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February 2010
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Johnson & Johnson, LLP

Neville L. Johnson, Founding Partner
Douglas L. Johnson, Founding Partner
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, Associate
Lan P. Vu, Associate
James T. Ryan, Of Counsel

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Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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Practice Areas       

Johnson & Johnson, LLP has garnered extensive
experience in the following areas: 

Entertainment Litigation

The firm’s lawyers are well known for handling numerous high profile and wide-reaching entertainment matters. We have represented actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, authors, personal managers, production companies, musicians, composers, publishers, and independent record companies. 

Defamation, Media, and First Amendment Law  

Rights of Privacy and Publicity

Complex Business Litigation/Class Action Litigation

We represent companies and individuals in complex business litigation. Representative matters include: partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, actions for breach of contract, unfair competition, and consumer class actions. 

Intellectual Property Litigation

The lawyers at the firm specialize in copyright law, idea protection law, trade secret law, trademark law, domain name disputes, and cybersquatting litigation.

 

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State judge approves WGA settlement

Foreign levies agreement could be final by March

Posted: Thurs., Oct. 1, 2009,
By DAVE MCNARY

A state court judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement in the tangled foreign levies suit against the Writers Guild of America --possibly triggering payment of millions of dollars to writers as early as next spring.  

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl West approved the settlement Thursday and set Nov. 1 as the date for notifying approximately 17,000 class-action members. The jurist set Feb. 8 as the deadline for writers and heirs to opt out of the settlement and set March 1 as the date for final approval.

The 2005 suit, filed by William Richert ("Winter Kills"), centers on the WGA's authority in collecting foreign funds due to scribes as compensation for reuse -- such as taxes on video rentals, cable retransmissions and purchases of blank videocassettes and DVDs --and the guild's handling of those funds. Unlike in the U.S., a foreign distributor cannot assume total ownership of the copyrights on an artist's work.

"This has been a very hard-fought battle," said Neville Johnson, Richert's attorney. "I'm thrilled that we're getting closer to writers and heirs getting paid these funds after two decades."

The settlement calls for payment of all foreign funds within three years along with an independent accounting review of the program with any unclaimed funds will be paid to the Actors Fund. The WGA West disclosed recently in its annual report that, as of March 31, it had $30.3 million in "funds held in trust for members," including foreign levies, client trust accounts, undeliverable funds and a residuals trust fund - although it didn't break out how much of that was from foreign funds.

The foreign levies for American creatives began to flow after the U.S. agreement in 1989 to terms of the Berne Convention, which establishes the right of authorship for individuals who create works of art.

"The significance of this first-step triumph is that finally, after two decades or more, the WGA will have to lift the lid of its crypt of concealment of foreign taxes intended for writers and allow outside investigation," Richert told Daily Variety on Thursday.

The DGA settled a similar suit last year. It has distributed $77 million in foreign levies, including over $8 million to nonmembers. SAG's facing a similar suit from Ken Osmond that's yet to be resolved.

The settlement is likely to come under fire from Eric Hughes, who has been a consultant for the plaintiffs on the suit. He told Daily Variety he plans to seek decertification of the suit as a class action.

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"This has been a very hard-fought battle," said Neville Johnson, Richert's attorney. "I'm thrilled that we're getting closer to writers and heirs getting paid these funds after two decades."

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Judge said Kerkorian probably knew of wiretapping

Posted: Thurs., Sep 24, 2009
By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge said that billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian probably knew that his ex-wife was being illegally wiretapped during their child custody dispute, according to court documents.

Kerkorian, the largest shareholder of casino operator MGM Mirage, has consistently denied that he knew that his attorney Terry Christensen paid celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano to tap the phone of his ex-wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, in 2002.

Christensen and Pellicano last year were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the illegal tapings. Kerkorian, 92, was never charged and is not under investigation, his attorney said.

A U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman declined to comment.

But the judge who tried Pellicano and Christensen said in a 2008 opinion that there was "reasonable cause to believe that (Kerkorian) was" complicit in their illegal conduct, court documents showed.

The previously sealed opinion by U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer surfaced on Wednesday in a civil lawsuit brought by Lisa Bonder Kerkorian against her ex-husband, Pacific Bell Telephone Co, and Christensen.

Fischer's opinion pertains to whether taped conversations between Pellicano and Christensen could be used by prosecutors in the criminal trial.

"Because the conversations are not privileged, the Court need not decide whether Kerkorian was complicit in the alleged illegal conduct," Fischer wrote in the opinion. "However, the communications themselves provide a reasonable cause to believe that he was."

Fischer notes in her order that the recordings show that Christensen "does not deny that he is telling Kerkorian what Pellicano is hearing" (on the wiretaps).

In another recording, Christensen "explains that he will talk to Kerkorian about the information that he has received from Pellicano," Fischer's opinion says.

In another conversation, Pellicano asks if Kerkorian is happy with his work, and Christensen replies that "our jaw is still hanging down" over some of the information Pellicano had obtained, the opinion said.

