Mar 12
The firm recently obtained a $179 million arbitration award, the second largest in television industry history, after successfully representing the executive producer of the hit television series Bones in an arbitration against 20th Century Fox Television, the Fox network and affiliated companies. The decision concluded that 20th Century Fox Television cheated the plaintiff out of his share of profits from the show, and that network executives threatened to cancel the series if he did not accept a lower licensing fee from Fox. Read More
Feb 27
Allen Secretov's article "The Upright Citizens Brigade's Guide To Improv In Litigation" was recently published in the California Lawyers Association's Business Law News. Read More
Feb 21
KWIKA recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kim Kardashian West, alleging that the online retailer Missguided is tricking consumers into believing she is professionally associated with the company by using her name and image without authorization. Read More
Feb 21
Jon Steinsapir's representation of art collectors who paid half a million dollars for three pieces of undelivered artwork was covered in Sarah Cascone's Art.com article "A Collector Couple Is Suing Dealer Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim for ‘Despicable’ Failure to Deliver Paid-For Art." Read More
Feb 12
Larry Iser was recently quoted in Edvard Pettersson's Bloomberg article "Jeff Bezos' Lawyer Is Known for Scaring Tabloids Away From Hollywood Celebrities." Read More
Feb 8
Zachary Elsea's article "Jeff Bezos, The National Enquirer And The Meaning Of 'Extortion,'" which was selected as an "Editor's Pick," was published in Forbes on February 8, 2019. Read More
Jan 30
KWIKA is pleased to note that two of its attorneys have been named to Super Lawyers' annual "Top" lists for 2019. Read More
Jan 30
KWIKA is pleased to announce that 14 of the firm’s attorneys have been named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers” by Thomson Reuters. Read More
Jan 24
Allen Secretov and Daniela Spencer will be giving a lecture at the UCLA School of Law’s Ziffren Center on January 30, 2019 on transitioning from working in Big Law to a boutique firm. Read More
Jan 23
Michael Kump on January 19, 2019, spoke to 250 attorneys attending the 2019 Winter Leadership Meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. Read More
