Biography

Katherine Mast focuses her practice in the areas of media and entertainment law, insurance coverage, bad faith and business litigation.  Ms. Mast handles a wide range of complex coverage and litigation matters, including those involving technology products and services, trademark and copyright infringement, defamation and trade libel, bad faith and construction related coverage litigation.

Prior to obtaining her J.D., Ms. Mast worked in the computer software and internet technology industries.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Ms. Mast is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  Ms. Mast has served as a Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee since 2007.  She is also a member of the ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee where she has served as a Website Managing Editor since 2008, and served as co-chair of the Young Lawyers Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee from 2005-2007.

Ms. Mast was named a “Southern California Super Lawyer-Rising Star” for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine and The Journal for Law & Politics, an honor limited to only 2.5 percent of lawyers in Southern California.

Presentations & Publications

Ms. Mast has served as the editor of Sedgwick's Media Law Bulletin since 2008.  Ms. Mast has conducted presentations and authored articles on an assortment of topics, including personal and advertising injury coverage, media and privacy law, and various aspects of insurance coverage litigation.

Ms. Mast’s recent presentations and publications include:

• Panelist, "Choose Your Weapons Wisely: Rescission, Reformation, Cancellation, and Other Coverage-Litigation Artillery," American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's 25th Annual CLE Seminar, February 2013.
• Author, “Illinois Court Holds Statutory Damages in TCPA Claims ‘Uninsurable’,” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Blog, May 2012.
• Panelist, “Please Excuse the Delay: The Consequences of Untimely Notice, Slow Investigation, and the Failure to Communicate,” American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, March 2, 2012.
• Author, “TCPA Claims Arising From Junk Faxes Do Not Allege Unexpected or Unintended 'Property Damage',” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update, July 2011.
• Co-Author, “Recent Developments in Media, Privacy
• and Defamation Law,” Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2011.
• Co-Author, “Food Fight: Is ‘Footlong’ Really Just About 12 Inches?” IP Law360, May 2011.
• Panelist, “The Devil Is in the Details: A Practical Overview of Notice, Tender, and Reservation-of-Rights Letters,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, March 5, 2011.
• Co-Author, “Food Fight: Is ‘Footlong’ Really Just About 12 Inches?” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin, March 2011.
• Author, “No Coverage Exists for Patent Infringement Claims Where the Allegedly Infringing Patent Is Not Used In Advertisement,” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update, October 2010.
• Co-Author, “Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law,” Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2010.
• Author, "Social Networking vs. Personal Privacy: The Quest to Define the Jagged Line," TTIPS Media Privacy and Defamation Law Committee Newsletter, Spring 2010.
• Co-Author, "Where Are They Now? Developments in Net Neutrality, Hilton v. Hallmark, Social Networking," Sedgwick's Media Law Bulletin, May 2010.
• Panelist, "’Brother, Can You Spare Some Insurance Coverage’ Coverage Disputes in Tough Economic Times," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, March 6, 2010.
• Author, “Insured’s Alleged False Promises About Its Own Product Do Not Constitute ‘Advertising Injury’,” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update, February 2010.
• Author, “Facebook Privacy Suit: California Dreaming or Final Facedown?,” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin, September 2009.
• Author, “Florida District Court Finds No ‘Advertising Injury’ Coverage for Allegations Related to Product Rebates,” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update, March 2009.
• Author, "'Negligent Publication' Under E&O Policies; 'Loss Of Use' Coverage Under CGL Policies," Are You Covered?, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, January 2009.
• Contributing Editor, California Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation, Chapter 7. E. "Construction Liability,” Rutter Group, (2007-2009).

 

• Panelist, “Effective Interviewing,” Loyola Law School, July 31, 2008. 
• Co- Author, “Harry Potter: Battle of the Lexicon,” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin, July 2008. 
• Co-presenter, “Judicial Interpretation of the Federal Trademark Dilution Revision Act in Its First Eighteen Months,” San Fernando Valley Bar Association's Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Internet Law Section, April 25, 2008. 
• Co-presenter, “Insurance 101: Discovery in a Coverage Case,” 20th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar presented by the ABA’s Section of Litigation (March 1, 2008).
• Author, “California Court Upholds Pollution Exclusion to Bar Coverage for Injuries Caused by Chemicals Released in Sewer,” Sedgwick’s Insurance Law Update, February 2008.
• Author, “Underlying Intellectual Property Claims; No Bad Faith Where Insurer Legitimately Disputed Coverage,” Are You Covered?, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, December 2007.
• Co-presenter, “The Litigation Gamble: How to Increase Your Odds,” Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West 15th Annual Palm Springs Getaway Seminar, Palm Springs, CA (January 26-27, 2007).