Representative Clients
Here are some examples of cases Los Angeles entertainment lawyer Larry Zerner has handled:
- Successfully represented a top Hollywood screenwriter in a lawsuit against a major studio alleging that a film infringed the copyright to the client's script.
- Vetted a manuscript for a Pulitzer-prize winning author.
- Successfully represented an author in a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that a television series lifted settings, characters and dialogue from the author's book.
- Successfully represented a photographer whose photographs of a famous musician were used on a radio station billboard without his permission.
- Successfully represented a book publisher and author in a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that portions of the author's book had been distributed without payment.
- Successfully defended a Los Angeles toy distributor in a lawsuit alleging that the distributor infringed copyright and trademark rights belonging to a U.K. toy manufacturer. The court denied Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and granted Larry's motion to dismiss the case.
- Successfully represented a Chinese DVD distributor in a series of lawsuits against video store owners alleging that the owners were illegally importing "pirated" DVDs from China or were illegally recording their own DVDs.
- Successfully represented a motion picture publicist in a lawsuit to recover unpaid wages.
- Represented the subject of a best-selling non-fiction book in a lawsuit claiming that a motion picture based on the book libeled Larry's client. The case was settled amicably.
- Successfully represented the owner and operator of a website against a claim of libel for items posted on the site's message board. Larry convinced the court to dismiss all of Plaintiff's claims without a trial.