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====== Winston & Strawn ====== | ====== Winston & Strawn ====== | ||
<wrap lo>//See also: [[erin_ranahan|Erin Ranahan]], [[ranahan_interview_1_27_16|Erin Ranahan Interview]] and [[loeb_loeb|Loeb & Loeb]]//</ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[erin_ranahan|Erin Ranahan]], [[ranahan_interview_1_27_16|Erin Ranahan Interview]] and [[loeb_loeb|Loeb & Loeb]]//</ | ||
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**Winston & Strawn** LLP is the law firm defending [[Axanar Productions]] Inc., and its producer, [[Alec Peters]] in the [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] brought against them by [[CBS|CBS Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] in connection with the films //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and // | **Winston & Strawn** LLP is the law firm defending [[Axanar Productions]] Inc., and its producer, [[Alec Peters]] in the [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] brought against them by [[CBS|CBS Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] in connection with the films //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and // | ||
===== Pro Bono Representation ===== | ===== Pro Bono Representation ===== | ||
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Winston & Strawn signed Axanar and Peters as {!pro bono:Latin, //pro bono publico//, for public good — service provided without charge}} clients on January 21, 2016. [[Erin Ranahan]] is the firm's lead attorney in the case. | Winston & Strawn signed Axanar and Peters as {!pro bono:Latin, //pro bono publico//, for public good — service provided without charge}} clients on January 21, 2016. [[Erin Ranahan]] is the firm's lead attorney in the case. | ||
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> “We’re pleased to have our case taken up by Winston & Strawn,” said Peters. “The knowledge, credibility and reputation they bring to this matter will certainly help us work things out with CBS and Paramount in a professional manner and, we hope, to a mutual benefit so we can go on and make a Star Trek film fans have told us they want to see.”(([[http:// | > “We’re pleased to have our case taken up by Winston & Strawn,” said Peters. “The knowledge, credibility and reputation they bring to this matter will certainly help us work things out with CBS and Paramount in a professional manner and, we hope, to a mutual benefit so we can go on and make a Star Trek film fans have told us they want to see.”(([[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Description of Settlement ==== | ||
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+ | After the case settled in January 2017, Winston' | ||
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+ | Numerous attorneys in several offices contributed to defending the case, including handling more than 20 depositions, | ||
==== Limited Pro Bono ==== | ==== Limited Pro Bono ==== |