This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
You have to be a subscriber to view this page.

Law Practice,
Civil Litigation

Oct. 30, 2020

Venable wins $420K in fees defending comedian-producer Marlon Wayans

Venable LLP secured $420K in fees defending a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against comedian and producer Marlon Wayans.

Attorneys for comedian and producer Marlon Wayans have won more than $420,000 in attorney fees stemming from the grant of an anti-SLAPP motion in a six-year-old racial discrimination lawsuit filed by an extra who appeared in the 2014 film "A Haunted House 2."

Venable LLP secured the award for Wayans, who was sued six years ago by Pierre Daniel, who claimed racial harassment, discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional dist...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up