Seth Hufstedler, an attorney for Kerkorian, said Fischer "said only that there was reasonable cause to believe" Kerkorian knew about the wiretaps and that the judge left the matter as "an undecided issue."

Hufstedler knew of "no investigation of Mr. Kerkorian in connection with this matter."

Pellicano, once known as Hollywood's private eye to the stars, was sentenced in December to 15 years in prison for running a criminal enterprise involving wiretapping and bribery. He also faces more than a dozen civil lawsuits brought by former targets of his illegal wiretapping.

The former sleuth worked for lawyers representing celebrities including Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson, and presented himself as the ultimate problem solver.

(Reporting by Gina Keating, editing by Dan Whitcomb, Eric Walsh and Matthew Lewis)

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http://www.reuters.com/CasinosGaming/idUSN2446014320090924

January 16, 2009

MOVIES / COURTS
Kerkorian Ex-Wife's Attorney Files Suit
By ALEXA  HYLAND
Los Angeles Business Journal Staff

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"... Jeff Sturman, who represented Bonder Kerkorian alongside attorney Stephen Kolodny, filed the suit against casino mogul Kerkorian, jailed private sleuth Anthony Pellicano, convicted entertainment attorney Terry Christensen, and the Century City law firm Christensen founded, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs & Shapiro LLP. Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. was also named in the suit.

Douglas Johnson, an attorney representing Sturman, said evidence from the recent criminal trials against Pellicano and Christensen revealed that his client’s conversations with Bonder Kerkorian were illegally recorded.

“Attorney-client conversations with his client were recorded, and we heard those tapes come out in the Pellicano trial,” Johnson said.

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“Attorney-client conversations with his client were recorded, and we heard those tapes come out in the Pellicano trial,” Douglas Johnson said..

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"Causes of action: Unlawfull wiretapping; unlawfull eavesdropping; common law intrusion; constitional invasion of privacy; negligence; negligent supervision

Filing counsel: Douglas Johnson, Neville Johnson and Nicholas Kurtz of Johnson & Johnson (Beverly Hills, Calif.) ..."

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August 21, 2009

Murder suspect raises reality TV questions

By DERRIK J. LANG
AP Entertainment Writer

"... 51 Minds, the production company behind VH1's "Megan Wants a Millionaire," said Thursday that it had commissioned a check on the 17 wealthy bachelors vying for the love of former "Rock of Love" contestant Megan Hauserman — but it didn't turn up the troubled past of Ryan Alexander Jenkins.

"While casting ex-cons isn't illegal, Douglas Johnson, an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles who has represented reality TV production companies and contestants, thinks dating shows that involve intimate feelings like "Megan Wants a Millionaire" have a bigger responsibility to ensure the emotional well-being and physical safety of their contestants.

"In these situations, these production companies have a duty not to be negligent," said
Johnson. "To be safe, and to make sure you're not putting yourself in a situation where liability would be attached, I would advise them not to put someone on a show that had a criminal background because they have a propensity to not abide by social standards."

 

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The Top 10 Rules for Success
in the Practice of Law

Los Angeles Lawyer
The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

June 2008     Vol. 31, No. 4

Barristers Tips
Ten Rules for Success in the Practice of Law
By Neville L. Johnson

... always be civil,  bond with the jury, do not wait until the last minute, be quick, pick the right client and case, make a record, do not take the judge on, join bar associations, cut your losses when you have to, lead a balanced life.

barristers tips BY NEVILLE L. JOHNSON

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Power of Attorneys

A tenacious Hollywood lawyer is more important than ever

July 23, 2009, 06:30 PM ET

It's really rough out there."

That's a top talent attorney bemoaning the economic sea changes washing over every corner of Hollywood -- yes, even the lawyers are feeling the pinch. And yet, as studios squeeze star salaries and the credit crunch slows the pace of deal activity, compiling The Hollywood Reporter's third annual list of the
100 most influential entertainment lawyers in America was no easy task. From high-stakes litigation like the battle between Warner Bros. and Fox over "Watchmen" to the yearlong maneuvering that paired DreamWorks with India's Reliance Big Entertainment and Disney, the industry's most compelling dramas increasingly cast lawyers in the starring roles.

Neville Johnson
Johnson & Johnson LLP

The Anthony Pellicano criminal trials are done, but Johnson is just getting started on civil suits for wiretapping victims against the likes of Pellicano, Chris Rock, Kirk Kerkorian, Terry Christensen, Bert Fields and others. Johnson, an unabashed plaintiff-side litigator, isn't afraid to ruffle feathers in Hollywood. "We're not in the business of trying to make deals," he says. "We're trying to right wrongs." He's lead counsel in a theft of ideas suit against Merv Griffin Prods., as well as cases against Sony, RDF and Marvel, among others. He represents the late Colin Higgins against fellow Power Lawyer Barry Hirsch for failing to protect Higgens' interest in the "9 to 5" stage musical. And after prevailing in a class action against the DGA over payment of foreign levies resulting in millions paid to non-DGA directors, Johnson has similar suits against the WGA and SAG. Surprising trivia: Johnson also sings and records as Trevor McShane.

