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Litigation

Nov. 18, 2003

Tailor Graphics to Tell Jurors Your Story

In a high-profile breach-of-contract case last year involving a legendary Hollywood film celebrity, the star sued his movie producers on the grounds that they had cheated him out of profits. The plaintiff's strategy was twofold: build a theme based on the jurors' notions that "artists get cheated" and highlight through the effective use of visual aids the ways in which the star allegedly was cheated.

By David Hunter
        In a high-profile breach-of-contract case last year involving a legendary Hollywood film celebrity, the star sued his movie producers on the grounds that they had cheated him out of profits. The plaintiff's strategy was twofold: build a theme based on the jurors' notions that "artists get cheated" and highlight through the effective use of visual aids the ways in which...

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