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JORDYN OSTROFF
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Of Counsel |
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Jordyn Ostroff's practice focuses on media, copyright, entertainment, and First Amendment issues. She also represents clients in business disputes including contract, fraud, and unfair competition matters. Her experience spans federal and state courts nationwide, as well as private mediation and arbitration. She has represented clients at all stages of litigation, including pre-dispute counseling and negotiations, trials, and appeals.
Prior to joining Jassy Vick Carolan, Jordyn was a litigation counsel at a major Los Angeles-based law firm and clerked for the Honorable Michael W. Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She has maintained an active pro bono practice, representing clients in litigation concerning censorship of student journalists, in a lawsuit to recover possession of significant artworks, and in immigration proceedings, among other issues.
As a student at Berkeley Law, Jordyn worked with the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic to advocate for the rights of authors, served as a book reviews and essays editor for the California Law Review, and served as a writing fellow for the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Before law school, Jordyn worked in the fine art and publishing industries in New York and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a B.A. in art history and comparative literature.
NOTABLE REPRESENTATIONS
Kline & Specter, PC v. Thomas E. Bosworth and Bosworth Law, LLC (Los Angeles Superior Court 2024). Jordyn and colleagues prevailed on an anti-SLAPP motion against a major personal injury law firm, which claimed that its former employee's viral TikTok video commentary about his ongoing litigation against the firm violated TikTok's terms of service.
James Camper v. Paramount Global, et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court 2024). Jordyn and colleagues prevailed on an anti-SLAPP motion on behalf of Paramount, Black Entertainment Television, and the production companies behind the reality television series, "College Hill: Celebrity Edition," in litigation related related to whether the defendants had falsely advertised that a fight between two cast members would be shown in the series. The Superior Court's order is located here.
Real World Media LLC v. Daily Caller, Inc. , -- F. Supp. 3d --, 2024 WL 3835351 (D.D.C. Aug. 14, 2024). Jordyn and colleagues defeated Daily Caller's motion to dismiss and motion to refer Real World Media's copyrights registrations to the Register of Copyrights, in copyright litigation alleging that The Daily Caller infringed Real World Media's copyrights when it copied large portions of videos Real World Media created and posted them to The Daily Caller's YouTube and Facebook pages. The District Court's opinion is located here.
A major publishing company, in a merger challenge brought by the Department of Justice.
A new performing rights organization, in precedent-setting antitrust litigation and copyright infringement matters.
A music broadcaster, in a series of high-profile lawsuits alleging purported “performance rights” in sound recordings made before 1972.
A significant artist, known as the “spiritual father of Chicano art,” in breach of contract litigation to regain possession of his body of work.
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CLERKSHIPS
Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald
U.S. District Court
Central District of CA (2017-2018)
PUBLICATIONS
New Election, Same Tune
Daily Journal (Aug. 14, 2020)
Crafting a Reversion Letter
(Authors Alliance 2016)
Understanding Rights Reversion
(Authors Alliance 2015)
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.:
Is Equity in Copyright Down for the Count?
(30 Berkeley Tech. L.J. Annual
Review 2015)
Further Reading, The Graphic Canon,
Vols. 2 & 3
(Seven Stories Press 2012 & 2013)
EDUCATION
UC Berkeley School of Law (JD, 2016)
Book Reviews and Essays Editor,
California Law Review
Writing Fellow,
Berkeley Center for Law and Tech.
Columbia Publishing Course (2009)
Brown University (BA, magna cum laude, 2009)
BAR ADMISSIONS
California
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Northern District of California
Southern District of California
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