Chad Fitzgerald
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Chad Fitzgerald, an attorney at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert (KWIKA), a high-profile, L.A.-based entertainment litigation firm, specializes in entertainment and business litigation as well as transactional matters for entertainment industry clients. He has represented actors, musicians, professional athletes and production and distribution entities, as well as clients in the toy, apparel, yoga and diamond industries, entertainment guilds, personal and business managers, and talent agents and agencies in disputes in California and federal courts as well as before the California Labor Commissioner and the guilds. Mr. Fitzgerald handles contract, profit participation, financing, distribution, copyright and trademark disputes in the entertainment industry as well as business litigation matters involving contracts, sales, employment, partnership and franchise disputes, fraud, trade secrets, rights of privacy and defamation. He also negotiates agreements for intellectual property rights holders, entertainment industry executives, producers and independent filmmakers. For more information on Chad Fitzgerald or KWIKA visit www.kwikalaw.com or www.kwikablog.com.

Blog Entries by Chad Fitzgerald

The (99) Problems With Jay-Z's Trademark Lawsuit Against David Ortiz

Posted April 20, 2010 | 12:14:00 (EST)

Rapper and entertainment mogul Jay-Z sued Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in federal court in New York on Thursday for naming his Dominican Republic nightclub "Forty Forty." The rapper claims that Ortiz intended to trade on the fame of Jay-Z's "40/40" clubs in cities including New York, Las Vegas,...

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Chris Rock's Good Hair Gets Tangled in Suit -- One Lawyer's Thoughts

Posted October 16, 2009 | 12:05:56 (EST)

A woman named Regina Kimbell sued comedian and actor Chris Rock, HBO Films, and others in federal court in Los Angeles last week, claiming that Rock's new documentary Good Hair copies her 2006 documentary My Nappy Roots. Kimbell seeks $5 million in damages and an injunction preventing the defendants...

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