On March 28, 2024, a California federal judge awarded more than $18.3 million in implied royalties and exemplary damages to Waymaker’s plaintiff…
Partners Brian Klein and Teresa Huggins’ client Alex Amsel, who purchased what is known as the first-ever art NFT from artist Kevin McCoy for $1.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction, was dismissed from a case in federal court involving a dispute over that NFT …
LOS ANGELES – January 25, 2021 – Since 2006, the Baker Marquart law firm has built a national reputation as a…
On January 20, 2021, Waymaker obtained a preliminary injunction preventing Texas urologist Dr. Robert Cornell and others from using a clients’ trade…
One of the firm’s cannabis clients was harmed by a service provider’s negligence. To make matters worse, the client faced a substantial,…
Effective immediately, Waymaker has elevated Keri Curtis Axel and Teresa Huggins to partnership. Keri practices white-collar criminal and…
In recent months, Waymaker added two talented attorneys – Jose Nuno and Chloe George – to its growing trial and appellate team.…
On November 6, 2020, Baker Marquart won an important victory for its client when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted the…
The ABA’s annual blockchain and digital currency national institute was once again organized by partner Brian Klein. The 6th annual version was…
In 2017, Waymaker was hired to defend the founders of the Tezos blockchain (one of the leading blockchains) and their company in…
The firm represents a group of putative class members in a civil action in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the defendant…
Baker Marquart is proud to have joined the Los Angeles pro bono initiative “LA Represents.” This initiative provides free and critical legal…
Baker Marquart achieved an important victory for two Fintech clients in the Southern District of New York on May 15, 2020, when…
Under the guidance of Baker Marquart partner Scott Malzahn, the firm is assisting Equality California on a pro bono…
Baker Marquart, which has a robust and growing tech litigation practice, is now a proud sponsor of TechGC, the invitation-only,…
Baker Marquart protected its client’s right to require arbitration of disputes with customers. Following the firm’s argument in Camargo v. Sunnova Energy…
Baker Marquart achieved another Ninth Circuit victory on January 27, 2020, when the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Southern District of California’s…
Baker Marquart is pleased to announce that Melissa Meister has joined the firm in its Los Angeles office. Melissa works on both…
Baker Marquart achieved a seminal cybercrime victory. On July 26, 2019, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced the…
Recently featured in The Recorder, Partner and Co-founder Ryan Baker was appointed to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Legal Advisory Committee.…
Baker Marquart achieved a significant victory for its client Charlie Shrem in Winklevoss Capital Fund, LLC v. Shrem, which is before Judge…
– Lower courts departure from existing anti-SLAPP jurisprudence creates further confusion and enormous legal barriers to holding companies accountable…
Partner Brian Klein is representing cryptocurrency exchange Kraken and its founder Jesse Powell in United American Corp v. Bitmain, filed in the…
We are pleased to announce that Partner Scott Malzahn has been elected as Vice President to the 2019 Board of…
Baker Marquart Helps Client Petition for Appraisal and Avoid Involuntary Dissolution Pursuant to California Corporations Code Section 2000, Which Leads to Favorable…
In 2012, Baker Marquart was hired to defend its client, FilmOn, against copyright infringement claims brought by all the major television networks…
Retained less than a week before the California Department of Business Affairs was set to present its case against a successful entrepreneur,…
After certain members in a profitable limited liability company engaged in self-dealing, Baker Marquart was retained by a member to negotiate a…
Baker Marquart’s client, a bank with over $60 billion in assets, had established a truck leasing program for a freight handler. When…
Baker Marquart was engaged to pursue claims for breach of a television production contract. The firm filed claims in federal court against…
Baker Marquart partner, Scott Malzahn, was named to the Board of Directors of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual…
Baker Marquart was engaged by a former director of a major international investment bank to pursue wrongful termination claims. The director was…
After Baker Marquart’s Ryan Baker won reversal of a Florida cyberstalking injunction and obtained dismissal of the entire action in the Florida…
The firm recently won reversal of a Florida cyberstalking injunction and obtained dismissal in the Florida District Court of Appeals. The Florida…
Baker Marquart is widely recognized as having a leading litigation practice in the emerging and revolutionary Bitcoin and Blockchain technology industries. Firm…
“Huge,” “landmark,” “legal earthquake” and “shocking” were all terms used by the media to describe Baker Marquart’s recent summary judgment victory on…
Baker Marquart successfully defended a client charged with running an unlicensed money transmitting business in federal court in Colorado. In July 2015,…
On behalf of its client, Hologram USA, Baker Marquart brought claims for patent infringement against Cirque du Soleil and the Michael Jackson…
The Firm was engaged to protect a client’s patent portfolio related to the creation of live three-dimensional images. After the client learned…
Baker Marquart is proud to support the riders and community of the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. As one of the most…
Baker Marquart was retained to represent a software company plaintiff in a patent dispute. The firm took targeted discovery and worked with…
In an five-year battle over authorship of a major motion picture that grossed over $450 Million in box office sales, Baker Marquart,…
Baker Marquart was recently retained to protect a client’s patent portfolio. Upon learning of one party’s infringing activities – and that party’s…
Baker Marquart represented a film production company in an action to enforce trademark rights. Prior to the firm’s engagement, the defendant had…
Baker Marquart represented a hazardous waste cleanup company facing multiple state criminal charges. The firm took quick in response to the allegations.…
The firm was recently retained by an investor in a startup media company. The client had lost all his investment when the…
Mattel retained the firm after several insurance companies appealed the denial of their motion to intervene in the litigation between Mattel and…
Baker Marquart is pleased to announce that Brian Klein has left the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles to join the firm.…
When a consumer products company was sued by its former investment bank, an international financial institution, the firm was retained to defend…
The California Court of Appeal recently published an opinion vindicating the right to a jury trial. After the firm filed suit on…
Baker Marquart LLP is pleased to announce that three new lawyers have joined the firm. Mark Smith joins Baker Marquart as of…
The firm was recently retained on the eve of trial to prosecute claims related to the purchase of commercial real estate in…
The firm was retained by one of its clients, a Fortune 500 company, to defend claims brought by a software company. Plaintiff…
The firm obtained an extraordinary preliminary injunction to protect the trademarks of one of its clients, a software company. The firm presented…
The DIRECTV Group retained Baker Marquart to pursue breach of contract claims against a former DIRECTV dealer. After taking discovery that made…
The firm was retained by one of its clients, the manufacturer of revolutionary lightweight sport aircraft, to defend against claims brought by…
When an out-of-state franchisor was sued by a California franchisee, the franchisor retained the firm to defend against those claims. The firm…
Baker Marquart was recently retained by a popular Los Angeles nightclub to defend against claims brought by the club’s landlord. Within days,…
The firm was hired by a well-known talent agency to help it collect unpaid commissions from an Academy Award® nominated film editor…
The firm was hired to represent an individual in a stock option dispute with his brother and his brother’s company (a national…
The firm represented NAACP Image Award winner Morris Taylor “Buddy” Sheffield in a breach of contract lawsuit against defendant ABC Cable Networks…
The firm obtained summary judgment for Rolls-Royce in a breach of contract action related to the construction of an oil platform. Plaintiff…
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