KWIKA partner Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in Erica Phillips’ September 21, 2011 Daily Journal article, “Three cases shift profit-dispute balance,” where Ms. Phillips explains how the balance of power in claims made by artists against major studios for shortchanging them in their share of profits has lately been shifting to the artists’ advantage. read more

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 McCourt’s claim that he was the sole owner of the L.A. Dodgers. read more

Greg Aldisert is quoted in Leslie Scism’s Wall Street Journal article about a client of Greg’s who fell prey to a “life settlement” insurance transaction, an investment technique whereby the owner of an unneeded life insurance policy sells it to a third party for more than its cash value and less than its face value. read more

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 election campaign.

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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. read more

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 Court. The outcome will help determine who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers as between Jamie and her former husband. read more

Larry Iser discusses unauthorized uses of music in political campaigns in a Q&A with Entertainment Law & Finance. read more

Patricia Millet explains how the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal recently removed a weapon from the arsenal available to artists fighting video pirates. read more

Larry Iser explains the copyright issues surrounding the recently discovered Ansel Adams photographs to Mike Boehm of the L.A. Times. read more

Amber Holley explains how former NFL player Tiki Barber has been burning a few bridges lately. read more

Greg Gabriel explains how Electronic Arts is profiting off of student athletes while the athletes themselves receive nothing. read more

Randy Whattoff tells us about typosquatting, a common variation of cybersquatting, where the squatter registers a common misspelling of the Web site of a well-known brand or person to take advantage of unsuspecting Web surfers. read more

Kristen Spanier shows us how professional soccer’s World Cup is generating at least as much interest off the field as on. read more

Shawn Holley was featured by TheWrap.com, known for its entertainment industry analysis and breaking Hollywood news, in an article by Dominic Patten about the attorneys Hollywood turns to when the chips are down. read more

Jeremiah Reynolds demonstrates how celebrities who protest the “unauthorized” release of a sex tape may not be as horrified as they want us to believe. read more

Patricia Millett tells us about a tattoo artist’s lawsuit against a California city, claiming that its ban on tattoo parlors violated his First Amendment free speech rights. read more

If you’re wondering, Suann MacIsaac reassures us that there’s no risk of legal liability for insulting your mother-in-law.  read more

Shawn Holley was profiled at Bloomberg.com in a May 13, 2010 article by Edvard Pettersson, in particular for her deft representation of New Orleans Saints tailback Reggie Bush, and in general for her knack of keeping the legal disputes of high-profile clients out of the public eye. read more

Greg Korn insists that this article is not actually a how-to guide, but gives us a quick lesson on how much trouble you can get into if you’re planning to demand money from someone in exchange for your silence. read more

David Swift tells us how Gizmodo, the consumer electronics technology weblog, got itself into big trouble when it paid $5,000 for a stolen prototype iPhone not yet released, and then, without Apple’s authorization, posted information about the phone on its website. read more