Rose Leda Ehler is an experienced litigator, serving as a go-to advisor for a wide range of clients across the entertainment and tech industries.
As a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles, & Olson, Rose brings deep industry knowledge and a client-centric approach to her work. Rose is known for her strategic thinking, knowing the right questions to ask, how to litigate toward the client’s preferred resolution, and what works (and does not) in a courtroom. She has litigated high-stake disputes involving novel copyright questions and advised clients as the legal landscapes for entertainment and technology companies evolves rapidly. Her commitment to delivering exceptional legal services and achieving favorable outcomes for her clients has earned her accolades and a strong reputation with clients, colleagues and competitors.
In 2024, she was recognized as one of the Daily Journal’s Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in California and ranked as an Up and Coming attorney in Media & Entertainment by Chambers USA, each for the second year in a row. Also, in 2023, Ms. Ehler was featured in Bloomberg Law’s They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40 list. Ms. Ehler was named a 2020 Media & Entertainment MVP by Law360 the same year she was recognized as a Rising Star. She was profiled in Variety’s 2018 Legal Impact Report based on her work for the major studios. Her contributions to the studios’ winning litigation against VidAngel earned her a place on the National Law Journal’s list of Winning Litigators and a Daily Journal Top Verdict honor. She has also been recognized among The Recorder’s “Next Generation Women Leaders in Tech Law,” based on her work for Square, Inc. and other clients.
Rose has a particular expertise in copyright, trademark and entertainment contract cases, litigating dozens of cases for studios, record companies, trade associations, talent and others in the entertainment industry and resolving dozens more before litigation is filed. Rose also advises tech companies as they grow and face new challenges, including consumer lawsuits.
Experience
- RIAA, in obtaining a district court victory over stream-ripping service Yout, which claimed enabling downloads unauthorized from YouTube did not violate the DMCA.
- Snap, in multidistrict litigation alleging Snapchat harms adolescents mental health.
- Motion Picture Association, and its studio members, in obtaining a $50 million stipulated judgment and permanent injunction against pirate streaming service, Omniverse.
- Alliance for Creativity in Entertainment, and its members, in federal court litigation against unauthorized service, Streaming TV Now.
- Alliance for Creativity in Entertainment, in securing $40 million stipulated judgment and shutting down pirate streaming service, Crystal Clear Media.
- Talent, in resolving breach contract and TAA claims with their former manager.
- Netflix, in copyright and trademark litigation involving Bridgerton.
- Disney, in copyright litigation involving Pirates of the Caribbean
- Disney & Warner Bros., in winning a $62.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement and circumvention action against VidAngel.
- Disney, in obtaining a preliminary injunction and successfully resolving in a copyright infringement action against Redbox.
- Block, formerly Square, in multiple state court and federal consumer claims and class actions.
- NFPA, a major standard-setting organization, in litigation challenging their ability to protect standards from infringement after government bodies incorporate them by reference.
- SoundExchange, on behalf of record companies and artists, in a Copyright Royalty Board proceeding to set statutory royalty rates for non-interactive music streaming.
Education
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Stanford Law School (J.D., 2012); Stanford Law Review
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Pomona College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2006)
Clerkships
- Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012-2013
Bar Admissions
- California
Experience
- RIAA, in obtaining a district court victory over stream-ripping service Yout, which claimed enabling downloads unauthorized from YouTube did not violate the DMCA.
- Snap, in multidistrict litigation alleging Snapchat harms adolescents mental health.
- Motion Picture Association, and its studio members, in obtaining a $50 million stipulated judgment and permanent injunction against pirate streaming service, Omniverse.
- Alliance for Creativity in Entertainment, and its members, in federal court litigation against unauthorized service, Streaming TV Now.
- Alliance for Creativity in Entertainment, in securing $40 million stipulated judgment and shutting down pirate streaming service, Crystal Clear Media.
- Talent, in resolving breach contract and TAA claims with their former manager.
- Netflix, in copyright and trademark litigation involving Bridgerton.
- Disney, in copyright litigation involving Pirates of the Caribbean
- Disney & Warner Bros., in winning a $62.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement and circumvention action against VidAngel.
- Disney, in obtaining a preliminary injunction and successfully resolving in a copyright infringement action against Redbox.
- Block, formerly Square, in multiple state court and federal consumer claims and class actions.
- NFPA, a major standard-setting organization, in litigation challenging their ability to protect standards from infringement after government bodies incorporate them by reference.
- SoundExchange, on behalf of record companies and artists, in a Copyright Royalty Board proceeding to set statutory royalty rates for non-interactive music streaming.
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Education
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Stanford Law School (J.D., 2012); Stanford Law Review
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Pomona College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2006)
Clerkships
- Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012-2013
Bar Admissions
- California