Our Litigators of the Week are Kirkland & Ellis partners Dale Cendali, Joshua Simmons and Shanti Sadtler Conway, who notched another win in cutting-edge litigation that questions the protectability of dance steps, what constitutes choreography and the relationship between copyright and trademark law.

Representing video game makers Epic Games and Take-Two Interactive, the Kirkland trio has fended off a series of 10 lawsuits, including the most recent—a claim by University of Maryland basketball players Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens, who asserted that the “Running Man” emote in Epic’s “Fortnite” video game copied their “Running Man” dance.

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