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NYSBA Journal: No Crying in Baseball: Rogue Agents and Principal Liability

Posted by Jackie Connly | Mar 18, 2026 | 0 Comments

"No Crying in Baseball: Rogue Agents and Principal Liability" explores the legal and practical risks athletes face when their agents act outside, or allegedly outside, their authorized scope. Using the Freddie Freeman contract saga and the lawsuit against Shohei Ohtani and his agent Nez Balelo as central case studies, the authors examine how agency law can expose a principal (the athlete) to liability for their agent's conduct, even when the athlete didn't authorize or desire those actions.

NYSBA Journal: The Basics of Writers Guild of America Credit Allocation and Arbitration

Posted by Jackie Connly | Nov 05, 2025 | 0 Comments

Writing credits are vitally important to what the participating writer is entitled to, both in terms of financial compensation and reputation in the industry at large. It is therefore necessary to understand and demystify the writing credit system for an attorney’s general practice and to instruct clients on what are their options. Further, attorneys must know what happens when a dispute arises and goes to arbitration, which is completely managed by the Writers Guild of America.

Super Lawyers 2025

Posted by Jackie Connly | Feb 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

Johnson & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that its two partners, Neville L. Johnson and Douglas L. Johnson, have been again selected by their peers in 2025 as Super Lawyers in Southern California. Super Lawyers are deemed to be in the top 5% of the profession. Additionally, Neville Johnson has...

Trial Lawyers to the Stars with Neville Johnson and Douglas Johnson

Posted by Jackie Connly | Jan 13, 2025 | 0 Comments

From representing Yoko Ono to winning class action lawsuits on behalf of actors and musicians, Neville Johnson and his partner Douglas Johnson (no relationship) have built one of the most interesting and successful entertainment law practices in the nation, specializing in representing “talent” as opposed to the business side of the industry.

The question sending shockwaves through Hollywood: How did Blake Lively get those damaging texts?

Posted by Jackie Connly | Dec 31, 2024 | 0 Comments

Actress Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni and his team of developing a campaign to “smear” her in the press after she reported on-set sexual harassment. A trove of text messages appears to show the team plotting to fend off any airing of Lively’s grievances and to preserve Baldoni’s reputation. Legal experts were flummoxed and impressed by how Lively managed to get hold of the text messages in the absence of a lawsuit.

Paula Abdul's Response to Nigel Lythgoe's "Victim-Shaming" Court Filing Garners Wide Media Coverage

Posted by Unknown | Mar 06, 2024 | 0 Comments

Johnson & Johnson LLP has released a statement regarding Nigel Lythgoe's answer to Paula Abdul's lawsuit against him, in which Mr. Lythgoe "cherry-picks" a small number of e-mails between himself and Ms. Abdul to engage in in "classic victim shaming" that ignores both the broader context of the parties' relationship and the far more representative messages Mr. Lythgoe sent Ms. Abdul during the operative time period.

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