Labor and Employment   Litigation and Counseling   Copyright Litigation   Trademark Litigation		Email: mlarsen@rsjr.com   Tel: 310.203.0935   Fax: 310.556.8921

Melodie Larsen has a broad litigation and employment practice. She has litigated disputes including wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, copyright, trademark, idea submission, unfair competition, cable television and general business disputes. She also provides employment and prelitigation counseling in matters involving wage and hour law, employee terminations and layoffs, sexual harassment investigations, and similar issues. She assists employers in formulating employee policies, prepares employee handbooks, and offers day-to-day advice on employment matters.

Melodie was one of the attorneys successfully representing Quality King Distributors, Inc. in the action leading to the recent Supreme Court decision entitled Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, 520 U.S. 1250, 118 S.Ct. 1125 (1998), which clarified the application of copyright first sale doctrine to products sold for export. Along with Bill Rintala, she writes the annual update to "Copyright" in Competition Business Practices, Second Edition (CEB: 1991).

Admitted:

• California, 1983

Education:

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, CA, 1983 J.D.
• Law Journal: Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1982 - 1983
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
• California State University, Los Angeles, California, 1978 B.A.

Affiliations:

• State Bar of California
  Member
• Women of Los Angeles
  Member
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
  Member
• Women In Cable and Communications
  Member
• Women Lawyers of Los Angeles
  Member

Published Works:

• Copyright, Competition Business Practices, Second Edition, Annually

Representative Cases:

• Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, 520 U.S. 1250, 118 S.Ct. 1125 (S.Ct. 1998)

Past Positions:

• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, Judicial Extern, 1981
• Employment Law Center, San Francisco
• Irell & Manella, Associate