Scott P. Cooper has been successfully litigating complex commercial cases for over 30 years at every level of the state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Scott concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, including antitrust, sports, financial, securities and intellectual property disputes. He has extensive experience in domestic and international business litigation, including class and other representative actions, involving a broad range of products, services, technology and proprietary information.
An experienced antitrust litigator, Scott has represented clients in federal and state antitrust litigation across numerous industries, including professional and collegiate sports, financial services, insurance, television and motion pictures, pharmaceuticals, energy and healthcare. He also has experience in civil and criminal antitrust investigations, grand jury proceedings and pre-dispute counseling.
Scott represents clients in the sports industry, including Major League Baseball in league governance disputes and antitrust litigation, and the Pac-12 Conference in antitrust litigation. He also represents clients in derivative and shareholder class actions concerning mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and financing matters, as well as complex financial industry litigation.
Scott’s intellectual property experience includes serving as one of the lead trial counsel in a landmark Digital Millennium Copyright Act case on behalf of the motion picture industry. He also represented major motion picture studios and television networks in technology copyright litigation involving personal video recorders. His practice includes disputes involving financing, licensing and distribution, idea submissions, rights of privacy and publicity, participation accounting and Guild residual disputes.
He has represented domestic and international clients in matters involving computer products, motion picture financing and licensing, and fine art issues. He also represented the Republic of Austria and the Austrian National Gallery in a case before the United States Supreme Court involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Scott serves on the Board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
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