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Model's lawsuit against Chris Rock is unsealed

Monika Zsibrita filed the case in August. The saga began in 1998 and has involved a paternity suit, DNA tests, detective Anthony Pellicano and radio host Howard Stern.

By Harriet Ryan
February 27, 2009
Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge unsealed the suit, which was filed against Rock in August, at the request of the plaintiff, Monika Zsibrita, the model from the Four Seasons. Now 36 and a married stay-at-home mother, Zsibrita said she wanted the court papers made public so people, especially those in her native Hungary, would know her version of a story in which she is often portrayed as a gold digger.

"My side has never been out," she said outside the courtroom. "This has basically ruined my life."

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" Her attorney, Neville Johnson, said Zsibrita initially filed the suit under seal because she did not want to run afoul of the confidentiality agreement contained in a 2000 settlement of the paternity case.

He said that Zsibrita should not be bound by the agreement because Rock had talked about her during a 2004 appearance on Stern's show."

 

 

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Hungarian Model Monika Zsibrita: Chris Rock Is a 'Monster'

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
February 27, 2009

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We’re sure comedian Chris Rock isn’t laughing at what Hungarian model Monika Zsibrita has to say about him.

Zsibrita — who for the last decade has accused Rock of fathering her child (two DNA tests proved otherwise), raping her (no charges were ever filed) and hiring an aggressive lawyer (Rock said he was unaware of Anthony Pellicano’s tactics) — now calls the comedian a "monster."

According to recently unsealed court documents, the 36-year-old claims that the "Saturday Night Live" actor breached a contract and various other civil charges. Pellicano, the city of Beverly Hills and three police supervisors are also named in the suit, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Rock’s rocky relationship with Zsibrita began in 1998, and he revealed private details of their tryst to Howard Stern back in 2004, when Rock was estranged from wife Malaak. The sex they had, he said, was purely consensual. Two years later, Zsibrita accused Rock of rape and Rock’s lawyer Pellicano reportedly and unlawfully shared the suit’s details with his client.

Despite the back-and-forth — and press — Zsibrita insists she isn’t after money. "My side has never been out," she told reporters outside the courtroom yesterday, the Times reports. "This has basically ruined my life."

This isn’t the first time Rock has found himself in a mess for his extramarital affairs. In 2007, former actress and freelance journalist Kali Bowyer charged that Rock was the father of her baby. As with Zsibrita, a DNA test proved otherwise.

 

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Model Monika Zsibrita Says Not a Gold Digger, Gets Lawsuit Against Chris Rock Unsealed: Did Rock Open Up This Can of Worms?


February 27, 2009

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The L.A. Times reports that model-turned-stay-at-home-mom, Monika Zsibrita, has had her civil lawsuit against Chris Rock unsealed by a court...

... Interestingly, it was the latter "potshots" on Stern's show that may have, in part, contributed to allowing the suit to come to public light. Zsibrita's attorney, Neville Johnson, says she first filed the suit under seal "because she did not want to run afoul of the confidentiality agreement contained in a 2000 settlement of the paternity case." He argued further:

"that Zsibrita should not be bound by the agreement because Rock had talked about her during a 2004 appearance on Stern's show. According to a summary of the show included in court papers, the comedian said that his sexual liaison with Zsibrita was consensual and that he had been set up by a Nigerian hustler who was actually the father of her child."


Chris Rock’s Model Court Battle
Continues With New Suit

February 27, 2009

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Model Monika Zsibrita has sued Chris Rock, the latest development in a court battle between the two that has gone over for over a decade, according to the LA Times.

The suit was filed in August and has been unsealed by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge at the request of Zsibrita, who reportedly wanted the case made public.   ...

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Monika Zsibrita: Model’s Story Against Chris Rock Unsealed

Posted on 27 February 2009

by Tammy Cakes

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Rock hired notorious privare investigator Anthony Pelliciano, who is currently serving a 15 year sentence for wiretapping charges.

In a recorded phone call Rock told Pellicano, “I want to blacken this girl up, totally. I want to make her out to be a lying, scumbag, manipulative c–ks–ker … Stupid b–ch.” Zsibrita’s home was broken into repeatedly and photos of her daughter were removed, according to the suit.

 

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"My side has never been out," she told reporters outside the courtroom yesterday, the Times reports. "This has basically ruined my life."
 
 
A '70s Girl Group Seeks Second Act - In Court
After Decades Pass, a Sister Act Discovers Its Hidden Popularity and Seeks to Recoup Royalties

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

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LOS ANGELES - It was the summer of 1972 when five young sisters from Compton slipped into homemade, cherry blossom-colored bell bottoms and sang for a packed house at the Inglewood Forum.

A year earlier, the family's performances had been limited to their backyard. Now - thanks to a talent manager who'd been scouting for sibling acts following the successful model of The Jackson 5 - The Jackson Sisters were making their world debut opening for R&B sensation Smokey Robinson.

