Kenneth I. Sidle
Tel
(310) 556-4660
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Practice Areas
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Kenneth I. Sidle, leader of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, has extensive experience in representing publicly and privately‑held companies and individual artists in the entertainment industry, both prosecuting and defending claims. Mr. Sidle has a notable record of success in the courts, winning favorable jury verdicts in several high profile cases in the areas of copyright and intellectual property, mismanagement and breach of contract and a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision changing the standard for the award of attorneys' fees in copyright cases.
Mr. Sidle's special entertainment focus includes protecting literary properties and compensation of top artists in the entertainment industry. In addition to entertainment, Mr. Sidle represents clients in other industries, particularly including real estate and partnership disputes.
Bar Admissions
California and United
States District Court, Central District of
California
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth
Circuit
United States Supreme Court, United States
Claims Court and United States Tax Court
United States District Court, Northern
District of California
Education
LL.B., Yale University, 1970
Phi
Beta Kappa
Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1969-1970
B.A., University of California at Riverside, 1967
Editor
Yale Law Journal, 1969‑1970
Author
Article, "Fantasy Records v. John Fogerty," 13 L.A. Lawyer 42 (April, 1990)
Lecturer
- "The Fogerty Case; Loser Pays and the Copyright Act," Los Angeles Copyright Society, December, 1995
- "Entertainment Law Update ‑ 1994," Beverly Hills Bar Association Seminar, January, 1994
- "Provisional Remedies: Protecting Your Client Before Judgment," November/December, 1976, California Continuing Education of the Bar
- "Creating and Implementing A Discovery Plan," June/July, 1975, California Continuing Education of the Bar
- "Evidence and Problems of Proof," UCLA Extension Program,
Spring 1974 ‑ Summer 1982