Daralyn Durie of Durie Tangri. Courtesy photo Daralyn Durie, Who Just Won Her Third Trial in Five Months, Ponders the Benefits of Being Busy
"Often in the lead-up to trial it's easy to get buried in details that are ultimately not going to matter to the jury," Durie said. "It was helpful to come back at it with a mentality of starting at 30,000 feet and asking 'What is the jury going to make of this?'"
November 08, 2021 at 07:30 AM
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Daralyn Durie has quite the hot streak going.
Back in late June, she and her Durie Tangri partners Joe Gratz, Andy Esbenshade and senior associate Jesse Lanier helped Activision fend off a $400 million copyright suit in the Eastern District of Texas brought by Booker T. Huffman of World Wrestling Entertainment fame. Huffman claimed a character in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was based on a comic book hero made in his likeness. Durie called to the stand the 6-foot-6 former American Gladiator cast member who actually served as a model for the character, essentially sealing that case.
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