Todd Larson

Associate

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio Obtained favorable result on behalf of XM Satellite Radio regarding royalty rate for copyright license covering performances of sound recordings transmitted by XM and Sirius Satellite Radio.

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Bertelsmann AG In re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation, Case No. 06-15886 (9th Cir. 2006); Case No. 06-72515 (9th Cir. 2006); MDL 1369 (MHP) (N.D. Cal. 2003) Litigation over the former Napster service; successful settlements in the single largest copyright infringement case in U.S. history

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Bertelsmann AG UMG Recording, Inc. et al. v. Bertelsmann AG et al., 2000-CV-01369 (9th Cir. 2006) Appeal of ruling that compelled production of privileged documents under the “crime-fraud exception.” Won appeal: In a significant precedent, Court clarified scope of “crime-fraud exception”; also ruled substance of documents provided no evidence of fraud.

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Bertelsmann AG In re Napster, Inc. Copyright Litigation Representing Bertelsmann AG in a series of litigations brought by music publishers and record labels asserting that Bertelsmann should be liable (for tens of billions of dollars) for contributory/vicarious copyright infringement stemming from its loans extended to the Napster file-sharing service. more

Harvard University

J.D.

2004

University of Pennsylvania

1998

M.S.

Allegheny College

B.A.

1991