By the time the girls, ages 11 through 17, finished belting out their signature song, "Miracles," to waves of applause, fame and riches seemed assured. They'd already spent much of their school break recording music in the same sound studio used by TV's The Partridge Family, and better yet, they'd even been sketched for their own Saturday-morning cartoon.

Universal is known for being aggressive in the best of financial times, said Douglas Johnson, whose firm Johnson & Johnson primarily handles entertainment-related cases.

"They make you pay when you want to complain," Johnson said. "They play hard ball all the time. It's never 'Hey, let's sit down and talk.'"

The dizzying ascent into celebrity status made things all the more confusing two years later, when Mum's Records told the family it wasn't working out and they'd might as well call it quits. And so they moved on. Some went to college, others married young and had children. In the decades to come, their short-lived brush with celebrity would fade into family lore, something to joke about at parties.

That is until 2003, when the sisters discovered their music never faded away. In fact, their songs were being played everywhere from the United Kingdom to Japan, and the record label that had acquired the music - Universal Music Group - has profited from their work throughout the ensuing decades. Thus began a five-year campaign to collect royalties from the world's largest label, which has now spilled into a Los Angeles courtroom.

The case represents a unique twist on the age-old battle between artist and label, with Universal telling the sisters to take up their case with a company that has long-since ceased to exist. The record company has steadfastly maintained it has never had a contract with the sisters themselves, and the dispute is really between the Jacksons and Mums Records. Meanwhile, the statute of limitations for any claim the group might have has already run its course anyway, the company claims.

"Not only did the Jackson sisters delay filing this lawsuit for over 30 years, but when they did finally file it, they sued the wrong party," the company said in a statement. "UMG has no contractual relationship with The Jackson Sisters and thus expects to be vindicated in court."

The two sides are scheduled to face off in Los Angeles County Superior Court in late February, when Judge Ann Jones will hear the defense's request for summary judgement on those grounds.

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News and MediaJanuary 2009

Higgins trust sues Hirsch over '9 to 5'

Lawyer accused of malpractice, breach of duty

By DIANE GARRETT

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The trust representing the late writer-director Colin Higgins has sued attorney Barry Hirsch for failing to properly represent
his interests in the "9 to 5" stage musical.

Colin Higgins Prods. filed suit on Jan. 14 against Hirsch and his law firm in L.A. County Superior Court, accusing Hirsch of legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. The trust seeks damages to be determined in a jury trial.

Among the many charges in the filing: Hirsch failed to adequately secure Higgins' rights to a live stage show from Patricia Resnick, the original scribe for the movie, and failed to advise the trustee in 2006 that the firm was representing Resnick at the time she was writing the book for "9 to 5: The Musical."

When the trustee asked how such a musical could be mounted without stage rights from Higgins Prods., Hirsch supposedly stated, "It may not be ethical, but it is legal."  According to the suit, Higgins, best known for penning "Harold and Maude," inked his deal with Fox to rewrite Resnick's "9 to 5" screenplay in 1979. Hirsch represented the writer-director and his shingle on various entertainment matters, including that contract
Before Higgins died in 1988, his legal team created a trust in his name. In 1992, the lawsuit states, Hirsch declined to rep the trust in future projects, including a potential stage musical of "Harold and Maude," but did not terminate rights to old deals, including that for "9 to 5."

According to the suit, the trust did not receive a copy of the original writer deal until June 13, when its lawyers,
Neville Johnson and Douglas Johnson of Johnson & Johnson, LLP obtained it from Fox. It was only then that the trust discovered that Hirsch's firm represented Resnick on the "9 to 5" musical and promptly severed its dealings with Hirsch's firm over the work.

Attorneys subsequently discovered that Hirsch and his legal team never properly secured Higgins' stage rights from Resnick. Higgins, the suit states, made significant contributions to the project with his writing and direction.

However, he did not receive "appropriate" credit for its debut. The trust has not received any compensation for the tuner, for which
Dolly Parton wrote the music and lyrics.  Click for original movie poster.

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January 16, 2009

MOVIES / COURTS

Kerkorian Ex-Wife's Attorney Files Suit


By ALEXA  HYLAND
Los Angeles Business Journal Staff

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“Attorney-client conversations with his client were recorded, and we heard those tapes come out in the Pellicano trial,” Douglas Johnson said.

One of the divorce lawyers who represented the ex-wife of Kirk Kerkorian in her bitter child support battle with the billionaire filed suit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that his conversations with Lisa Bonder Kerkorian were illegally wiretapped.

Jeff Sturman, who represented Bonder Kerkorian alongside attorney Stephen Kolodny, filed the suit against casino mogul Kerkorian, jailed private sleuth Anthony Pellicano, convicted entertainment attorney Terry Christensen, and the Century City law firm Christensen founded, Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs & Shapiro LLP. Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. was also named in the suit.

Douglas Johnson, an attorney representing Sturman, said evidence from the recent criminal trials against Pellicano and Christensen revealed that his client’s conversations with Bonder Kerkorian were illegally recorded.

“Attorney-client conversations with his client were recorded, and we heard those tapes come out in the Pellicano trial,” Johnson said.

Patricia Glaser, a partner at the Glaser Weil firm representing Christensen and the firm, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Dan Marmalefsky, Kerkorian’s attorney, declined to comment and said his client had not been served with suit.

In December, a federal judge sentenced Pellicano to 15 years in prison over the wiretapping of Bonder Kerkorian, and his role in an illegal racketeering enterprise that wiretapped stars such as Sylvester Stallone.

A federal judge sentenced Christensen to three years in prison and fined him $250,000 in November for conspiring to illegally wiretap Bonder Kerkorian. Federal prosecutors alleged that Christensen, a longtime attorney and friend of Kerkorian, hired Pellicano to gain an edge in the child support fight.

The government’s prosecution of Pellicano and Christensen has turned into a small industry for lawyers. At least 15 lawsuits related to Pellicano are pending in Los Angeles Superior Court.

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April 4, 2008 - Monica Zsibrita, represented by Beverly Hills attorney Douglas L. Johnson, appeared on ABC News Nightline relating to comedian Chris Rock and the infamous Anthony Pellicano Hollywood trial.

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January 16, 2009 in print edition E-1

MOVIES / COURTS

Ledger plays a role in lawsuit

Trial is set for next month in a case over a video
that shows the late actor with what appears to be cocaine.

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My client wishes to have privacy.
This is not a good thing to have happen to you,” the lawyer,
Neville Johnson, said.

In the year since his death, Heath Ledger has become a sainted figure in Hollywood, reverently recalled for his superior talent and good humor. The foreign press genuflected before his memory Sunday with a Golden Globe for his acclaimed performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” and many expect an Academy Award nomination to follow next week.

But in a drab downtown courtroom, a decidedly less glowing portrait holds sway. An unusual lawsuit pitting a freelance magazine reporter against her ex-lover, his colleague and the paparazzo agency that employed them centers on a video of Ledger on a night he may have counted among the most disturbing of his life.

The video, shot in the Chateau Marmont after the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards, shows the actor twitching, exhausted and seated at a table marked with what appear to be lines of cocaine. Unaware he is being recorded or that his companions in the hotel room are a tabloid photographer and reporter, Ledger speaks candidly about private subjects, including long-term drug abuse and his relationship with actress Michelle Williams.

I’m in serious [trouble] with my girlfriend,” he says. “We just had a baby two months ago, and I’m not supposed to be here.”

The video’s release in the wake of Ledger’s Jan. 22, 2008, death from an overdose of prescription medication created an uproar. “Entertainment Tonight” bought rights to the video but decided not to air it in the wake of intense pressure from Ledger’s publicist and celebrities who decried it as tasteless exploitation.

heath-ledger-joker.jpg (4086 bytes)The case, set for trial next month in Los Angeles Superior Court, does not concern damage to Ledger’s reputation – his privacy rights died with him – but rather alleged harm to the reporter, whose conversation is captured on the video. She claims she was duped in- to being filmed and then assured the tape would be destroyed. Identified in court papers as “Jane Doe,” the reporter is suing the paparazzi and their agency, Splash News, for invasion of privacy, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other claims.

She seeks destruction of the video, which is available for viewing online, as well as financial compensation. Her suit claims the video earned Splash $1 million.

April 11, 2008 - A former People magazine freelance reporter listed as "Jane Doe" and represented by Beverly Hills attorney Douglas L. Johnson, has filed a lawsuit against Splash News photo agency and two paparazzi for invasion of privacy for secretly filming her without her permission while filming actor Heath Ledger in a hotel room where drugs were being taken. International news releases report on the lawsuit.

Ledger’s death changed the way everyone involved saw the evening. The reporter contributed her memories to a cover story in OK magazine, where she was quoted as an unnamed source with firsthand experience of Ledger’s drug use. She billed the magazine her $400 day rate, according to court papers. Soon after, Splash offered the tape for sale.

In her deposition, the reporter drew a distinction between her conduct and what the Splash employees had done. “If you bring up someone to have a chat in a room as friends, and, you know, they have a cocaine problem, and then you give them more of their drug of choice … that’s pretty devious. That’s intentional. That can kill the person,” she said.

Selling the story, however, was permissible because “he had passed.”

It was coming out all over. There was nothing to protect,” she said.

Munn and Banks still work for Splash, but the reporter no longer writes for People. Her attorney declined to say what she is doing now.

My client wishes to have privacy. This is not a good thing to have happen to you,”
the lawyer,
Neville L. Johnson, said.


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News and Media -  Privacy

 

Champions of Justice Radio Show

with Thomas V. Girardi

MP3 audio from KRLA 870 AM
August 2, 2008, 5:00 - 6:00 PM

"Let me tell you a little bit about Neville Johnson. He ranks with Brandeis and Warren as the great defenders of privacy ..."

