ENTERTAINMENT LAW
We offer full legal and consulting services to the entertainment and media community with a focus on serving the “whole creative.” All areas of personal and business legal support are available. We negotiate, draft, and oversee execution of contracts.
We function as full service production counsel on film and media projects covering development and pre-production phases through and including distribution and deliverables. Our practice includes Trademark and Copyright filings and follow up. Our services are tailored to each client’s unique set of circumstances, including budget, and are not limited to industry related matters.
With over 35 years of contacts and experience in the entertainment industry, we provide meaningful support for personal, creative, and business endeavors of all descriptions and scope.
Entertainment law generally encompasses industries involving motion pictures, television, music, publishing, and theatre. These industries have special economic and business considerations that involve nearly every area of law including copyright, trademark, trade secret, rights of privacy and publicity, securities, tax, tort, corporate law, labor law, constitutional law, international law, and so forth. The law of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents each play a role in protecting creative rights
The entertainment industry comprises the music, film, television, radio, theatre, multimedia, publishing, visual arts and design fields. Each field has its own distinct trade unions, practices, statutes and case law. The entertainment law encompasses many legal areas related to the entertainment field.
In entertainment law, many traditional legal topics arise, including intellectual property, production and distribution agreements, licensing rights, employment contracts, trademark, copyright, defamation, privacy rights, labor, pornography, and First Amendment rights. Lawsuits in this field often involve creators, producers, actors, and consumers.
Film Industry
Television Industry
Radio Industry
Music Industry
Print Media
Multimedia
Visual Arts and Design
Censorship
Intellectual Property
Entertainment Contracts
Unions
Right of Publicity
Defamation