- Obtained reversal of the trial court order that had found that a tenant had the right under rent guidelines to renew her lease on a Park Avenue apartment and obtained summary judgment on behalf of our client, the landlord, that she should be evicted because the apartment was not her primary residence
- Obtained affirmance in the N.Y. Appellate Division (1st Dept.) of the lower court order granting summary judgment to our client, which had purchased the assets of another company, and dismissing multimillion breach of contract claims asserted against it by that company
- Obtained reversal in the N.Y. Appellate Division (1st Dept.) of the trial court order which had granted the motion made by an international law firm to dismiss our client’s legal malpractice action against it and denied his motion for a mistrial; Appellate Court not only reinstated the case but also removed the trial judge from the retrial
- Obtained affirmance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit of the judgment of the District Court after trial that the sale by a motion picture producer of videocassettes of a television movie produced by it did not exceed the rights granted to it by the authors of the book upon which the movie was based
- Obtained affirmance in the N.Y. Appellate Division (1st Dept.) of the lower court order which had granted summary judgment to a preeminent game show producer dismissing multimillion tortious interference claims asserted against it by a competing game show producer in connection with the services of a new game show host
- Obtained affirmance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit of the judgment of the District Court after trial dismissing claims for false light invasion of privacy, right of publicity and Lanham Act violations brought by the former chairman of an activist group against the producers of a motion picture about the group
- Obtained affirmance in both the N.Y. Appellate Division (1st Dept.) and Court of Appeals of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to a major motion picture producer dismissing claims brought by the authors of a play that had been made into a world famous motion picture alleging that the use of the characters in our client’s television show exceeded the rights granted by the authors
