Skip to Footer Search Menu CLIENTS PEOPLE CAPABILITIES EVIDENCE HOME CAPABILITIES ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment Focused on "Back-End" Profit Participation Disputes Kasowitz’s Entertainment Practice Group has successfully represented top actors, directors, producers, talent agencies, executives, studios, networks, casinos, and resorts, among others, in their most significant disputes, including litigating licensing, intellectual property, and "backend" profit participation claims. Recent high profile cases handled by the entertainment practice group have been profiled in articles published in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and many other media outlets. Our litigators understand the business of entertainment and the nuances of entertainment litigation unlike any in the industry. The group is led by a former Senior Vice President and Head of West Coast Television Litigation at NBCUniversal, and is supported by some of the most talented and successful trial lawyers in the country, combining unparalleled industry expertise with big firm litigation resources. MEDIA The American Lawyer Recognizes John Berlinski as Entertainment Lawyer Trailblazer JULY 08, 2021 Variety Highlights John Berlinski as Leading Entertainment Industry Lawyer APRIL 12, 2021 John Berlinski Named Entertainment Trailblazer by The National Law Journal OCTOBER 01, 2020 John Berlinski and Kimberly A. Meyer Co-Author “Is the Curtain Closing on TV Profit Participation Litigation?” AUGUST 28, 2020 Webinar: Backend? What Backend? Are Profit Participations an Outdated Concept in The New Television Era? JULY 29, 2020 Hollywood Reporter Names John Berlinski a 2020 Power Lawyer MARCH 27, 2020 Kasowitz’s $179 Million Arbitration Win for “Bones” Stars and Producer Recognized as a Daily Journal 2019 Top Verdict FEBRUARY 24, 2020 Kasowitz Achieves Favorable Settlement for Genting Malaysia; Theme Park to Proceed AUGUST 19, 2019 John Berlinski to Speak on Entertainment Law Panel at the Beverly Hills Bar Association MAY 16, 2019 Variety Recognizes Kasowitz Attorneys in its 2019 “Legal Impact Report” APRIL 15, 2019 Show more CONTACTS John Berlinski PARTNER / LOS ANGELES View full bio Daniel A. Saunders PARTNER / LOS ANGELES View full bio VIEW ALL ENTERTAINMENT LAWYERS MEDIA Kasowitz’s $179 Million Arbitration Win for “Bones” Stars and Producer Recognized as a Daily Journal 2019 Top Verdict February 24, 2020 Kasowitz Benson Torres’s landmark $179 million arbitration award on behalf of Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, the stars of the long-running hit TV show “Bones,” and Kathleen Reichs, its producer, against 21st Century Fox and its affiliates has been named to the Daily Journal’s list of the 2019 Top Verdicts. READ STORY MEDIA Kasowitz Scores $179 Million Arbitration Award against FOX for “Bones” Stars and Producer in a Landmark Decision in TV Industry March 04, 2019 In a landmark victory on behalf of Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, the stars of the long-running hit TV show “Bones,” and its producer Kathleen Reichs, Kasowitz Benson Torres obtained a $179 million arbitration award for fraud and breach of contract, including $50 million in compensatory damages and over $128 million in punitive damages, against 21st Century Fox, Fox Broadcasting Company, and other Fox entities. READ STORY MEDIA Variety Recognizes Kasowitz Attorneys in its 2019 “Legal Impact Report” April 15, 2019 Variety has selected Kasowitz Benson Torres partners John Berlinski and Daniel A. Saunders, and associates Candace Frazier and Kimberly A. Meyer, for inclusion in its prestigious 2019 “Legal Impact Report.” READ STORY HOME CAPABILITIES ENTERTAINMENT SITEMAP DISCLAIMER ATTORNEY ADVERTISING PRIVACY ACCESSIBILITY FIND US LINKEDIN TWITTER Back to top