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Weintraub is pleased to welcome Devinn L. Martin to our Trusts & Estates Practice Group. Devinn’s practice focuses on all aspects of trusts and estates litigation.

Weintraub is pleased to welcome Anders L. Bostrom to our Litigation Practice Group. Anders helps clients achieve their desired outcomes as either plaintiffs or defendants. He handles a wide variety of matters, including contract, real estate, and partnership disputes, as well as trade secret, copyright, and trademark cases.

HBO Documentary films debuts Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street in 2021. The documentary has been in the works for 5 years and is about the iconic show Sesame Street, which first aired in the 1960s. Street Gang focuses on the first two decades of the groundbreaking show, specifically how it interpreted radical changes in society while entertaining and educating children.

HBO Documentary Films presents a Macrocosm Entertainment production in association with the Exchange, Bondit Media Capital, and Citizen Skull Productions. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street is directed by Marilyn Agrelo, produced by Trevor Crafts, Ellen Scherer Crafts and Lisa Diamond, and executive produced by Brian O’Shea, Nat McCormick, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Mark Myers and Heather Kenyon. The co-executive producer is Michael Davis and the editor is Ben Gold. Macrocosm Entertainment and Crafts are represented by Matt Sugarman.

You can read the full article on The Wrap here.

Skydance Television has acquired the rights to P. Djéli Clark’s Ring Shout, a novella about otherworldly evil in the 1920s South that manifests in the form of monsters who thrive on—and in—people filled with hate.

Clark will executive produce along with Kasi Lemmons, who is set to serve as showrunner and will write and direct the series. Kiki Layne will star and also executive produce; Marc Evans, Matt Jackson, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Bill Bost will also executive produce. Clark is represented by Matt Sugarman.

You can read the full Deadline article here.

Freeform has ordered a pilot for the comedy Single Drunk Female. The series is to star Sofia Black-D’Elia as an alcoholic who is forced to move back with her mother, played by Ally Sheedy, to sober up. The pilot will also star Rebecca Henderson, Lily Mae Harrington, and Garrick Bernard.

Simone Finch serves as writer and executive producer on the pilot. Leslye Headland will direct and executive produce; Jenni Konner and Phil Traill will also executive produce. 20th Television will produce. Finch is represented by Matt Sugarman and Shaun Gordon.

You can read the full Variety article here.

Treefort Media, the podcast company behind the audio series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, has struck a deal with Village Roadshow Entertainment Group to cross-develop and produce podcasts and television series.

In addition to Fatal Voyage, Treefort Media is also known for Keegan-Michael Key’s NFL series Drafted and podcast spin-offs of TV series and films including Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story and For Life. Treefort Media is represented by Shaun Gordon.

Read the full Deadline article here.

Sacramento, CA (January 1, 2021) – Weintraub Tobin, a leading California full-service law firm, is pleased to announce that Meagan D. Bainbridge, Jessica R. Corpuz, Josh H. Escovedo, and Daniel C. Kim have been elected Shareholders in the Firm.

Meagan Bainbridge is a member of Weintraub’s Labor and Employment and Litigation practice groups, where she assists employers in all aspects of their employment relationship with their employees. Meagan is an experienced trial attorney, and has successfully litigated a wide variety of issues in both state and federal courts as well as before various administrative agencies for clients in a wide range of industries. In addition, she provides advice, counsel, and training to employers concerning their workplace policies, practices, and personnel decisions. Meagan is a frequent presenter on employment law topics and contributes regularly to the Labor and Employment Law Blog.

Jessica Corpuz is a member of the Firm’s Litigation practice group, where she handles complex commercial disputes with a focus on entertainment and intellectual property litigation. Jessica has successfully represented clients in trial, arbitration, and appeal, including securing multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, resolving or eliminating high-value adverse claims prior to trial, as well as published reversals of adverse trial court rulings on appeal. Jessica has handled litigation related to licensing and distribution agreements, private equity acquisitions and corporate transactions, international law, breach of contract, fraud, and complex judgment collection, among others.  Jessica gives presentations on civil procedure and trial strategy and writes for the Intellectual Property Law Blog.

Josh Escovedo is an experienced trial attorney and a member of Weintraub’s Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate practice groups. In addition to his general litigation practice, Josh assists clients with intellectual property litigation, as well as trademark and copyright clearance, registration, licensing, and enforcement. He has extensive experience dealing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and has successfully handled matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Daniel Kim is a member of the Firm’s Trusts and Estates practice group. His practice focuses on all aspects of trusts and estates litigation, including fiduciary abuse, elder financial abuse, contested trust administrations, probate, and contested conservatorships. Daniel applies his litigation expertise in highly contentious and complicated trust and estate disputes to help direct the matters towards resolution, where possible, or successful trials and appeals. Daniel’s writing has appeared in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, and he is a contributing author and editor of the Trusts and Estates Law Blog.

In an article in the Sacramento Business Journal, Felicia Alvarez writes that the owner of popular local sushi restaurant Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine has filed a lawsuit against his business partners Madrow-Bazett, Inc. for alleged acts of misconduct and mismanagement of funds. Gary Bradus, who represents Madrow-Bazett, is quoted in the story:

Modrow-Bazett denies the allegations that are in the complaint,” he said. “There have been disagreements regarding the operations of the business.

You can read the full article here.