Entertainment & Sports

Film

Recent Projects:

• Represented a major film studio with all production elements associated with a feature film project.
• Represented independent production companies with various film-related projects, including private placement, script acquisition, financing and investment matters, director, casting and producer agreements, talent and production crew agreements, location releases, intellectual property protection, and merchandising arrangements.

Television

Recent Projects:

• Counsel for a national television cable channel, assisting the in-house legal team with a variety of matters, including intellectual property matters, production and talent agreements, location releases, and technology agreements.
• Assisted the producers of a hit reality television show with the negotiation of numerous development agreements.
• Represented a television production company in its formation, fundraising efforts and talent agreements, and sponsorship and product placement engagements.
• Our expertise includes negotiating contracts for on-air media clients, e.g. ABC, CNN, NPR, and Buzzfeed, as well as severance packages for media employees.

Theatre

Recent Projects:

• Assisted a live-theatre production company with legal matters associated with its international tour, including its formation, private placement, venue and artist agreements, and intellectual property matters.
• Provide pro bono legal assistance to the Center for Puppetry Arts on all contract, licensing, and intellectual property matters.

Music

Recent Projects:

• Successfully defended a multi-million selling Grammy Award-winning recording artist in a copyright infringement suit.
• General counsel to award winning multi-day music festivals on land, sea, and trains.
• Assist recording Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame artist with 360 Deal and legacy catalog publishing contract.
• Representation of a specialized vinyl record club in connection with a sale to a major record label.
• Represent UK record label in a federal lawsuit against heirs of Grammy Legend Award winner

Visual Art & Images

Recent Projects:

• Represent award winning mural and graffiti artist in connection with commissioned works and public installations in connection with the Super Bowl.
• Assist celebrity tattoo artist with licensing and merchandising matters with a world-famous fashion designer.
• Represent photojournalist in connection with unauthorized publication and exploitation of award winning photographs.

Publishers & Digital Media

Recent Projects:

• Represent the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. in connection with various content infringement claims.
• Assist an author with securing intellectual property and copyright licenses in connection with the production of an audiobook.

Miscellaneous

• Represented entertainment production company, Halftime Live, with all legal needs, including formation, private placement fundraising, and negotiation of various entertainment-related contracts, including talent agreements, agency agreements, and reality television show production agreement
• Counseled clients in the television industry regarding trademarks, copyrights, and brand protection.
• Serving as general copyright, intellectual property, licensing, and contract counsel to a Grammy Award-winning independent record label.
• Represented sports agent in connection with a separation of employment with sports agency and related restrictive covenant dispute.
• Represented Atlanta-based puppet theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts, in clearing rights in and to copyright-protected musical works for use in various original puppet shows created by and performed at the theatre.
• Assisted client in the acquisition of sports league franchise system and thereafter provided legal counsel on franchise regulatory and contract issues.
• Represented the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc. in connection with global immigration matters, processing thousands of visas in the areas of broadcasting, IT, culture and the arts, and athletics.
• Counsel to independent film production companies and filmmakers.
• Represent talent in connection with story, likeness, and talent agreements.
• Represented Grammy-winning archival record label in licensing of historical sound recordings, artwork, and related materials from a major label for inclusion in book and CD box set and digital release.
• We manage a majority of client’s US trademark filings, including for LUDA and DISTURBING THA PEACE. We also advise the client on an ongoing basis on trademark infringement disputes. We recently resolved litigation concerning a claim by a pro se plaintiff that the client copied and is infringing on the plaintiff’s DISTURB THE PEACE mark. We prevailed on summary judgment at the district court level, which was affirmed on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (2017 WL 2954398).