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Intellectual Property

Aug. 27, 2010

Don Johnson's $23 Million Award Stands

A profit-participation dispute between actor Don Johnson and the company that produced the television show "Nash Bridges" won't be argued in front of a jury again anytime soon, as a judge denied the production company's motion for a new trial Wednesday.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A judge denied a production company?s motion for a new trial on Wednesday in a lawsuit that actor Don Johnson filed against the company over profits from the television show "Nash Bridges."

In July, a jury awarded Johnson?s personal company $23 million in damages after the actor sued Rysher Entertainment in 2009 for not sharing revenues from the CBS show, de...

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