- Thomas V. Girardi
Girardi & Keese
Los Angeles

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Thomas V. Girardi

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Louis D. Brandeis

Special Dedication in Privacy Torts

To Neville L. Johnson, of Johnson and Johnson, LLP, Los Angeles, California, who has led the charge, often successfully (and always creatively and with great passion) in exposing some of the worst outrages of media newsgathering. Neville ranks with Brandeis and Warren as the great defenders of privacy. All America is in his debt.

- David A. Elder

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David A. Elder

Establishing Constitutional Malice For Defamation and False Light Privacy Claims

by David A. Elder, Neville L. Johnson

David A. Elder - Regents Professor and Professor of Law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University and the author of the treatises The Law Of Privacy and Defamation, A Lawyer’s Guide. Professor Elder was a co-author of the appellant’s briefs to the California Supreme Court in Sanders v. ABC, Inc., 978 P.2d 67 (Cal. 1999), and was a co-author with Neville L. Johnson of an amici curiae brief in Shulman v. Group W. Prods. Inc., 955 P.2d 469 (Cal. 1998).

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April 2002

"The Right To Privacy"
by Samuel Warren and
Louis D. Brandeis
Harvard Law Review
Vol. IV, No. 5
December 15, 1890

 

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News and Media -  Interviews & Reports

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The 100 most influential attorneys in entertainment

July 23, 2008

Neville L. Johnson, a former journalist, often takes the media to task for questionable news-gathering tactics, such as the use of hidden cameras or undercover reporters. (Professor David Elder's treatise of privacy law is dedicated to Johnson.) This year the plaintiff-side litigator took on SAG, the WGA and the DGA over the millions he alleges are owed to guild members from the collection of foreign levies. The DGA settled, working out an arrangement in which an accounting firm will conduct an independent review of its foreign levies program. And Johnson was a familiar face at the Anthony Pellicano trial because he reps several alleged victims of Pellicano's web in civil cases, including the estate of the late producer Aaron Russo.

Douglas L. Johnson, JJLLPLAW, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Douglas L. Johnson

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Super Lawyers Magazine

Southern California 2008 Rising Star

Douglas L. Johnson selected as Southern California 2008 Rising Star at superlawyers.com,
July 1, 2008

Practice areas: Intellectual Property Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Business Litigation

Douglas L. Johnson is a partner at Johnson & Johnson, LLP. He specializes in entertainment, business, and class action litigation. Mr. Johnson has handled numerous high-profile and wide-reaching litigation, including music and movie royalty disputes, rights of privacy, defamation, partnership disputes, breach of contract, and class actions.
Johnson & Johnson, LLP has certified numerous class actions, including one this year against the Writers Guild of America for nonpayment of foreign royalties. Mr. Johnson's recent significant wins include a $10 million arbitration in a partnership dispute, a multimillion-dollar settlement in a breach of fiduciary duty case, along with a million-dollar jury verdict in a copyright case. This is Douglas Johnson's third consecutive year on the Rising Stars list.

Selected to Super Lawyers - Southern California Rising Stars 2008, Southern California Rising Stars 2007, Southern California Rising Stars 2006

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Hidden Camera Deception

MARK SANDERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et. al, Defendants and Appellants. NARAS F. KERSIS Plaintiff, v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC., et. al, Defendants.

"ABC's Stacy Lescht secretly videotaped these conversations with a "hat cam," i.e., a small camera hidden in her hat; a microphone attached to her brassiere captured sound as well. ..." COUNSEL:  Johnson & Rishwain, Neville L. Johnson, Brian A. Rishwain; and David A. Elder for Plaintiff and Appellant.

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Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson comments on International Privacy in World Media Law Report, a daily email service that provides Newsletter Updates on copyright developments from over 50 jurisdictions and is written by a panel of 120 leading copyright lawyers from both national and international law firms or senior lawyers in industry and private practice, as well as government and regulatory officials.

International Privacy Report

By Neville L. Johnson
October 4, 2008

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) – which comprises the seven largest IP interest groups in the United States, including the Association of American Publishers, the Entertainment Software Association, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America – has issued its latest report on piracy and market access problems.  ...  the bad news is that piracy continues to be rampant.

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2008 IP Lawyers Summary of Entertainment Law
for the USA

By Neville L. Johnson
September, 2008

Wolf v. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay, Inc, Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc., JA Apparel Corp. v. Abboud, Derek Andrew, Inc. v. Poof Apparel Corp., Marathon Entertainment, Inc. v. Blasi, Yari v. Producers Guild of America, Inc., Nygard, Inc. v. Uusi-Kerttula, Comedy Club Inc. v. Improv West Associates, Webb v. Directors Guild of America, Richert et al. v. Writers Guild of America west, Osmond v. Screen Actors Guild ...

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Suing the media, supporting the First Amendment:
the paradox of Neville Johnson
and the battle for privacy

By Robert D. Richards and Clay Calvert
Albany Law Review, June 22, 2004

Johnson is the man to whom many plaintiffs now turn when it comes to suing the media. Perhaps only Atlanta-based attorney L. Lin Wood--who represents Carolyn Condit's husband Gary in his defamation suit against writer Dominick Dunne - can rival Johnson as the go-to attorney for plaintiffs seeking redress for disparaged reputations and privacy invasions.

