Todd Cunningham

August 24, 2017 | Daily Report Online

"If I'm in a courtroom, something has gone very wrong," joked attorney Steve Sidman as he described his unique practice, built on a client list populated by celebrity and acclaimed chefs, top-of-the-line restaurateurs, emerging and avant-garde musicians and creatives of all sorts. In fact, things are going quite well for Sidman, who is settling into his new digs in the Atlanta main office of Carlton Fields, the newest addition to that firm's intellectual property group.

By Todd Cunningham

3 minute read

August 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As the NFL enters a new season less than two weeks from now, it's never spun more cash nor spun off more controversy. And legendary litigator and antitrust specialist James Quinn, one of the country's most experienced sports lawyers, has no shortage of observations to make, and work to do, in football-related matters.

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

August 24, 2017 | The Recorder

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, ruling after a June argument in the Pasadena, California, U.S. courthouse, unanimously upheld an injunction entered by the federal district court on the request of three Hollywood studios: Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. The order prevents VidAngel from selling its technology that allows people to filter movies to remove content the user finds offensive.

By Todd Cunningham

6 minute read

August 23, 2017 | The Recorder

The start of the 2017 National Football League season may seem like a hot mess to fans–especially those in San Diego, St. Louis and Oakland–but it looks like another banner year for the attorneys who keep it all legal. By any measure, 2016 was a boom year for Big Law and the NFL.

By Todd Cunningham

22 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Harold Henderson, who has been tapped to preside when Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott's appeal of his six-day suspension is heard on Aug. 29, has become NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's go-to guy for arbitrations.

By Todd Cunningham

9 minute read

August 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Steven Smith, managing partner of Bryan Cave's Colorado Springs office, talks about the streaming boom currently collapsing the NFL-media pocket.

By Todd Cunningham

26 minute read

August 18, 2017 | The Recorder

Against a backdrop of political polarization the case of Colin Kaepernick, the ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback who is unsigned by any NFL team, and who sat out the pregame national anthem in protest, may be a test, or a black eye, for the NFL.

By Todd Cunningham

7 minute read

August 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

Taylor Swift's goal from the start in suing Denver radio DJ David Mueller after he allegedly groped her before a concert performance was to make a statement by stepping into the spotlight and providing straightforward and graphic testimony. To underscore her priorities, the chart-topping singer sought just a symbolic award of $1.

By Todd Cunningham

7 minute read

August 15, 2017 | The Recorder

Craig Chaquico, a founding member of Jefferson Starship and the only musician to perform on all 10 of their albums, on Aug. 11 won a decision from U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James in San Francisco greenlighting what his lawyer termed his "core" claims over use of the legendary band name.

By Todd Cunningham

5 minute read

August 14, 2017 | The Recorder

Los Angeles-based Munger, Tolles & Olson has been hired to represent the Hollywood studios and film companies behind a handful of box office blockbusters in several copyright infringement suits brought over their use of the MOVA Contour special effects system.

By Todd Cunningham

2 minute read