The law firm Loeb & Loeb, headquartered in Los Angeles, is representing the plaintiffs, CBS Studios and Paramount Pictures in their copyright infringement lawsuit against Alec Peters and Axanar Productions in connection with the films, Prelude to Axanar and Axanar.

The firm filed the studios’ legal complaint against Axanar in U.S. District Court on December 29, 2015.

With 271 attorneys, it is the 164th largest firm in the United States, and placed 127th in The American Lawyer’s 2015 Am Law 200 ranking.¹⁾.

Its clients have included The Grateful Dead, the estate of Marilyn Monroe, and the Motion Picture Association of America, as well as corporate titans such as Bertelsmann, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities and, of course, CBS. Loeb & Loeb was founded in 1909. Its practice includes expertise in commercial finance, entertainment, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax law.²⁾

Loeb & Loeb’s Entertainment and Media Practice is made up of more than 75 attorneys, and is “recognized as one of the pre-eminent law firms practicing in the media and entertainment industry.” It was recently acknowledged by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers as Law Firm of the Year in Entertainment Law, Motion Pictures & Television.³⁾

Its multifaceted practice includes these relevant areas to the Axanar lawsuit: motion pictures, television, digital entertainment, production, distribution and development, digital content distribution and licensing, intellectual property protection and enforcement, litigation and dispute resolution.⁴⁾

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