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Entertainment and Media
Our full-service Entertainment and Media Group handles a wide range of sophisticated entertainment industry transactions and litigation in the areas of music, film, television, radio, publishing and theater. Our clients include musicians, record labels, actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, publishers, production companies, promoters, distributors, authors and other artists, as well as a host of below-the-line talent.
We are also known throughout the industry for our representation of entertainment insurers and completion guarantors.
Our Entertainment and Media attorneys provide a broad range of entertainment legal services, including:
- Evaluating, negotiating and documenting above and below-the-line performance, service and rental agreements, recording contracts, management and agency contracts, publishing agreements, licensing agreements, distribution deals, marketing and promotion agreements, merchandising, touring and live event agreements, composer agreements, commercial tie-ins and executive employment contracts; enforcing rights of privacy and rights of publicity.
- Production legal work on film and television projects.
- Advising on protecting intellectual property rights, digital rights, piracy, Internet law, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets.
- New media and communications; digital distribution; software licensing; First Amendment issues; FCC regulation and compliance; ownership issues; all forms of radio broadcasting.
- Entertainment insurance and completion guaranty coverage and litigation.
- Representing clients in complex entertainment/corporate transactions, including production and finance agreements, investor agreements, development, acquisitions, buy/sale agreements, licensing, distribution; formation of business entities, including initial capitalization, private placements, and strategic partnership agreements.
- Lifetime wealth management planning.
- Bankruptcy and debt restructuring.
- Expert witness/litigation consultant services.
CONTACTS:
Owen J. Sloane
osloane@bergerkahn.com
(310) 821-9000, x703
Leon J. Gladstone
lgladstone@bergerkahn.com
(310) 821-9000, x716
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