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06.05.24

Manatt Receives Top Rankings in 2024 Chambers USA Guide

Manatt has once again been ranked among the nation’s leading law firms in Chambers’ 2024 USA Guide across 18 categories with 42 individual rankings.


08.22.23

Manatt Represents Jay Gruska in the Sale of Royalties for Supernatural and Charmed

A Manatt team led by Senior Entertainment Partner Gary Gilbert represented top television composer Jay Gruska in the eight-figure sale of royalties for his hit shows Supernatural and Charmed to Vagabonds LLC.


06.30.23

Manatt Represents Morgan Stewart McGraw in Partnership with L’Oréal Paris

A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Christopher Chatham represented American television icon Morgan Stewart McGraw in a partnership with French cosmetics brand L’Oréal Paris.


05.24.23

Manatt Entertainment Featured in Insider on Legal Implications of AI-Created Music

Manatt Entertainment Leader Jordan Bromley and Partners Nathaniel Bach and Sarah Moses were featured in Insider following their recent webinar, “Keeping it Real: Fake Drake and the Legal Implications of AI-Created Music,” in which they explored the implications surrounding the use of ...


05.17.23

Jacobs, Wood Named to Daily Journal’s Top Intellectual Property Lawyers List

Manatt Entertainment Litigation Leader Robert Jacobs and Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Partner Jessica Wood were named to the Daily Journal’s Top Intellectual Property Lawyers of 2023. Jacobs was recognized for representing some of the biggest names in music, ...


01.05.23

Manatt Continues Expanding Intellectual Property Capabilities With East Coast Arrival

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is pleased to welcome Intellectual Property Protection & Enforcement Counsel Sherli Furst in New York. Furst is the latest addition to the Firm’s expanding national Digital & Technology practice, and her extensive experience counseling clients on a ...


08.10.22

Manatt Represents Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) in Copyright Infringement Case

Manatt Entertainment Partner Nathaniel Bach and Litigation Associate Thomas Worger successfully represented Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) (Church of Christ), a nonprofit religious organization based in the Philippines with branches in the United States, in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against ...


06.14.22

Jacobs Profiled in Business Insider Discussing His Copyright Infringement Work

Manatt Entertainment Litigation Leader Robert A. Jacobs was featured in a Business Insider article detailing his work representing artists in copyright infringement cases.  In his profile, Jacobs discussed how he became interested in the intersection of copyright law and the entertainment ...


12.02.21

Manatt Obtains Summary Judgment for Miramax in Uma Thurman Photo Copyright Dispute

A Manatt team successfully obtained summary judgment for client Miramax in a hotly contested dispute with photographer Firooz Zahedi concerning copyright ownership of the most iconic film photograph of the past 30 years: Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction. This image was used for the ...


07.05.21

Jacobs Spoke with Insurance Journal on the Increase in Copyright Infringement Litigation in the Musi

Robert Jacobs spoke with Insurance Journal on the significant uptick in litigation involving copyright infringement in the music industry.