Theodore Goddard continued to retain a strong media and entertainment law practice alongside a private client capability (including private tax work for members of "The Rolling Stones", David Bowie and others, and defamation lawyers) at a time when many City law firms were divesting themselves of such business areas and concentrating on pure corporate matters. This diversity occasionally gave rise to high-profile cases involving celebrities including the firm's instruction in relation to the "Hello! magazine" dispute over photographs of Catherine Zeta-Jones's wedding to Michael Douglas and its appointment by Michael Jackson to advise on the controversial "Living with Michael Jackson" documentary.