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Article Analysis: The Levinson Lawsuit

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In the article “Actress from law firm ad files $1 million for breach of contract lawsuit," the author, Barbara Ross, Ginger Adams Otis, explains why actress Elena Aroaz. Believed that her contract which was for her to appear in a 30 second commercial only in local areas for a period of 1 year. Aroaz filed the breach of contract lawsuit saying “After the spoof ad became a sensation — even getting a mention in the New York Times — the producer licensed it and the rights to Aroaz’s image to several other law firms around the country without her knowledge, she says in court papers.” According to this article it seems that her claim would fall into a breach of contract. The Levinson Trachtenberg Group is a law firm which hired this actress,

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