Jeff E. Scott

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  General Counsel

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Litigation: Defended major automobile manufacturer in consumer fraud trials
  other litigation.
  Represented major music label in federal court jury trial involving claims of copyright infringement
  for violation of Lanham Act. After two-week trial, judge granted Rule 50 motion.
  Tried to jury
  obtained full defense judgment for major motion picture studio on claims seeking many millions of dollars for alleged tortious interference with contracts.
  Tried Lanham Act case to verdict
  obtained national product recall for br
  distributor Brown Forman Corporation against Constellation Br
  s.
  Published opinion confirming that defendants not liable under California's unfair competition statute or under the Lanham Act for reverse passing off for failing to credit the alleged author
  editor of a motion picture. Williams v. UMG Recordings, Inc ., 281 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (C.D. Cal. 2003).
  Obtained precedent-setting decision in Federal Court in a test of liability for publication of third party material on the Internet under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The court ruled that the company was not liable for copyright infringement. Hendrickson v. EBay, Inc., etc., et al ., 165 F.Supp.2d 1082 (2001).
  Complete defense award in arbitration for multinational manufacturer in arbitration brought by major customer seeking to avoid contractual purchase obligations.
  Multi-million arbitration award for claimant based on breach of obligations to allow claimant to fulfill multi-million dollar contract in China.
  Defended division of public company client in regulatory action against state of California, resulting in trial victory declaring the challenged state action null
  void
  invalid.
  Defend publicly traded corporations in consumer class action
  unfair competition litigations.
  Obtained dismissal at pleadings stage in putative national class actions filed against major motion picture studios.
  Obtained dismissal on pleadings of putative national class action alleged against live entertainment company.
  Defeated class certification for multiple clients in a variety of consumer fraud cases.
  Prevailed on motion to dismiss (no leave to amend) in Lanham Act case brought by rock b
  against major country music star
  a televised shopping network.
  Represented major br
  s in trademark litigation matters.
  Defended corporate clients in complicated trade secret
  unfair competition cases.
  Represented high-profile music songwriters, performers, producers
  record labels in a variety of copyright, touring, record contract, right of publicity
  other disputes.
  Represented owners, developers
  sellers in various contractual disputes related to the purchase, sale
  use of commercial real property.
  Prosecuted
  defended sophisticated litigation arising in context of partnership
  corporate dissolutions.
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