Marvin S. Putnam

Mr. Putnam’s considerable experience has ranged from the successful defense of several class actions brought in the wake of significant oil spills to recovery of World War II-era assets from international banks. His media specific work has included successfully serving as lead defense counsel for concert promoter AEG Live in the six-month wrongful death trial brought by Michael Jackson’s family – including successfully overcoming the Jackson family's California Supreme Court challenge, which the court rejected. The resulting verdict was named one of the 10 most significant defense verdicts of the year by the nation’s leading legal journals.*

Examples of Mr. Putnam’s recent entertainment and media-related matters include representing:

• The nation’s largest cable company, at both the trial and appellate levels, in a series of federal actions relating to violations of the Federal Communications Act*
• International media entities in numerous federal and state defamation and invasion-of-privacy matters*
• Film and television concerns requiring a First Amendment defense*
• Journalists in numerous reporters’ privilege subpoena actions*
• Media entities seeking both court and legislative access*
• A movie producer against a breach of contract action brought by international pulp novelist Clive Cussler*
• J.K. Rowling in her action to protect her literary rights against infringement by copycats*
• The distributor of a reality television series in an invasion-of-privacy claim*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham.