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• Alakazia v. Simmons (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of N.Y.): Won a motion to dismiss on behalf of defendants Kimora Lee Simmons, Russell Simmons, Phat Fashions and others dismissing federal RICO and Lanham Act claims brought by a former designer of a “Baby Phat” line of clothing
• Clonus Associates v. DreamWorks, LLC (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of N.Y.): Represented two film studios in copyright infringement lawsuit concerning motion picture The Island
• Greenfield v. Philles Records Inc., 98 N.Y.2d 562, 750 N.Y.S.2d 565 (2002): Obtained landmark contract and intellectual property law ruling from N.Y. Court of Appeals on behalf of record producer Phil Spector and other defendants, against royalty claims by the former group The Ronettes
• JMS Entertainment LLC v. Paula Abdul and Shut Up And Dance Productions Inc. (N.Y. Supreme Court): Represented Paula Abdul in an action against her by a DVD producer claiming she had breached an
  agreement to participate in the making of a video about how to be a star
• Stromback v. New Line Cinema, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21969, 2002 WL 31548620 (E.D. Mich. 2002), aff’d, 384 F.3d 283 (6th Cir. 2004): Won pre-discovery summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s copyright infringement, Lanham Act and state law claims concerning the Adam Sandler motion picture Little Nicky