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Entertainment Law

Nov. 18, 2015

Kelli L. Sager

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles

A case this year literally gave Sager nightmares. The veteran litigator isn't a fan of horror films, but she watched the creepy 2013 hit "The Purge" as part of her work defending idea theft claims on behalf of the film's creators.

"For me to give advice, I usually have to look at whatever it is," she said. "It would be hard for me to do that without having read the screenplay and watched the film."

Sager said plaintiff Douglas Jordan-Bene...

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