The firm is pleased to note that partners Dale Kinsella, Howard Weitzman, Michael Kump, Shawn Holley, and Suann MacIsaac were selected for inclusion in Variety’s coveted “Legal Impact Report” for 2020. Read the full article
The firm is pleased to announce that Mike Kump has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of “Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers” for 2020. Read the full article
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in Claudia Rosenbaum’s Billboard article “Concert Venues Are Reopening Across America. Could Lawsuits Follow?” Read the full article
KWIKA is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s attorneys were named Southern California “Rising Stars” for 2020 by Super Lawyers magazine and were named on the “Top 100” list. Read the full article
The Estate of Michael Jackson, represented by KWIKA’s Howard Weitzman, Jonathan Steinsapir and Zachary Elsea scored a total victory in Quincy Jones v. MJJ Productions, Inc. when an appeals court reversed a $9.4 million 2017 verdict regarding royalties from Michael Jackson projects, including This Is It and rejecting every single argument Jones pressed on appeal. Read the full article
Dale Kinsella and Amber Melius' victory in Seiden v. Bernstein was named one of California's top verdicts of 2019 by Top Verdict magazine. Read the full article
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, and four of its founding partners—Dale Kinsella, Howard Weitzman, Larry Iser and Michael Kump—have been recognized by the prestigious ranking organization, Chambers, as among the top law firms and legal practitioners in the country in the field of Media and Entertainment Litigation. The Chambers Guides are considered the most authoritative in the legal profession due to a rigorous peer-review process involving over 150 full-time editors and researchers. The Chambers Guides have been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now ... Read the full article
The firm is pleased to announce that Shawn Holley and Suann MacIsaac have been selected for inclusion in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of the “Top Women Attorneys” for 2020. Read the full article
In the latest development in the profit participation battle between plaintiffs Frank Darabont & CAA and defendant AMC, Judge Joel M. Cohen denied AMC’s motion for summary judgment, AMC’s last attempt to dismiss this matter before it goes to trial this Fall. The litigation began in 2013, when Darabont and CAA sued AMC, claiming they were owed hundreds of millions in profits. The primary claims in the 2013 action relate to AMC’s self-dealing and artificial reduction of the license fees as well as AMC’s refusal to compensate Darabont with regard to spinoffs. A second lawsuit, file... Read the full article
Jon Steinsapir was recently quoted in James Trew’s Playboy article “A Sex Doll Stole My Identity.” Read the full article
