Benay v Warner
Sep 23, 2011OUTCOME: Won on appeal
Claim for idea theft for the film Last Samurai
John Adam Marder's Legal Cases (6)
Encino, CA
Entertainment Lawyer at Encino, CA
Practice Areas: Entertainment, Insurance
Maldonado v. L.A. Superior Court, (2002) 94 Cal. App. 4th 1390
Jan 01, 2002OUTCOME: Won Writ - Settled case
Case established the standards a corporation must adhere to when appearing at a deposition as the “person most knowledgeable†on behalf of a corporation.
Shekhter v. FIC (2001) 89 Cal. App. 4th 141, 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 843.
Jan 01, 2002OUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Establishes that a lawyer’s public comments about a case are a protected right of free expression.
Grosso v. Miramax, 383 F.3d 965 (9th Cir., 2005)
N/AOUTCOME: Prevailed on appeal
Established that a breach of contract claim for misappropriation of a screenplay or treatment can be pursued even where a copyright claim is insufficient and further that a properly brought breach of c ... ontract claim is not preempted by Federal Copyright. This was a ground breaking case for Hollywood writers.
Angelin V Brescia
N/AOUTCOME: John Marder won $5,000,0000 verdict for his client
Client's trade secrets were stolen
Angelin v Brescia
N/AOUTCOME: Mr. Marder's client won and was awarded costs
Won appeal, holding the officers of Instone to Trade Secret theft if they knew their company was engaged in the use of another's trade secrets. Jury previously found company guilty of wrongfully takin ... g Mr. Marder's clients proprietary confidential information and found against the company for $4.9 million. Sylverster Stallone and his ceo are now back before the trial court to determine their state of knoweledge.
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