Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ, Jules L. Kabat, Marc A. Fenster, Bennett A. Bigman, Adam S. Hoffman, Paul A. Kroeger, Brian D. Ledahl, Irene Y. Lee, Matthew A. Rips, Stanton “Larry” Stein and Benjamin T. Wang, all of whom have been recognized as 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. In addition, Larry C. Russ, and Brian D. Ledahl, have been recognized as Top 100 Super Lawyers, and Irene Y. Lee has also been recognized as a Top 50 SuperLawyer in the Southern California Women’s Edition. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Diana A. Sanders was selected for inclusion in Billboard’s 2020 ‘Women in Music Executives’ list, which was published on December 03, 2020. Billboard’s annual ‘Women In Music’ list celebrates a select and diverse group of high-achieving and influential female music executives from across the industry’s sectors who’ve had compelling, newsworthy and measurable achievements in the past 12-18 months. These women are especially acknowledged for their resiliency and strength this year. Click here to view Billboard’s ‘2020 Women in Music’ list. Read More.

Russ August & Kabat is honored to have been ranked in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list.  U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers joined to rank more than 14,000 firms across the United States. Firms included in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. It is a great honor. Read more.

Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, a leading Intellectual Property lawyer in the region, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Business Journal for her assessment of the current state of IP legislation, the new rules of copyright protection, licensing and technology, and the various trends that she’s been observing, and in some cases, driving. Read the article.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ and Stanton ‘Larry’ Stein, who have been named to the Best Lawyers in America (2021 Edition), as well as of Jacob M. Agi, Diana A. Sanders, and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition). Read more.

Stanton “Larry” Stein was selected for inclusion in Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers 2020 list, which was published on July 25, 2020. This issue of Billboard recognizes the biggest names and most prominent legal minds in the world of music and entertainment law. Click here to view Billboard‘s Top Music Lawyers 2020 List.

Stanton “Larry” Stein is a partner and the head of Russ August & Kabat’s Media & Entertainment group. Larry’s clients include actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, high-net-worth individuals, entertainment guilds, talent agencies, personal and business management companies, independent production companies, and interactive gaming companies. Larry is widely known in the entertainment industry for his work taking on Hollywood studios. Throughout the last decades, Larry created legal theories for challenging the film and television accounting practices of vertically integrated studios and media conglomerates through litigation. He is literally the father of vertical integration accounting lawsuits. His efforts have changed the face of talent and rights holders’ contract negotiations with studios, networks, and their affiliated production companies, seeking to more evenly allocate revenue to profit participants including actors, directors, writers and producers. Larry has brought countless lawsuits on behalf of his clients against companies that were self-dealing on licensing fees and a variety of other revenue streams. In addition to his groundbreaking litigation in the profit participation space, Larry has also fought to establish copyright protection for formats in reality television, bringing the seminal lawsuit in that area of law. For additional information, https://www.raklaw.com/attorney/stanton-larry-stein/.