Kimberly L. Scott

Associate

scott@millercanfield.com

Ann Arbor
T: +1.734.668.7696
O: +1.734.663.2445
F: +1.734.663.8624

Kimberly L. Scott specializes in antitrust law; sports, media and entertainment law; and commercial contract and tort litigation. She also handles complex commercial litigation discovery as well as electronically stored information management issues.

Representative Matters

Media and Marketing Services Company Antitrust Action
Trial counsel for Valassis Communications, Inc. in its legal battle with News America, Inc., a part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Obtained $300 million jury verdict after an eight-week trial in July 2009, the eighth-largest jury verdict in the United States in 2009. As part of a comprehensive settlement--reached three days before the parties were scheduled to begin a second jury trial in Federal Court in Detroit--News America agreed to pay Valassis $500 million and enter into a 10-year shared mail distribution agreement with Valassis. Valassis Communications, Inc. v News America Inc., Case No. 07-706645 (Wayne County Circuit Court 2007); Valassis Communications, Inc. v News America Inc., Case No. 2:06-cv-10240 (Eastern District of Michigan 2006); Valassis Communications, Inc. v News America Inc., Case No. BC367743, (Los Angeles County Superior Court, California 2007).
Film Production Company Fraud Claims
Fraud claims brought against JT LeRoy aka Laura Albert, fiction writer, resulting in a trial verdict and punitive damages over $300,000 for the client, a film production company that purchased the rights to Ms. Albert’s novel “Sarah.” Antidote Int’l Films, Inc. v. Bloomsbury Publishing, Case No. 06 Civ.6114 (CJR) (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Antidote Int'l Films, Inc. v. Underdogs, Inc., Laura Albert a/k/a JT Leory, Defendants-Appellants, Case No. 07-4451-cv (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2007).

Professional Activities

State Bar of Michigan, Antitrust, Franchising and Trade Regulation Section; Litigation Section
American Bar Association, Antitrust Section; Litigation Section
Federal Bar Association
Washtenaw County Bar Association, Former Federal Practice Section Chair
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
International Legal Technology Association

Honors + Awards

Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2009 Up and Coming Lawyers
Wayne State University Law School, cum laude

Civic, Cultural + Social Activities

Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Board of Trustees
Ann Arbor Art Center, Board of Directors and 100th Anniversary Committee
Leadership Ann Arbor, Class of 2008-2009

Publications

"In e-discovery, look before you search," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, September 7, 2009

Articles

In E-Discovery, Look Before You Search

News

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