John Adam Marder's Legal Cases (6)

Benay v Warner

Practice Area: Copyright Infringement

Date: Sep 23, 2011

Outcome: Won on appeal

Description: Claim for idea theft for the film Last Samurai

Shekhter v. FIC (2001) 89 Cal. App. 4th 141, 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 843.

Practice Area: Constitutional

Date: Jan 01, 2002

Outcome: Prevailed on appeal

Description: Establishes that a lawyer’s public comments about a case are a protected right of free expression.

Maldonado v. L.A. Superior Court, (2002) 94 Cal. App. 4th 1390

Practice Area: Wrongful Termination

Date: Jan 01, 2002

Outcome: Won Writ - Settled case

Description: Case established the standards a corporation must adhere to when appearing at a deposition as the â€... more

Angelin v Brescia

Practice Area: Entertainment

Outcome: Mr. Marder's client won and was awarded costs

Description: Won appeal, holding the officers of Instone to Trade Secret theft if they knew their company was... more

Angelin V Brescia

Practice Area: Entertainment

Outcome: John Marder won $5,000,0000 verdict for his client

Description: Client's trade secrets were stolen

Grosso v. Miramax, 383 F.3d 965 (9th Cir., 2005)

Practice Area: Entertainment

Outcome: Prevailed on appeal

Description: Established that a breach of contract claim for misappropriation of a screenplay or treatment can... more