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A Conversation with Attorney Neville Johnson

By Mark Holden

Composers royalty rights, PRO ASCAP BMI SESAC

"The first thing that composers should do is get organized. And it's a terribly important time right now because of all the legislation that is imminent and necessary because of Internet delivery.  ... Composers should be rallying and asking to be paid for all sales of audiovisual product no matter where they're sold. ... And the legislators are the key." - Neville L. Johnson

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Caught in the Act

Los Angeles Lawyer - Entertainment Law Special Issue

The widespread use of new technologies in news gathering has placed the First Amendment rights of the media on a collision course with the privacy rights of individuals.

 

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News and Media -  Videos

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Insider Exclusive Show Series
With Steve Murphy
insiderexclusive.com/firm_Johnson.htm

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News and Media2008

 
SAG facing 'Money' allegations

Misconduct complaint filed against program

By DAVE MCNARY
Variety

December 2, 2008

SAG's "Get Your Money" program is a sham, according to a misconduct complaint filed against SAG president Alan Rosenberg and secretary- treasurer Connie Stevens.

Los Angeles attorney Neville L. Johnson is representing the plaintiffs (Ken Osmond, Jack Klugman, William Richert) in all three cases.

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SAG to pay $25 million in unclaimed residuals

SAG says 'Get Your Money'

By DAVE MCNARY
Variety

October 29, 2008

SAS to now pay $25 million in "unclaimed residuals" it hasn’t given to more than 66,000 people.

Los Angeles attorney Neville L. Johnson is representing the plaintiff Ken Osmond.

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SAG to pay "unclaimed residuals" to
relatives of Alan Ladd and others.

SAG moves to settle suit

Talks begin over foreign tax revenues

By DAVE MCNARY
Variety

September 15, 2008

SAG is quietly moving to settle a lawsuit over how it disburses millions of dollars from foreign tax revenues to actors.

Los Angeles attorney Neville L. Johnson is representing the plaintiffs (Ken Osmond, Jack Klugman, William Richert) in all three cases.

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Writers Guild of America Settles With Non-Union Directors Over Foreign Levies

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer dailyjournal.com

September 15, 2008

The settlement will result in a disbursement between $2 million and $7 million in collected fees to the plaintiffs, pending an audit, said Webb's attorney, Neville L. Johnson of Johnson & Johnson, LLP. "This is money these directors never would have seen otherwise," he said. "The settlement brings accountability and transparency to DGA's foreign levies program."

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Jack Klugman Sues Over "Quincy, M.E."

NBC Uni Claims $66M Losses

March 28, 2008

Jack Klugman, Quincy, M.E., represented by Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson, files complaint in L.A. Superior Court against NBC Universal to exercise his right to audit the popular TV series.

Jack Klugman Says "I want my money!"

April 2, 2008

Jack Klugman, Quincy, M.E., represented by Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson's client, tells Nikki Finke, DeadlineHollywoodDaily, “I don’t want their money. I want my money."

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William Webb receives settlement from Director's Guild of America

April 14, 2008

William Webb, represented by Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson, receives settlement from Director's Guild of American (DGA) of 2006 lawsuit for non-payment of foreign tax collections. DGA will now have a registration function on its website and an outside independent auditor. Webb's attorney, JJLLP partner Neville L. Johnson, said in a statement, "This settlement brings accountability and transparency to the DGA's foreign levies program, and assures that nonmembers will have full disclosure of the DGA's distribution of foreign levies."

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Ken Osmond Benefits from Judge's Ruling on SAG

March 19, 2008 - Ken Osmond, Leave it to Beaver, represented by Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson, benefits from U.S. District Court ruling that SAG has limited his right to recover money collected from foreign tax revenues intended to benefit the copyright holder.

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Secret SAG agreement for half the money!

By Sharon Waxman
March 20, 2008

Ken Osmond, Leave it to Beaver, represented by Beverly Hills attorney Neville L. Johnson, according to Sharon Waxman, WaxWord, may be a victim of a secret agreement between SAG and the studios.

A lawsuit against SAG by actor Ken Osmond hasrevealed the existence of a secret 2002 agreement over half the money!

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Beaver' actor sues SAG

By Leslie Simmons
The Hollywood Reporter

Sept 19, 2007

For share of $8 million in foreign residuals

"The suit echoes nearly identical proposed class-action suits filed during the past two years by Osmond's attorney, Neville Johnson, against the DGA and WGA. ..."

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Eddie Haskell Sues Screen Actors Guild
www.tvsquad.com/2007/09/19/eddie-haskell-sues-screen-actors-guild

by Bob Sassone
TV Squad

Sepetmber 19, 2007

"... He says that SAG has collected more than $8 million from foreign residuals but has not shared that money with SAG members and non-members. Osmond's attorney has also filed suits against the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild over the past few years. It could be a class-action suit if others join in. Osmond says that SAG will not show him their books. ..."

