INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE.
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Tamara Kurtzman.
The Tamara Kurtzman Commentaries
On a recent Price of Business, Host Kevin Price visited with California attorney Tamara Kurtzman.
A new proposed class action lawsuit was recently filed against Amazon in Washington federal court accusing the company of “bait and switch” tactics that allegedly misleads customers into believing they’ve permanently purchased content when, in fact, they’ve only acquired a license to watch, which can be revoked at any time. The suit alleges that Amazon fails to properly inform consumers that they are only purchasing a revocable license to the content in violation of California’s unfair competition, false advertising and consumer legal remedies laws. This recent lawsuit is particularly significant in light of a new law on digital goods that took effect in California on January 1, 2025. Specifically, California law now generally requires sellers of digital goods to explicitly disclose the nature of a consumer’s ownership rights and prohibits sellers from using words like “buy” or “purchase” for digital goods unless they offer unrestricted ownership or follow new, specific disclosure rules. The lawsuit alleges Amazon is not meeting these new requirements. Notably, the general lack of transparency around digital transactions and the uncertainly of the ever-shifting streaming landscape is one reason for the growing resurgence of interest in physical media and the ability to forever avoid the quagmire of ever-shifting license deals that often leave consumers unable to access the media that they have paid good money for.
Ms. Kurtzman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, with honors, and subsequently graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she received her juris doctor. While attending Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ms. Kurtzman served as both an associate member and, subsequently, as Editor-In-Chief of The Internet Law Journal.
Before founding TMK, Ms. Kurtzman served as a partner in a California general-practice law firm specializing in corporate representation where she co-chaired, among other divisions, both the firm’s commercial contracts and litigation practices. Ms. Kurtzman has been featured in:
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Los Angeles Business Journal
- Bloomberg News
- Law360
- The Daily Journal
- Los Angeles Lawyer
- Inside Counsel
- Westlaw’s Sports & Entertainment Journal
- The Beverly Hills Courier
- Backstage
- The ABA Journal
- The Hollywood Times
- Business Law Today
- The Journal of Internet Law
- Corporate Counselor
- Price of Business
In 2012, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of 50 attorneys on the “Fast Track” to becoming the country’s top lawyers and leaders. In 2013, Ms. Kurtzman was inducted into the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Order of Distinguished Attorneys. In 2017-2021, each year Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Rising Stars list; each year, less than 3% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Also in 2019, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of the Up-and-Coming 50 Women Southern California Rising Stars by SuperLawyers. In 2015, Ms. Kurtzman became one of the youngest adjunct law professors in the state and, over the years, Ms. Kurtzman has taught pretrial litigation practice and business organizations to numerous classes of law school students. In both 2023 and 2024, Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Super Lawyer list which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in each state.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in her spare time Ms. Kurtzman practices Krav Maga and is an avid sabre fencer and bagpiper. Ms. Kurtzman also serves on the Board of American Family Housing, an organization providing long-term housing solutions for formerly homeless veterans and families.
Learn more at www.tmkattorneys.com.
Connect with Tamara Kurtzman on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-kurtzman-2b540615
