. 721
Television show creator found contractually entitled to 50% of network’s profits; substantial evidence supported jury’s $269 million damages award
Price v. Stossel (9th Cir. 2010) 620 F.3d 992
Ninth Circuit holds that district court erred in dismissing GMSR’s client’s express defamation claim against ABC on anti-SLAPP grounds.
Ladd v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1298
Court of Appeal affirms $3.2 million judgment for movie studio’s underpayment of profit participation and reverses a nonsuit on fraud and other claims
Cable Company Monopoly: Comcast and Time Warner Control the Board (2009) 28 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.Rev. 159.
This Article argues that what was sold as deregulation and competition in the wake of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 instead paved the way for a cable duopoly dominated by Comcast and Time Warner. Gary Wax contends that lax FCC oversight, strategic mergers, and regulatory
Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 336
Court of Appeal reverses $30 million malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty judgment based on error in instructing on Talent Agencies Act
Halicki Films, LLC v. Sanderson Sales and Marketing (9th Cir. 2008) 547 F.3d 1213
Ninth Circuit reverses judgment against GMSR’s clients in copyright/trademark case concerning “Eleanor” from Gone In 60 Seconds
HLC Properties, Ltd. v. MCA Records, Inc. (May 16, 2008, B191608) 2008 WL 2068155
Bing Crosby’s heirs were denied their constitutional right to a jury trial of their claims
Court of Appeal reverses defense judgment in artist royalty case
HLC Properties v. MCA Records (2008) 2008 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3993 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five) [unpublished]. GMSR’s clients, the heirs of legendary performer Bing Crosby, sued MCA Records for unpaid royalties. Because it concluded that the claims were equitable in
Hermit’s Glen Productions, Inc. v. Twentieth Century Fox Films Corp. (1999, B113342)
Enforcement of profit participation clause
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As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern.
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