Stephanie Goldfarb Herrera is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Ms. Herrera litigates complex disputes in the entertainment, media and tech industries.
Ms. Herrera handles cutting-edge copyright, antitrust and data privacy issues for major movie studios, streaming services, and technology companies. Her experience includes significant summary judgment, arbitration, and trial victories, including one of the largest ever statutory damages awards in a copyright infringement case. Clients turn to Ms. Herrera for winning strategies and creative solutions, and she is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for her antitrust practice.
Ms. Herrera is passionate about the arts and is committed to serving the San Francisco community. She has represented major cultural institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, serves on the board of directors of California Lawyers for the Arts, and in 2024 Chaired the Advisory Committee for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank Food From the Bar Campaign. Within the firm, Ms. Herrera is committed to mentoring and developing junior attorneys and is a long-time member of the Recruiting and Development & Retention Committees.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Herrera clerked for Judge Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before her clerkships, Ms. Herrera was a litigation associate at a major international law firm.
Experience
Notable Representations
- Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, in obtaining summary judgment on claims for indirect profits by Rearden LLC on alleged secondary copyright infringement based on a third-party vendor’s use of Rearden’s motion capture software on six of the biggest films of the 2010s. On the seventh film at issue, a jury awarded Rearden less than 1% of the profits sought.
- Disney, Lucasfilm, Fox, Warner Bros. and other studios, in winning a $62.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement and circumvention action against the streaming service VidAngel.
- Disney, Lucasfilm and Marvel in obtaining a preliminary injunction in a copyright infringement action against Redbox and successfully defending related antitrust litigation.
- Universal City Studios, Inc., a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, in denying certification of a class action lawsuit alleging that plaintiffs were deceived into renting the motion picture Yesterday because the trailer included an actor who did not appear in the film. The plaintiffs settled and dismissed their case.
- Netflix defending against a copyright infringement claim premised on the subtitling and dubbing of a Korean-language feature film.
- Major museums, including the San Franciscio Museum of Art in collections-related disputes.
- The San Francisco Giants in litigation concerning spring training facilities.
Education
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University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2014) Order of the Coif; executive editor, Michigan Law Review
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Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2011) Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
- Judge Michelle T. Friedland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2016-2017
- Judge Carol Bagley Amon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2015-2016
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Experience
Notable Representations
- Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, in obtaining summary judgment on claims for indirect profits by Rearden LLC on alleged secondary copyright infringement based on a third-party vendor’s use of Rearden’s motion capture software on six of the biggest films of the 2010s. On the seventh film at issue, a jury awarded Rearden less than 1% of the profits sought.
- Disney, Lucasfilm, Fox, Warner Bros. and other studios, in winning a $62.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement and circumvention action against the streaming service VidAngel.
- Disney, Lucasfilm and Marvel in obtaining a preliminary injunction in a copyright infringement action against Redbox and successfully defending related antitrust litigation.
- Universal City Studios, Inc., a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, in denying certification of a class action lawsuit alleging that plaintiffs were deceived into renting the motion picture Yesterday because the trailer included an actor who did not appear in the film. The plaintiffs settled and dismissed their case.
- Netflix defending against a copyright infringement claim premised on the subtitling and dubbing of a Korean-language feature film.
- Major museums, including the San Franciscio Museum of Art in collections-related disputes.
- The San Francisco Giants in litigation concerning spring training facilities.
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Practice Areas
Industries
Education
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University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2014) Order of the Coif; executive editor, Michigan Law Review
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Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2011) Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
- Judge Michelle T. Friedland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2016-2017
- Judge Carol Bagley Amon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2015-2016
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York