Tags: directors guild, eddie haskell, jerry mathers, JerryMathers, ken osmond, leave it to beaver, sag, screen actors guild, ScreenActorsGuild, tony dow, writers guild

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Alleged illegal "Service Charge" on models

Entertainment Law Digest
March 1, 2008

Federico Galavis, professional model, represented by Beverly Hills attorney Nicholas A. Kurtz, has filed class action lawsuit against L.A. Models for alleged illegal "Service Charge" on models.

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Did the Coreys Make a 'Secret Side Deal' for Reality Show?

June 25, 2008

Posted by Matthew Heller
The Hollywood Reporter, ESQ. blog

Case: Pullano v. Haim, Case No. BC393051 (Los Angeles Superior Ct.), filed June 20
Claims: Breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, fraud, interference with economic advantage

Allegations: Plaintiffs are successful writers and producers of reality TV programming who "created an original concept and idea" for a show about the relationship between '80s teen idols Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. After entering into an agreement with Haim, they pitched the idea to ABC Television development executive Greg Goldman. ABC declined to buy "The Coreys" but the Coreys, Goldman and other defendants including reality producers RDF "agreed to a secret side deal" that excluded Plaintiffs, ignored their rights and resulted in the purchase of the show by A&E Television Network.

Filing attorney: Douglas Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, Beverly Hills

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Courthouse News Serice
www.courthousenews.com

New Complaint - Dr. Quincy

L.A. Superior Court BC38819
Jack Klugman; Sweater Productions Inc.
v.
NBC Universal Inc; Does

Cause of action: Declaratory relief
Filing counsel: Douglas Johnson, Neville Johnson and Nicholas Kurtz of Johnson & Johnson (Beverly Hills, Calif.)

Award-winning actor Jack Klugman, best known as Dr.Quincy M.E. on the television show "Quincy M.E.," claims NBC may still owe him profits from his work on the late-1970s series, but refuses to provide a copy of his contract.

In his lawsuit against the broadcast company, Klugman claims that he and co-plaintiff Sweater Productions Inc. signed a deal in 1976 with NBC, which agreed to pay Klugman 25 percent of all net profits from the show for playing the lead role.

The agreement stipulated that NBC would provide proper accounting of the profits, and that Klugman and Sweater Productions could audit the records in the event of a dispute, the lawsuit claims.

Klugman says NBC may have been shortchanging him, "as the series may have produced more revenue than expenses incurred, thus generating net profits," but that he will never know until NBC produces a copy of the contract.

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Legal Victory Enforces Indie Artist-Producer’s Rights

By Beth Ann Lerch

Los Angeles, CA -- Leading artist rights advocates and music attorneys are buzzing about the implications of the recent legal victory of recording artist Suzanne Doucet, president of Los Angeles-based Only New Age Music, Inc. over Portland, Oregon-based distributor Allegro Corporation.

Doucet’s trial lawyers were Neville Johnson and Douglas Johnson.

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Entertainment Law Digest
www.entlawdigest.com

New Complaint - Pellicano

L.A. Superior Court BC388664
Michael Gerbosi
v.
Anthony Pellicano; Pacific Bell Telephone Co. dba AT&T California; Robert Pfeiffer; Alan Weil; Gaims Weil West & Epstein LLP; Does

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Causes of action: Unlawfull wiretapping; unlawfull eavesdropping; common law intrusion; constitional invasion of privacy; negligence; negligent supervision

Filing counsel: Douglas Johnson, Neville Johnson and Nicholas Kurtz of Johnson & Johnson (Beverly Hills, Calif.)

Notorious celebrity snoop Anthony Pellicano has been accused yet again of conducting an illegal wiretap on the subject of one of his investigations.

Michael Gerbosi filed suit against Pellicano. attorney Alan Weil and the law firm of Gaims Weil West & Epstein, along with two other defendants, in state court in Los Angeles. Gerbosi claims that Pellicano improperly coerced employess of co-defendant Pacific Bell Telephone Co. to set up illegal wiretaps on Gerbosi's phone in order to monitor conversations between Gerbosi and a woman named Erin Finn.

Finn is the former girlfriend of record executive and co-defendant Robert Pfeiffer. She is also a neighbor of Gerbosi's who allegedly helped the FBI conduct an investigation of Pellicano, which resulted in numerous federal charges being brought against the tainted sleuth. In May, a federal jury found Pellicano guilty of 76 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, wiretapping and indentity theft.

According to Gerbosi, Pfeiffer was seeking information "to secure a tactical advantage" in litigation between himself and Finn. Gerbosi claims Pellicano instructed Pfeiffer to hire Gaims Weil West & Epstein in order to file suit against Finn.

The lawsuit further accuses the firm of knowingly using information gainedm from the illegal wiretaps in furtherance of their services to Pfeiffer.

Pellicano has a long history of ethically dubious behavior, with activities ranging to his association with notorious Mafioso Anthony "the Ant" Spilotro. He also spent 30 months in prison on federal explosives harges between 2004 and 2006. 

 

 


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